CRICKET - World T20 - India Thrilling One Run Win On Bangladesh

ICC World Twenty20, Bangalore:
India 146-7 (20 overs): Raina 30, Mustafizur 2-34.
Bangladesh 145-9 (20 overs): Tamim 35, R Ashwin 2-20

India won by one run

Bangalore - India scraped to a one-run victory in World Twenty20 over Bangladesh on Wednesday with wicket-keeper Mahendra Singh Dhoni out Mustafizur Rahman with the last ball of the game.

The tournament's hosts had been on the verge of suffering their first ever T20 defeat to Bangladesh but they took three wickets in the last three balls of the match in Bangalore.

World Twenty20 India revived their hopes with a thrilling one-run win on Bangladesh in Bangalore.

The hosts second win of the event puts second in Group 2, but third-placed Australia has a game in hand.

Seven of the nine batters India, have reached double figures, with 9 fours  and 6 sixes, but Suresh Raina 30 was the highest score in his modest 146-7.

Needing 11 from the end and on two of three balls, the Tigers lost three wickets in the last three balls.

India’s final group match is against the Australians in Chandigarh on Sunday, while Bangladesh face the already qualified New Zealand in Calcutta 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 teams in the group bidding to join the Kiwis in the semifinals level on two points.

Wicketkeeper Mushfiqur Rahim had clubbed the second ball end Hardik Pandya to the border of the cover and some additionally collected four last glove counterpart MS Dhoni diving.

However, a Mushfiqur fueled by adrenaline tried to finish the game in style and holed out to deep mid-stop, Mahmudullah suffered the same fate and Dhoni calmly ran to the stumps to frustrate the search for Mustafizur Rahman for a week break that would have forced a super more.

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