India wins by One run against Bangladesh in Bangalore World T20

It was decidedly a WT20 match in which India got the better of Bangladesh who succumbed to pressure of expectations and literally gifted the game away to India. It was evident that India played below par with batsmen failing to score to finally end up with just 146 runs in its 20 0vers. And, Bangladesh frittered away their chances when they lost their nerves.
This has been reported in ibnlive.com dated 23 March 2016.

Some may say it was an exciting nail biting finish but it was a misery that Indians brought upon themselves - first by their poor batting and then by poor fielding. Dropped catches have become the order of the day and, when sitters are dropped, it adds to the tension of not just captain cool M S Dhoni but to millions of viewers who sit glued to the TV sets and wait for miracles to happen.
As it did when India managed to pick up three wickets in the last three deliveries.
Mushfiqur Rahim and Mahmudullah needed 11 runs off the final over, and Rahim hit Hardik Pandya for two back-to-back boundaries. That left just two to win off last three balls - and the Bangladeshis could not score that one run in the last three deliveries.shot on their own foot as they didn't manage to score even one run in the last three deliveries. First Rahim was caught in the deep by Shikhar Dhawan and in the very next delivery, Mahmudullah lobbed a full-toss straight at the deep mid-wicket to Ravindra Jadeja.
With this win, India have four points and are second in Group 2 points table.


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Any cricket match between India and Pakistan, the arch rivals, is usually one full of excitement and one expects nail biting finishes but the Asia T-20 at Dhaka was a totally different kettle of fish. It turned out to be a sad display of cricket and set to bat first, Pakistan managed to score just 83 runs in 17.3 overs - they could not play out the full quota of 20 overs. This has been reported in ibnlive.com dated 27 February 2016.

Pakistan had players like Shoaib Malik, Shahid Afridi, and Umar Akmal in the team and failed miserably to put up a decent definable score. For India, they began on a bad note and were tottering at three for eight in 2.4 overs when Virat Kohli and Yuvraj Singh joined forces to take India home. Virat Kohli missed out on another 50 but he and Yuvrah Singh stitched 68-run partnership after Mohammad Amir's fiery spell. India finally cruised home to a five-wicket win in 15.3 overs over Pakistan in their second Asia Cup T20 match in Dhaka and, with this win, India are top of the table with four points in two matches. Hardik Pandya was the pick of India's bowlers, finishing with 3 for 8 while Ravindra Jadeja captured 2 for 11.


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IPL8 – poor show by Chennai at home against Mumbai, still CSK at the top

#IPL8 #CSKvMI #AmbatiRayudu #HardikPandya It was undoubtedly a poor show by Chennai Super Kings at their home ground when they lost to Mumbai Indians by 6 wickets in a match that CSK should have won comfortably. This has been reported in timesofindia.indiatimes.com dated 8 May 2015.

First it was the batsmen who could manage only 158 runs when they could have got at least 180. Then came several dropped catches followed by bowling in the last 3 overs that saw sixes splattered all over the grounds – thanks to Ashish Nehra and Pawan Negi.
Ashish Nehra is the topmost wicket taker in IPL8 and has the Purple Cap but when he is his for two sixes in the 17th over, obviously the team suffers. In that over Nehra conceded 17 runs!!
The return of injured Ashwin paid dividends because he removed both the MI openers quickly but thanks to an unbeaten 34-run knock by Ambati Rayudu, who was given wonderful support by Hardik Pandya (21*) ensured a win for Mumbai in the 19.2 overs.
Pandya hammered Pawan Negi for three sixes in the penultimate over in which Negi conceded 25 runs. Of course, Negi, the Delhi based cricketer, proved useful with the bat – he smashed four fours and a six in quick time to score 36 runs off 17 balls.
The culprits for the dropped catches were Faf du-Plessis, Ravinder Jadeja. CSK continues to hold the No 1 spot in the points table and, with others gradually creeping up the table, one hopes that CSK will continue to hold the pride of place.

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