IND v BAN 2019: 3 memorable India wins over Bangladesh in T20I cricket

Here are the three best victories of Indian team over Bangladesh in T20I format.

India and Bangladesh will resume their rivalry in the shortest format of the game from November 3, with the first encounter of the three-match T20I series to be played at Delhi.

Bangladesh is yet to beat India in the T20I format and so far, the Men in Blue have been dominant on their neighbors. This time, however, things will be a bit different, as Virat Kohli has been rested from this series and Rohit Sharma will lead the team in his absence.

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Bangladesh, on the other hand, has sent their full strength team which includes veterans like Shakib, Mushfiqur, Mithun, Mahmudullah, and others and will look to give a tough fight to the Indians in their own backyard.

Keeping that in mind, Team COC takes a look at three memorable T20I wins by the Indian team over Bangladesh so far.

Here are 3 memorable India wins over Bangladesh in T20I cricket

Asia Cup 2016 final

The 2016 Asia Cup was played in Bangladesh in the 20-over format given that it preceded the ICC World T20 2016 and teams wanted to practice in the same format. India and Bangladesh met in the finals after Sri Lanka and Pakistan performed poorly.

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MS Dhoni won the toss and put Bangladesh in to bat. India bowled wonderfully well, keeping the opposition to just 120/5. Sabbir Rahman made 32*, while Mahmudullah made 33* in 18 balls with 2 fours and 2 sixes. For India, Ashwin picked 1/14 and Bumrah picked 1/13 was the pick of the bowlers.

In the chase, Al-Amin removed Rohit Sharma early for 1, but Shikhar Dhawan made 60 in 44 balls with 9 fours and 1 six. The remaining runs were completed by Kohli, who made 41* in 28 balls with 5 fours, while MS Dhoni made 20 in just 6 balls with 2 sixes and 1 four, with one of those sixes ending the game for the Indian team and made them Asia Cup champions.

ICC World T20 2016

This was the 25^th match of the ICC World T20 in 2016, played between India and Bangladesh in Bengaluru. It was a must-win for the India team where they had to up their net run rate as well.

On a difficult pitch, Bangladesh put India into bat first and the team struggled to 146/7. Suresh Raina made 30, Kohli and Dhawan made 20 odd each, as the Bangla bowlers bowled tight lines and Al-Amin (2/37) and Mustafizur (2/34) were the best bowlers.

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In reply, the Bangladesh team had the game under their control for 99% of the duration. Tamim (35), Sabbir and Shakib with 20-odd each took them to the cusp of victory. Jasprit Bumrah brought the game into India’s favor by bowling a tight 19^th over giving away just 6 runs, leaving the Tigers to get 11 runs off the last over.

Hardik Pandya took the ball, but Mushfiqur Rahim hit two fours on the first two balls to bring down the run needed to 3. But then Pandya hit back with wickets of Rahim and Mahmudullah in two straight balls. With 2 runs needed off the last ball, Pandya bowled it wide and Dhoni collected the ball, sprinting towards the stumps to beat Mustafizur Rahman to the crease and India won the match by 1 run in a nail biter.  

Nidahas Trophy Final 2018

Nidahas trophy 2018 was played between hosts Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and India in the T20I format and for the first time, the home crowd supported India in the finals after Bangladesh had dumped Lanka out and further agitated the fans by doing the Nagin dance.

Bangladesh batted first after Indian captain Rohit Sharma won the toss. Sabbir Rahman made 77 in 50 balls with 4 sixes and 7 fours, while Mahmudullah made 21, while Mehidy made 19*, as Bangladesh made 166/8. Yuzvendra Chahal picked 3/18 and Unadkat picked 2/33 for the Indian team.

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In reply, Rohit Sharma made 56, while Rahul (24) and Pandey (28) did their best, but an out of form Vijay Shankar led to both of them getting out trying to up the run rate. Finally, it came down to 34 runs in last two overs with new man Dinesh Karthik on the strike with Rubel Hossain ready to bowl. What happened next has been etched in the history of T20I cricket in golden letters.

Dinesh Karthik slammed the first three balls for a six, four and a six again, took a double and then hit the last ball for a four again to make 22 runs in that important penultimate over to bring India back into the game. Now 12 runs were needed in 6 balls of the last over bowled by Soumya Sarkar.

Sarkar bowled brilliantly well leaving India to get 10 runs off 4 balls and then Shankar hit a four off the 4^th ball and then got out on the fifth ball. India needed five runs on the last ball, but Karthik was on strike. Soumya bowled the ball full and wide, Karthik hit it over the cover boundary clean for a six, taking India to an impossible-looking win and leaving Bangladesh distraught and Sri Lankan fans rejoiced as well, with India becoming champions.