There was no dew today. The curator did say there was no dew in the last few days leading up this game. Now if that trend continues, will teams think more about just winning the toss and opting to field. Batting did get tougher in the second half of the second innings and you never know how this game could have swung had Bangladesh played Nasum Ahmed. Now does India's call to load spinners in their squad make sense? The early answer seems to be yes but it's too early to say because this is just the first game of the tournament here and we need more evidence of similar behaviour from the pitch. India will wait to play Pakistan here on Sunday but South Africa and Afghanistan will begin their campaign in Karachi tomorrow. Join us in the afternoon for all the fun. Good night!

Rohit Sharma | India captain: Before you come and play you got to be confident. As the game goes on there are different emotions that come through. But there is a lot of experience in that dressing room. Gill and KL played really well. Very hard to say that (on pitch playing slow) after just one game. You play the conditions and try and think about what you do. We assessed the conditions well as a team. You are bound to be under pressure in a tournament like Champions Trophy. Very happy for him (Shami), long time waiting. We know what he brings to us. We need guys like him to stand up when we need. Gill, we know the class that he has, Shouldn't surprise anyone. It was good to see him bat till the end. May take him (Axar) for dinner tomorrow (smiles). No, that was an easy catch, I should have taken that catch with the standards I have set for myself. But I do know these things are bound to happen. Credit to Hridoy and Jaker, they stitched a nice partnership. (Asked if he expects the pitch to play similar in the next game as well) Not sure, but it will be pretty much similar I guess. I am not the curator here to tell you how exactly it will play but looks like it with the way the games have been played here.

Najmul Hossain Shanto | Bangladesh captain: Losing five wickets in the powerplay cost us the game. I think so. Hridoy and Jaker batted brilliantly but we still made mistakes on the field. Dropped catches and a few run-outs missed, the result could have been different. Impressive batting from Hridoy and Jaker against their spinners. I hope they will continue doing the same. I don't think so (if he thought the team needed an extra spinner in the XI). If we got wickets with the new ball it could have been different. We have played Pakistan there recently and I am sure boys will adapt to conditions in Rawalpindi.

Shubman Gill is the PoTM:

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20:20 Local Time, 16:20 GMT, 21:50 IST: A game where both didn't have it easy. Bangladesh put on a great recovery from 35/5

Tanzim Hasan Sakib to Rahul, SIX, short, KL rocks back and punishes the pull way back over backward square leg and India begin their CT 2025 campaign with a good win

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Tanzim Hasan Sakib to Shubman Gill, 1 run, to deep mid-wicket

Slowest ODI hundreds for India since 2010 (by balls faced)
138 S Tendulkar vs Ban Mirpur 2012
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Tanzim Hasan Sakib to Rahul, 1 run, pace off and into the wicket, KL slaps the cut to deep cover

Taskin Ahmed to Shubman Gill, no run

Taskin Ahmed to Shubman Gill, no run, now Taskin Ahmed nails a good yorker, Gill blocks

Taskin Ahmed to Shubman Gill, no run

Taskin Ahmed to Rahul, 1 run, to sweeper cover