Bangladesh after putting India into bat, Rahul and Rohit started the innings slowly, but Indian captain Rohit Sharma got out by Hasan for only 2 runs. Then Kohli joined Rahul both batters went in full flow and steadied and scored 37 runs in the Powerplay. Once Powerplay was done, Rahul took the attack mode hitting fours and sixes almost every over.
In that Rahul hit Shoriful for a massive 24 run over and he got to his fifty in style and was dismissed the next ball by Shakib after an excellent knock of 50 off just 32 balls which included 4 huge sixes. Suryakumar just continued his form, hitting from ball one and Virat on one side hitting boundaries and also rotating strikes. Suryakumar made most of the free balls to disappear but he also got out after an blazing contribution of 30 runs off 15 deliveries.
Virat Kohli on one side kept on hitting. But, India lost 3 quick wickets as Hardik, Karthik and Axar were dismissed. In the end Kohli got to his fifty and an wonderful knock of 64 not out of 44 balls and in the end Ashwin cameo of 13 runs took India to a outstanding total of 184 for 6 in their full 20 overs.
Bangladesh batters knowing that they need to chase a tough target, it was Liton Das who who went in attacking mode and thrashing Indian bowling apart and openers hitting 60 runs in the Powerplay in that Liton Das scored his fifty off just 21 deliveries. Bangladesh were 66 for 0 in 7 overs. Suddenly rain came in for almost 45 mins. Then, the revised target for Bangladesh was 151 runs in 16 overs.
As soon as openers came in it needed a crucial break through and Rahul provided it through an amazing run out dismissing Das who player a knock of 60 runs off 27 balls. After that, Bangladesh further lost the plot as other opener shanto and following him Afif and skipper Shakib followed them losing 3 quick wickets and again continued giving away wickets at ease as Hardik Pandya picked two wickets in one over.
End contribution by nurul and Taskin could not take Bangladesh over the line. India won by a margin of 5 runs by DLS Method. Arshdeep and Hardik picked two wickets each and Shami taking one. With this win, India moves to top of the points table with 6 points in Group B and are almost through to the spot in the semi finals.
Brief Scorecard :Â India 184/6 in 20 overs (Virat Kohli 64, KL Rahul 50, Hasan Mahmud 3-47) beat Bangladesh 145/6 in 16 overs (Litton Das 60, Nurul Hasan 25, Hardik Pandya 2-28, Arshdeep Singh 2-38) by 5 runs by DLS Method.
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