NEW DELHI: India crushed Bangladesh by 1 run in the most thrilling ICC T20 match after surviving a mighty scare.
Indian cricket team played first and set a target of 147 runs for 7 wickets in 20 over.
Rohit Sharma scored 18 off 16 balls, Shikhar Dhawan 23 off 22 and Kohli scored 24 off 24 balls.
Suresh Raina remained top scorer for India with 30 off 23 while Indian Skipper MS Dhoni scored only 13 and became 4th Indian batsman to cross 1000 T20 International runs.
Bangladesh team could score 145/9 with the contribution of Tamim Iqbal 35, Shakib 22 and Soumya could only score 21.
The game becomes thrilling when Bangladesh required 11 runs within 1 over.
Mushafiqur Rahim hit 2 boundaries and was caught out on the ball of Pandiya and now Bangladesh required 2 runs with 2 wickets in hand.
Bangladesh lost 3 wickets off the last 3 balls and India won by 1 run.
By winning this match India has ranked 2nd in the table just behind New Zealand who have already qualified for semi finals.
India will play its next match against Australia on Sunday which is the most important match for India and Pakistan because if India loses, Pakistan team can qualify for semi finals by defeating Australia.
On the other hand Bangladesh has lost their first 3 matches and is out of the game now.