India beat Bangladesh by 1 run : ICC World Twenty20

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Kathmandu: Bangladesh slumped to a one-run defeat by India at the World Twenty20 on Wednesday after a collapse by its lower-order batsmen in the final over of a gripping Group 2 match at Chinnaswamy Stadium.

Defending a modest 146, India looked down and out for the better part of the match before pulling their acts together in the final two overs to restrict Bangladesh to 145 for 9. But Mushfiqur holed out to mid-wicket, the next ball saw Mahmudullah do the same and Shuvagata Hom missed the final ball and made a vain attempt to steal a single to level the scores.

It was a piece of inspirational act by skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni, who took his right gloves off when Hardik Pandya came in to bowl the last delivery with two runs required. Pandya bowled a fuller delivery wide off Shuvagato Hom who missed it and Dhoni caught it with only his inners on.

Match summary
India: 146 for 7 (Suresh Raina 30, Shikhar Dhawan 23, Mustafizur Rahaman 2/34, Al Amin 2/37).
Bangladesh: 145 for 9 (Tamim Iqbal 35, Shakib Al Hasan 22, Sabbir Rahaman 26, Soumya Sarkar 21, R Ashwin 2/20, Ravindra Jadeja 2/22).
India beat Bangladesh by 1 run. 

WATCH MATCH HIGHLIGHT (source: ICC)

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