Nov 2, 2022
Inaugural champions India put a foot in the semis of the T20 World Cup following their nervy five-run victory against Bangladesh in a rain-hit Group 2 humdinger.
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Virat Kohli made an unbeaten 64 to maintain his red-hot form and KL Rahul (50) ended his run drought as they fired India to a commanding 184-6 at the Adelaide Oval.
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Chasing a revised target of 151 in 16 overs, Bangladesh looked on course with Litton Das (60) going great guns but his exit unhinged his side who eventually finished on 145-6.
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India moved to top of Group 2 with six points, one ahead of South Africa who have played one game fewer.
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Put into bat, India did not have the best of starts with Taskin Ahmed proving quite a handful even though the seamer went wicketless.
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Hasan Mahmud (3-47) dropped Rohit in the deep but almost immediately made amends dismissing the batter for two.
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Kohli, who was adjudged player-of-the-match, did not look convincing initially but was soon in his elements, while Rahul also looked in great touch at the other end.
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With scores of 4,9,9 in his previous three matches, Rahul was under pressure to justify his selection and the opener responded by clubbing four sixes en route to a 31-ball fifty.
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Suryakumar Yadav played a typically breezy 30 off 16 balls on a day he replaced Pakistan's Mohammad Rizwan as the top-ranked T20 batter.
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Kohli registered his third fifty in four innings and also overtook Sri Lanka's Mahela Jayawardene as the leading run-getter in the history of the tournament.
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Litton scored 56 of Bangladesh's 60 runs in the powerplay. He raced to a 21-ball fifty before rain halted play with Bangladesh on 66/0 after seven overs.
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Bangladesh needed 20 from the last over from Arshdeep Singh and Nurul Hasan hit a six and a four but it was not enough in the end.
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