New Delhi, Feb. 20 -- Axar Patel might get a dinner treat from Rohit Sharma after the Indian captain dropped a sitter to rob the left-arm spinner of a well-deserved hattrick against Bangladesh on Thursday in Dubai in their ICC Champions Trophy 2025 clash. In the end, India won the game by six wickets to start their campaign in style, thanks to Shubman Gill's ton.

Opting to bat first, Bangladesh were in all sorts of trouble after losing the first three wickets in the seventh over. Introduced into the attack in the ninth over, Axar Patel repaid his captain's faith with the wickets of Tanzid Hasan Tamim and Mushfiqur Rahim in his second and third balls respectively.

In the next ball, Jaker Ali pressed forward for a defence, thus getting a ...