India's Shikhar Dhawan plays a pull during the ICC Champions Trophy warm-up match against Bangladesh, played a The Oval in London yesterday.
London: Bangladesh suffered a dispiriting warm-up for their Champions Trophy opener against England as they crashed to a 240-run defeat against India yesterday.
With the start of the Champions Trophy just two days away, this was a poorly-timed flop from Bangladesh, whose bowlers were swatted away by holders India as they piled up 324 for seven.
There were half-centuries from reserve wicketkeeper Dinesh Karthik (94), Hardik Pandya (80 not out) and opener Shikhar Dhawan (60).
Bangladesh then collapsed to 22 for six in just 7.3 overs at the Oval before being bowled out for 84 under cloudy skies in south London.
Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Umesh Yadav shared the first six wickets as Bangladesh demonstrated they can be just as vulnerable as England to seam and swing in helpful conditions. England folded to 20 for six in just five overs at the start of their seven-wicket defeat against South Africa at Lord's on Monday.
Both sides will hope for much improved performances with the bat when they kick off the tournament at the Oval tomorrow.
Elsewhere, Sri Lanka suffered defeat in their second warm-up game prior when they couldn’t defend a massive 356 runs on the board against New Zealand.
In reply, the Black Caps reached the target with four overs to spare with Martin Guptill top scoring with a century.
In total, 715 runs were scored between 96 overs in what was a day to forget for bowlers from both teams.
Both teams had lost their first warm-up matches. New Zealand lost to India in a rain-curtailed match by 45 runs. Sri Lanka, on the other hand, lost to Australia by three wickets in their opening warm-up match.
