T20 World Cup 2022 | India beats Bangladesh by 5 runs in thriller

A chunk of sheer on-field brilliance by a rejuvenated KL Rahul and divine intervention by the climate gods took India one step nearer to the T20 World Cup semifinals with an edge-of-the-seat five-run victory over Bangladesh in a rain-curtailed contest right here on Wednesday.

Having posted an imposing complete of 184 for six courtesy Virat Kohli (64 not out off 44) and Okay. L. Rahul (50 off 32), little did India issue in what was about to hit them in the type of Litton Das (60 off 27 balls).

Needing 151 in 16 overs as per the revised goal after a quick spell of rain, Bangladesh managed 145/6 in the top. India, who now have six factors from 4 video games, might want to beat Zimbabwe in their final Super-12 match to clinch a final 4 place.

Needing 20 off final over, younger Arshdeep Singh confirmed ice-cool temperament regardless of Nurul Hasan hitting him for a six and 4 as he bowled couple of good yorker size deliveries to seal the tie.

Just when Bangladesh had been cruising alongside at 66 for no loss in 7 overs, heavens opened up a lot to the delight of the Bangladeshi followers and their partisan media.

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After the pressured break, the revised goal as per DLS technique required Bangladesh to attain 85 off 54 balls. The break did have an effect on their momentum as Rahul effected a run-out that might be part of any highlights package deal with the direct throw from deep mid-wicket eliminating Litton.

Just prefer it occurred with Mohammed Nawaz in the Asia Cup, India’s teaching employees had no planning for Litton, who cleverly performed for the rain.

After a quiet first over by Bhuvneshwar Kumar, the subsequent over by Arshdeep noticed the right-hander repeatedly stepping down the wicket, making an attempt to negate any swing on provide.

Litton lights up the park

In the subsequent few overs, he was throughout Arshdeep and Bhuvneshwar as he transformed good size deliveries into over-pitched ones and lofted them over the infield. It was one of many best T20I fifties for Bangladesh, coming solely in 21 balls.

Litton performed cowl drives, pulls and hit sixes behind sq. guiding the tempo of the deliveries, making Rohit Sharma look clueless through the Powerplay overs which yielded 60 runs.

By the time it began drizzling, Bangladesh had been 66 for no loss in seven overs with a 17-run benefit on DLS par rating.

Target diminished

Once the goal was diminished, Rahul’s inspirational fielding from the deep discovered Litton in need of his floor on the non-striker’s finish.

Shanto (21 off 25 balls) struggled for timing for the higher half earlier than a mistimed pull off Shami’s bowling discovered Suryakumar Yadav at broad long-on.

Okay. L. Rahul and Virat Kohli of India through the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup match between India and Bangladesh at Adelaide Oval on November 02, 2022 in Adelaide, Australia
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While two wickets fell in fast succession, the moist outfield as a result of rain made it troublesome to grip the ball as Shakib Al Hasan launched into Ravichandran Ashwin for a few boundaries.

But Arshdeep (2/38 in 4 overs) coming for his post-rain spell bought the harmful Afif Hossain caught by Surya after which skipper Shakib was caught by substitute fielder Deepak Hooda at deep mid-wicket to vary the complexion of the match.

Hardik (2/28 in 3 overs) then eliminated Yasir Ali and Mosaddek Hossain Saikat in one over to seal the match.

Kohli reigns at Adelaide once more

Earlier, Kohli’s everlasting love affair with the Adelaide Oval continued as he powered India to a robust complete.

There had been eight fours and a six in his 44-ball innings as not one of the Bangladesh bowlers had any reply for his beautiful stroke-play.

The pitch was method slower in comparison with Perth and the Bangladesh bowling assault fizzled out underneath excessive strain in the post-Powerplay overs as Rahul (50 off 31 ball) additionally returned to kind along with his first fifty of the match.

Kohli, en path to his third half-century of the competitors, had couple of helpful stands – 67 for second wicket with Rahul and 38 for the third wicket with Suryakumar Yadav (30 off 15 balls).

Shakib Al Hasan (2/33 in 4 overs) picked wickets of Rahul and Surya however Taskin undoubtedly was one of the best bowler on view.

Rahul bucks poor kind

Having copped quite a lot of criticism over the previous three video games, Rahul bought into his component. He performed his customary ‘pick-up pull-shot’, which is a whip off the wrists behind sq. for a six.

With skipper Rohit dismissed cheaply, Kohli eased the preliminary strain put by Taskin with some fleet-footed working between the wickets.

Rahul took 20 balls to attain his first 21 runs however as soon as the Powerplay was executed away with, he all of a sudden upped the ante as in one over from Shoriful, he hit a short-arm pull over deep mid-wicket and a slash over backward level for 2 maximums.

That ninth over from Shoriful yielded 24 runs and the strain was fully launched on the Indian batters.

Rahul’s subsequent 29 runs got here off 10 balls earlier than his 31-ball-50 ended when an tried lap-shot discovered the top-edge and Mustafizur took a well-judged catch off skipper Shakib’s bowling. Kohli on the different finish hit a flurry of boundaries – couple off Taskin, one from Mustafizur and one of the best of the lot – a copybook off-drive that one can watch on the loop as many occasions one needs to.

The stage was set for Suryakumar and he responded in type with a quickfire cameo earlier than Shakib’s arm-ball breached his protection.

However, Kohli continued to assault from one finish to take India to an above-par rating.

Scorecard

India batting: KL Rahul c Rahman b Shakib 50 Rohit Sharma c Ali b Mahmud 2 Virat Kohli not out 64 Suryakumar Yadav b Shakib 30 Hardik Pandya c Ali b Mahmud 5 Dinesh Karthik run out 7 Axar Patel c Shakib b Mahmud 7 Ravichandran Ashwin not out 13 Extras: (LB-1, NB-3, W-2) 6

Total: 184 (For Six Wickets in 20 Overs)

Fall of Wickets: 1-11, 2-78, 3-116, 4-130, 5-150, 6-157

Bowling: Taskin Ahmed 4-0-15-0, Shoriful Islam 4-0-57-0, Hasan Mahmud 4-0-47-3, Mustafizur Rahman 4-0-31-0, Shakib Al Hasan 4-0-33-2.

Bangladesh batting: Najmul Hossain Shanto c Suryakumar Yadav b Shami 21 Litton Das run out 60 Shakib Al Hasan c Deepak Hooda b Arshdeep Singh 13 Afif Hossain c Suryakumar Yadav b Arshdeep Singh 3 Yasir Ali c Arshdeep Singh b Hardik Pandya 1 Nurul Hasan not out 25 Mosaddek Hossain b Hardik Pandya 6 Taskin Ahmed not out 12 Extras: (lb-2, w-2) 4

Total: 145/6 in 16 overs

Fall of wickets: 68-1, 84-2, 99-3, 100-4, 102-5, 108-6

Bowling: Bhuvneshwar Kumar 3-0-27-0, Arshdeep Singh 4-0-38-2, Mohammed Shami 3-0-25-1, Axar Patel 1-0-6-0, Ravichandran Ashwin 2-0-19-0, Hardik Pandya 3-0-28-2.