India kicked off their Champions Trophy campaign with a dominating win over Bangladesh in Dubai. Mohammed Shami took five wickets, becoming India's most successful bowler in 50-over ICC events. Shubman Gill scored an unbeaten century, which is his 8th in ODIs in record time, while Rohit Sharma achieved his milestone of 11,000 ODI runs.
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