ICC WT20 2016, India vs Bangladesh, Highlights: Sensational Hardik Pandya Seals One-Run Win, India Stay Alive
India held on for a thrilling win as they beat Bangladesh by one run to stay alive in the World Twenty20. Relive all the moments of this fantastic match here.
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A win against Bangladesh will keep India in hunt for a semis berth.
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Bangladesh will miss their suspended speedster Taskin Ahmed.
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India beat Bangladesh comprehensively in the Asia Cup final on March 6
In a thrilling match in the ICC World Twenty20, India held their nerve by registering a thrilling one-run win over Bangladesh. Chasing 147, Tamim Iqbal started off well and Shakib Al Hasan chipped in. With the equation boiling down to 11 runs off the last over, Hardik Pandya conceded two boundaries. However, in the last couple of balls, Bangladesh lost their nerve and they lost three wickets to fall short. With this win, India stay alive. (SCORECARD | POINTS TABLE |WHERE TO SEE LIVE STREAMING | NEWS | VIDEOS)
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23:45 hrs IST: With this win, India have stayed alive in the competition. Their next game against Australia will make or break their campaign. There is a break for Holi and this win will make the Festival of colours even more colorful.
23:30 hrs IST: Here are the post-match quotes
Dhoni: I don't want to say everything [regarding what was spoken in the last over]. The decision was what length to bowl and what line to bowl. These were the kind of stuff that was being said. I knew once the 20 over starts I had the luxury of time and wouldn't have been fined. At times you look to finish it with a big shot. When you are batting well, you go for it. It is a learning for him [Mahmudullah] and others who finish games. That is what cricket is all about. If it had gone for six, everybody would have said what a shot. It is important to decide before playing the shot, if you have to play it or not. I think he [Bumrah] bowled really well, the second over he bowled, he was under pressure that was because he had not fielded well. That can happen in this format. He did well to forget that and bowl the crucial 19th over. They were cruising and scoring at a decent rate, instead of using our part-timers, we used our proper bowlers and that made a difference in the end.)
Mortaza: Bowlers did a great job during the bowling time. The batsmen were on top till the last three balls. Anyway, it is bad luck, can't do much. Last three balls we lost three wickets and we needed only 2 runs
23:15 hrs IST: Brilliant! Simply Brilliant! Pandya has defended 11 runs in the final over and India have won the match by one run. Here is the drama of the last over.
19.6 Pandya to Hom run out Mustafizur 0 (0), Hom misses the short ball and they try to sneak a bye, Dhoni charges forward and uproots the stumps to catch Mustafizur just short of the crease. India have sealed a magnificent one-run win to stay alive.
19.5 Pandya to Mahmudullah c Jadeja b Pandya 18 (22), brilliant from India, full toss on middle, Mahmudullah hoicks it to deep mid wicket and Jadeja runs to his left to take a brilliant catch under pressure.
19.4 Pandya to Rahim c Dhawan b Pandya 11 (6), slow short ball on leg stump, Rahim pulls it to deep mid wicket and Dhawan takes the catch
19.3 Pandya to Rahim, FOUR, slow and full ball on leg stump, Rahim scoops it to fine leg for another boundary
19.2 Pandya to Rahim, FOUR, short and slow ball outside off, Rahim thumps it to deep cover for a boundary.
19.1 Pandya to Mahmudullah, 1 run, Mahmudullah slaps it to deep backward point
23:06 hrs IST: Bumrah concedes six runs in the 19th over. Bangladesh need 11 off 6 balls. Pandya to bowl the last ball.
22:59 hrs IST: WICKET! Low full toss and Sarkar thumps it straight to Kohli at long on. He goes for 21 and Bangladesh need 21 off 13.
22:56 hrs IST: Sarkar keeps the match in the balance by smashing Nehra for a boundary to deep mid wicket. The game is evenly poised.
22:53 hrs IST: Sarkar tries to run a yorker down to third man, he gets the edge but Dhoni dives to his left, he fails to latch on but saves a boundary.
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22:48 hrs IST: Sarkar edges a delivery but umpire Oxenford does not spot. No sound on Snicko and he survives. Bangladesh need 34 off 24 balls.
22:45 hrs IST: Great start to the 16th over. Sarkar, who was tied down for some time, slogs Jadeja into the stands at deep mid wicket to ease the pressure.
22:42 hrs IST: Nehra is back into the attack. Mahmudullah is the key for Bangladesh if they have to chase down this total. There is Mushfiqur Rahim to come.
22:38 hrs IST: Jadeja concedes three runs in the 14th over. The pressure is mounting for Bangladesh.
22:36 hrs IST: Ashwin finishes his spell. 4-0-20-2. India are hanging in there. Bangladesh 96/5 (13 overs), need 51 to win off 42 balls.
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22:34 hrs IST: WICKET || Over 13 || Score 95/5. Shakib c Raina b Ashwin 22 (15)
Brilliant from Ashwin. He floats this delivery outside off and it spins away, Shakib pokes at it and Raina takes it at slip. India right back in the contest.
22:28 hrs IST: WICKET || Over 12 || Score 87/4. Mortaza b Ravindra Jadeja 6 (5).
Poor shot from Mortaza. This flatter delivery grips away and Mortaza backs away to the off side, he swings and misses.
22:25 hrs IST: Catch dropped! India's fielding has been shoddy. Shakib goes for the cut and it sails to deep point, Ashwin runs in but ends up spilling the catch.
22:20 hrs IST: This is interesting. Mashrafe Mortaza has promoted himself up the order. He gets going by thumping Raina for a six over long on.
22:16 hrs IST: WICKET || Over 10 || Score 69/3. Sabbir Rahman st Dhoni b Raina 26 (15).
Brilliant work from Dhoni. He is superhuman behind the wicket. Raina fires a flat delivery down the leg side, Sabbir is slightly unbalanced as he tries to work it to the leg side, for a brief moment, both of Sabbir's feet are in the air and Dhoni whips the bails off, he is out. Fantastic keeping.
22:09 hrs IST: WICKET || Over 8 || Score 55/2. Tamim st Dhoni b Jadeja 35 (32).
Tamim once again charges down the track but Jadeja is quicker through the air, the ball grips the surface and spins away as the batsman misses with the slog, Dhoni whips the bails off in a flash.
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22:06 hrs IST: Sabbir unfurls the reverse sweep and it goes over Bumrah. Bangladesh off to a flier.
22:03 hrs IST: Bumrah's poor day continues. He gets smashed for four boundaries and the pressure mounts on India.
21:58 hrs IST: Sabbir ends the over in style and he pulls it over deep mid wicket for a maximum. In the next over, Tamim crashes Bumrah past deep point. This might hurt India.
21:56 hrs IST: Bumrah is having a shocking day in the field. After misfielding at the boundary, Bumrah drops a top-edged sweep off Tamim. Ashwin the bowler.
21:54 hrs IST: Nehra concedes eight runs in his second over. Bangladesh have moved to 20/1. The spinners will get grip from this surface. Ashwin in for his second spell.
21:50 hrs IST: Brilliant from Ashwin. He generates turn and Tamim is beaten all ends up.
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21:46 hrs IST: WICKET || Over 3 || Score 11/1. Mithun Ali c Pandya b Ashwin 1 (3).
Mithun dances down the track and Ashwin drags the length back, the batsman mistimes the lofted shot and Pandya at long on takes the catch.
21:41 hrs IST: Bumrah is into the attack. Tamim tries to attack him but the bowler gives him no room. Only three runs in his over and Bangladesh move to 10/0 after two overs.
21:39 hrs IST: Tamim drags the pull from outside off wide of mid on for a couple. However, Nehra drops him on his followthrough on the next ball. Bangladesh are 7/0 after the first over.
21:36 hrs IST: Tamim gives the charge but mistimes the drive to mid off. He is the key if Bangladesh are to get off to a great start. Next ball, Nehra beats him with the leg-cutter.
21:34 hrs IST: OUCH! There is a collision. Tamim Iqbal flicks to long leg where Jasprit Bumrah misfields and allows a boundary. However, Tamim collides with Ashish Nehra and he is down. The physio is out attending to him.
21:32 hrs IST: Out of the 12 times that Bangladesh have chased 146 or more, they have lost 10 times and won only twice. Tricky chase coming up.
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21:15 hrs IST: Good stuff from Mustafizur. Dhoni cannot get going and India end on 146/7, a decent total on a sluggish wicket.
21:12 hrs IST: Ashwin gets going with a boundary. Dhoni on strike. Can he get India past 150?
21:08 hrs IST: WICKET || Over 20 || Score 137/7. Jadeja b Mustafizur 12 (8).
Jadeja aims for a slog over mid wicket but he misses it and the ball uproots the off stump.
21:02 hrs IST: Only five runs conceded by Mustafizur. MS Dhoni becomes only the fifth Indian batsman to reach 1000 runs in Twenty20 internationals.
20:58 hrs IST: Mustafizur Rahman is back. His cutters will be very difficult for India.
20:55 hrs IST: WICKET || Over 17 || Score 118/6. Yuvraj Singh c Al-Amin b Mahmudullah 3 (6).
Nothing shot from Yuvraj Singh and India in trouble. Flighted delivery on leg stump, Yuvraj is caught in two minds whether to pull or sweep, he does neither and he top-edges it to short fine leg.
20:51 hrs IST: Raina and Pandya have fallen at a wrong time. Can Yuvraj and Dhoni accelerate quickly to pus India beyond 150?
20:48 hrs IST: WICKET || Over 16 || Score 112/5. Suresh Raina 30 (23), Hardik Pandya 15 (7).
Al-Amin's double blow has pegged India back. Suresh Raina holes out to deep mid wicket after he miscues the pull shot. However, the wicket of Pandya is special. The batsman pulls it to deep mid wicket but Sarkar runs hard to his left and he dives full length to take a brilliant catch. Second time he has taken this kind of a catch. He took a brilliant catch against Pakistan in Kolkata.
20:43 hrs IST: Pandya latches on to a full toss from Shakib and thrashes him straight down the ground for a boundary. Pandya follows it up with another four. Shakib ends his spell
20:40 hrs IST: What a start for Pandya. He launches Hom over deep mid wicket for a six.
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20:38 hrs IST: WICKET || Over 13.4 || Score 95/3 Virat Kohli 24(24).
Kohli falls and Chinnaswamy is silenced. Flighted delivery outside off, Kohli goes for the sweep but drags it back onto the stumps. Enter Hardik Pandya.
20:36 hrs IST: Raina responds by whacking Hom straight over the umpire's head for a boundary straight down the ground.
20:35 hrs IST: Shakib concedes just five runs in his third over. The time for acceleration has come for India. Will Raina and Kohli respond?
20:32 hrs IST: Another change of bats for Raina. First the grip and now the entire bat. He is struggling for timing. Will this improve?
20:29 hrs IST: Raina tries to guide a wide ball past deep backward point but the fielder puts in the dive to save a certain boundary.
20:28 hrs IST: The field is spread out for both Kohli and Raina. Bangladesh are not giving them boundaries.
20:22 hrs IST: Just over the ropes! Raina short-arm pulls it to deep mid wicket and the ball sails over the fielder. Next ball, he responds with another pulled six over deep mid wicket, this time more in control.
20:20 hrs IST: Catch dropped! That could be costly. Slow and short ball outside off, Kohli thumps it to the right of Al-Amin Hossain who is on his follow through, he thrusts his right hand but cannot latch onto it.
20:15 hrs IST: A short ball followed by a loopy bouncer. Raina is struggling against Mortaza's variations. So far, Bangladesh have not allowed India to get away.
20:11 hrs IST: Risky couple attempted. Kohli works it to deep square leg and Mashrafe gives chase, the skipper fires the throw at the bowler's end but Hom fails to collect it. Raina puts in the dive to make it. Had the bowler collected it, he would have been a goner.
20:10 hrs IST: Shuvagata Hom is back into the attack. Kohli is looking in fluid touch while Raina is struggling slightly. This pitch is not a typical Bangalore wicket. The ball is sticking on the wicket and is coming on very sluggishly to the batsmen.
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20:06 hrs IST: Mashrafe Mortaza is back into the attack. The onus is on Kohli and Suresh Raina to steady India.
20:04 hrs IST: WICKET || Over 7 || Score 45/2. Shikhar Dhawan 23 (22).
Superb ball from Shakib. Flighted delivery from around the stumps, it drifts away and dips late as Dhawan yorks himself, the umpire gives him out. India 45/2 after seven overs.
19:59 hrs IST: WICKET || Over 6 || Score 42/1 Rohit Sharma 18 (16).
Full and slow ball from Mustafizur, Rohit looks to launch him over deep mid wicket but top-edges the slog high in the air, Shabbir Rahman at the edge of the circle takes it.
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19:57 hrs IST: Dhawan gets into the act now. He matches Rohit by walloping Mustafizur into the stands at deep mid wicket. India are starting to turn it on here.
19:55 hrs IST: The first big hit of the day. Mustafizur bowls it full and Rohit lofts it cleanly over long off for a six.
19:52 hrs IST: Another chance! Rohit chips it back to the bowler, Shakib is late in diving forward and the ball lands in front. India are 27/0 after five overs.
19:51 hrs IST: Close call for a run-out! Rohit dabs it to point and Dhawan wants a single, he is sent back but the throw is poor. Dhawan makes it with the dive as Shakib cannot collect it.
19:49 hrs IST: Poor end to the over from Mustafizur. Full ball and on the pads, Dhawan whips it to deep mid wicket. Shakib Al Hasan into the attack
19:46 hrs IST: Some problems with the sightscreen hold up play. Good start for Mustafizur as he does not give Dhawan any room.
19:44 hrs IST: Mustafizur Rahman, the master of the cutter, who tormented India in the bilateral series in 2015, is into the attack. India will be aiming to go after him.
19:43 hrs IST: Good comeback from Al-Amin. After conceding a boundary first ball, he gives away only four runs in the next five balls. This is already the highest partnership between Rohit and Dhawan in the 2016 World T20.
19:41 hrs IST: Poor start for Al-Amin Hossain. Short and wide ball, Rohit frees his arms and cracks the square cut to deep point for a boundary.
19:39 hrs IST: There is some slow turn on this Chinnaswamy wicket. Hom beats Dhawan first ball before the batsman gets going with a pulled four to deep mid wicket. India 9/0 after 2 overs.
19:36 hrs IST: This is a surprise. Bangladesh bring in Shuvagata Hom, the legspinner into the attack.
19:34 hrs IST: Steady start for Mortaza. Dhawan and Rohit content to get going with singles as they move to 5/0 in the first over.
19:32 hrs IST: Rohit gets off the mark by driving a back of a length ball to deep point. A slip in place for Dhawan.
19:30 hrs IST: Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan have come out to open. Dhawan is under some pressure heading into this match. Mashrafe Mortaza will open the bowling. He bowled just one over against Australia.
19:27 hrs IST: The Indian Hockey Team, that has been selected for the Sultan Azlan Shah tournament, is also in attendance. The national anthems of both India and Bangladesh are done. Time for the action to begin.
19:15 hrs IST: The equation is pretty simple for India. They must beat Bangladesh by over 50 runs so that they can boost their net run-rate over Pakistan and Australia.
19:06 hrs IST: Here are the playing XIs of both teams
India (Playing XI): Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan, Virat Kohli, Suresh Raina, Yuvraj Singh, MS Dhoni(w/c), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Ashish Nehra, Jasprit Bumrah
Bangladesh (Playing XI): Tamim Iqbal, Soumya Sarkar, Mohammad Mithun, Sabbir Rahman, Shakib Al Hasan, Shuvagata Hom, Mahmudullah, Mushfiqur Rahim(w), Mashrafe Mortaza(c), Al-Amin Hossain, Mustafizur Rahman
19:03 hrs IST: Bangladesh have won the toss and chosen to bowl. India are unchanged but Bangladesh welcome back Tamim Iqbal.
18:58 hrs IST: This surface in Bangalore is a wonderful batting surface. The boundaries are short square off the wicket and only 73 meters down the ground. Captains will be tempted to chase first because the surface is so good for batting.
18:53 hrs IST: A warm welcome to the match between India and Bangladesh from Bangalore. This is a must-win game for India. A loss for them will dent their chances of reaching the semi-finals tremendously.
Sunil Gavaskar feels a match against Bangladesh is a potential banana skin. Kumar Sangakkara warned Dhoni's men not to play too hard too soon. Although improving their net run-rate will be uppermost in the team's mind, India will do well not to take Bangladesh for granted.
In the absence of the suspended Taskin Ahmed, left-arm seamer Mustifizur Rahman will certainly lead Bangladesh's ace attack and he is more than a handful. The fact that Bangladesh ran Australia close in Bangalore on Monday, will give them a lot of self-belief. They can certainly spoil India's party.
Bangladesh's batting has been a problem. If Tamim Iqbal, reportedly sick, sits out then they will miss a lot of punch up the order. Soumya Sarkar and Sabbir Rahman have not been able to take their Asia Cup batting form forward and that has hurt Bangladesh.
India is a team that almost always turns up on big days. For Dhoni's team, Wednesday and Sunday (vs Australia) will be massive days. A slip up will be very costly.