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India edge past Bangladesh in thriller
Indian players celebrate their win against Bangladesh in the ICC World Twenty20 2016 cricket match in Bangalore, India, Wednesday, March 23, 2016. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)
BBC Sport – India revived their World Twenty20 hopes with a thrilling one-run victory over Bangladesh in Bangalore.
Needing 11 from the final over and two from three balls, the Tigers lost three wickets from the final three balls.
Seven of the nine India batsmen reached double figures, with nine fours and six sixes, but Suresh Raina’s 30 was the top score in their modest 146-7.
The hosts’ second win of the event puts them second in Group 2 but third-placed Australia have a game in hand.
India’s final group match is against the Australians in Chandigarh on Sunday, while Bangladesh face the already qualified New Zealand in Kolkata a day earlier.
Tigers throw it away
Bangladesh had lost all four previous T20 encounters with India but seemed destined for a famous victory that would have left all four other teams in the group bidding to join the Kiwis in the semi-finals level on two points.
Wicketkeeper Mushfiqur Rahim had thumped the second ball of Hardik Pandya’s final over to the extra-cover boundary and somehow collected four more off the glove past counterpart MS Dhoni’s dive.
But an adrenaline-fuelled Mushfiqur tried to end the match in style and holed out to deep mid-wicket, Mahmudullah suffered the same fate and a calm Dhoni ran to the stumps to thwart Mustafizur Rahman’s quest for a bye that would have forced a super over.
“We were on top to the final three balls”
Bangladesh captain Mashrafe Mortaza said: “We were on top to the last three balls. It’s bad luck, we can’t do anything about it.
“It’s really disappointing for us. Overall, we’ve played well.”
India spinner Ravichandran Ashwin, man of the match for his 2-20 noted: “That’s the most we’ve talked on a cricket field as a team. We’ve never got together and worried so much.
“I don’t think I’ve got anything left. I’ll go back to my room and crash.”
Scores: India 146 for 7 (Raina 30, Mustafizur 2-34) beat Bangladesh 145 for 9 (Tamim 35, Ashwin 2-20) by one run.
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