Sports News : India beat Bangladesh by 5 runs in a thrilling match

Team India beat Bangladesh by 5 runs. With this, Team India has reached very close to the semi-finals. Bangladesh captain Shakib-ul-Hasan won the toss and invited Team India to bat first. Lokesh Rahul, Virat Kohli's half-century and Surya's cameo helped India scored 184 runs for the loss of 6 wickets in 20 overs.In reply, Bangladesh opener Liton Das made a tremendous start. Before the rain started, Bangladesh had scored 66 runs in 7 overs and did not lose any wicket. However, after the rain stopped, Bangladesh got a revised target of 151 runs in 16 overs under the Duckworth-Lewis rule. From here Rohit's team turned the game and Bangladesh lost.

There was a partnership of 67 runs between KL Rahul-Virat Kohli and 38 runs between Kohli and Suryakumar. Surya scored 30 runs at a strike rate of 187. Kohli again did wonders and scored his third fifty in this World Cup. This is the 36th fifty of his T20 International career. He also became the highest run-scorer in the T20 World Cup.

Chasing the target of 185 runs, Bangladesh team got off to a blazing start by Liton Das. He pushed India on the back foot by hitting a half-century in 21 balls. Bangladesh had scored 66 runs in 7 overs when the rain came and after that the match was stopped for a while and when the match started, Bangladesh got the target of 151 runs in 16 overs under the Duckworth-Lewis rule. The way Liton was batting it looked like Bangladesh would win the match today, but the Indian team did not give up hope.

Arshdeep Singh conceded just 14 runs in the last over. Bangladesh team needed 20 runs in the last over to win. Hassan took the match to the last ball by hitting a six and a four in this over. Only one run was scored off the last ball.

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