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| India VS Bangladesh |
| World Cup group B, Trinidad: Bangladesh 195-5 (48.3 ovs) bt India 191 (49.3 ovs)
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| JAMAICA
, 19-March-2007
2:39:17 AM |
| Bangladesh sealed a famous five-wicket victory against India with a thrilling performance in Port-of-Spain
Three of their teenagers passed fifty, 17-year-old Tamim Iqbal with calypso strokes in a stunning 51 off 53 balls.
There were late scares but Mushfiqur Rahim, aged 18, took them to the 192 target with nine deliveries remaining.
Rahul Dravid chose to bat but when he fell in the 25th over India were 72-4, and though Sourav Ganguly and Yuvraj Singh shared 85 it was insufficient.
Iqbal's spirit was exemplified in the seventh over, bowled by left-arm paceman Zaheer Khan.
India were convinced they had dismissed him at slip when the ball flew close to his gloves and ricocheted off his grille.
Having engaged in some forthright discussion with the bowler, Iqbal smashed the final two balls of the over for four and embarked on a flurry of remarkable strokes.
The pick of them was also against Zaheer.
Having hit successive fours earlier in the over, he took a step down the pitch and piroueted into a drive, despatching the ball against the wall of the upper tier of the stand beyond wide long-on.
Aftab Ahmed's shot selection was not so good, however, and his attempted pull to a full delivery that trapped him bang in front and made it 79-3 was particularly ill-advised.
When it appeared the Tigers may be feeling the pressure, 19-year-old Saqibul Hasan took the runs required below 100 with a confident cut for four off Agarkar.
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