Muishfiqur Rahim (60*) helped Bangladesh beat India by seven wickets in the first T20I at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi on Sunday. Chasing 149 to win, Bangladesh lost Liton Das in the first over but debutant Mohammad Naim and stitched a solid partnership for the second wicket to bring them bakc in the game. After Naim departed in the eight over, Sarkar joined hands with Mushfiqur Rahim and together the duo put Bangladesh in the driver's seat. Sarkar fell in the 17th over but Rahim smashed four consecutive boundaries off Kahleel Ahmed in the penultimate over, putting them in the driver's seat. Bangladesh skipper Mahmudullah cleared the fence in the last over, helping his side get to a historic win. Earlier, late cameos from Krunal Pandy (15 off 8) and Washington Sundar (14 off 5) helped India post 148/6 in the first innings after they were put into bat. (LIVE SCORECARD)
Highlights of India vs Bangladesh 1st T20I, straight from Arun Jaitley stadium, New Delhi
With this win, Bangladesh take 1-0 lead in the three-match series. The second match will be played at Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Rajkot on November 7.
Kahleel Ahmed targets the stump and Mushfiqur Rahim smashes three consecutive boundaries to turn the tide in Bangladesh's favour. He also brought up his half-century.
Mahmudullah finishes Chahal's over with a boundary towards long off. Manish Pandey couldn't keep the ball in despite making a full-stretched dive on the boundary rope.
Chahal invites Mushfiqur Rahim to go for a slog sweep, the ball went straight to Krunal Pandya but he fails to keep hold of that and the ball rolls over the rope, giving him four runs.
Mushfiqur Rahim, uses all his experience and pulls Khaleel Ahmed over backward square leg for a six. Khaleel became very obvious in his game plan as he used the same short ball strategy in his last over and this time Mushfiqur was waiting for it inside the crease.
Krunal Pandya saw Soumya Sarkar charging and he bowled it wide from the batsman but Sarkar managed to get enough bat on the ball which helped it sail over fence on the on side.
After 12 overs, Bangladesh are 78/2 and they need 71 off 48 balls. The required rate is 88.8 and they have two set batsmen in Soumya Sarkar and Mushfiqur Rahim.
Yuzvendra Chahal beats Mushfiqur Rahim and they steal after the ball rolled away from wicket-keeper. Pant chases the ball and tries to aim directly at the stump.
Yuzvendra Chahal mixed his lengths well and bowled three back to back deliveries. The pressure was mounting on Naim and he played a release shot and Shikhar Dhawan takes a good catch running in from long on. Chahal bowled a googly and Naim went against the turn and that cost him his wicket.
Khaleel Ahmed errs in his line, bowls down leg and the umpire flexes his arms to signal a wide. With that Bangladesh bring up 50 runs on the board in the 7th over.
Washington Sundar gets the ball to turn away from Naim but the pace which allowed the edge to sail past the first slip fielder and race away to the fence. Another expensive over for India's perspective as Sundar conceded 13 runs.
Mohammad Naim starts Deepak Chahar's third over with a maximum over midwicket. Chahar was at fault on that occasion as he erred in his line and Naim played a nice pick-up shot to get his innings going.
Sundar's absent mindedness cost India an extra run!
Washington Sundar reacted late as he didn't expect Bangladesh batsmen to steal an overthow after Shivam Dube's throw hit the stumps at the non-striker's end. Rohit is furious with him.
Deepak Chahar bowls a peach of an outswinger to Mohammad Naim and he had no answer for that one. He somehow managed to save his wicket by getting bat to ball.
Liton Das starts positively as he played two good shot on first two balls. The first one fetched him two runs, while the second shot gave him four runs. The second ball was poor delivery as it was drifting down leg and deserved the punishment.
Two crucial hits, one each from Krunal Pandya and Washington Sundar, helped India collect 14 runs in the 19th over. Krunal Pandya scored a boundary, while Sundar smashed a six.
India Cricket Team
Bangladesh Cricket Team
Rohit Sharma
Mahmudullah
Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi