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Rohit Sharma dropped an extremely easy catch in the ninth over that denied the first-ever hat-trick for Axar Patel in his career. It would’ve been only the second hat-trick in the history of ICC Champions Trophy but it wasn’t to be as Rohit failed to latch on to an easy chance.<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n
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India defeated Bangladesh by six wickets to start their Champions Trophy campaign on a high in Dubai on Thursday (February 20). Shubman Gill<\/a> slammed a century as India chased down 229 runs with more than three overs in hand. However, Bangladesh might not have reached 228 had Rohit Sharma<\/a> latched on to an easy chance earlier in the innings that even denied Axar Patel a well-deserved hat-trick.<\/p>\n

The incident happened in the ninth over of the innings when the left-arm spinner had dismissed Tanzid Hasan and Mushfiqur Rahim<\/a> off consecutive deliveries. Jaker Ali came out to face him on the hat-trick ball and edged the ball to the first slip. But the Indian captain Rohit spilt an easy chance only to ram the hands into the turf angrily.<\/p>\n

Jaker Ali ended up scoring 68 runs off 114 deliveries and stitched a record-breaking 154-run stand with centurion Towhid Hridoy propelling Bangladesh to a competitive total. Nevertheless, India won the match comfortably and as expected Rohit Sharma was asked about the drop catch after the match.<\/p>\n

With a smile on his face, the India skipper said that he might take Axar for a dinner for denying him a chance to create history. The 37-year-old himself was disappointed admitting that he should’ve grabbed the catch. “I may take him (Axar) for dinner tomorrow. 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,” Rohit said in the post-match presentation.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Axar\u00a0finished with the figures of 2\/43 in his nine overs as he kept the batters on the tenterhooks right through his spell. Mohammed Shami<\/a> was the star with the ball picking up five wickets and also became the highest wicket-taker for India in ICC white-ball tournaments.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n