ICC WT20 : India beat Bangladesh by 1 run to keep semifinals hope alive.

It was match that Indians didn't want but needed it. It was a real reality check for Indian team that have been lately relied too much on Kohli .It was of more lucky jail break by the indian team .


Bangladesh won the toss & elected to bowl first ,Indian openers started off slowly but picked the space in last couple of overs of powerplay losing Rohit in process .Dhawan soon followed him while trying to up the ante .What followed was unbelievable, the dynamic duo of Raina & Kohli could not get going at all. The run rate fall ,& in process to increase fail.Hardik Pandya did hit few shots to boundary but also fail on 15 & India could just manage 146-7.

Rahim and Mahmudullah had the match at their mercy. With 11 needed off the final over, Rahim did the difficult part of striking Pandya for 2 back-to-back boundaries. It came down 2 runs needed from 3 balls. And then he absolutely completely had a brainfade. Holed out in trying to clear the fence. But wait, that wasn't all. Mahmudullah, after seeing his partner having an absolute freeze, went one step further. He lobbed a full toss straight to deep mid-wicket. And then it was asking too much from Hom to handle all the pressure and connect off the final ball.

Ashwin was adjudged match for his 2-22.& this is he had to say in post match ceremony"I think this is probably the most we have discussed on a cricket field as a team. We have never really got together and worried so much about a game before. Credit to Bangladesh. I think they played great cricket. I am probably drained right now. I'll probably go back to my room and crash. That's how much energy I have (smiles). He (Bumrah) put down a catch, didn't have a good time in the field, bowled two overs for 22 and from there to come back and bowl like that was excellent. I actually gave him a cheeky idea to try and mankad at the end. I know we might have got a bit of flak, but why not! (smiles). We have not really batted the way where we would be really pleased with our performance. We are a very, very good batting unit. Once we fire on all cylinders we will be great contenders for the title. As of today, with where we stand, I don't think we are contenders (smiles). But I think it's not a bad time to peak. If we really pick up our batting, we could be great contenders from now on. When Tamim's sweep went up in the air I thought we had the game under control. Later on I put a catch down as well. A lot was going through my mind. It was a roller-coaster game. It was great to see the team come back and win the game."