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India knock Bangladesh out of WT20 in thriller

India's openers started steadily on a slow track in Bangalore  IDI/Getty Images
Bangladesh, however, hit back by removing Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan in the space six balls  AFP
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Suresh Raina then came in and put up a 50-run partnership with Virat Kohli  Associated Press
Shuvagata Hom dismissed Kohli and Bangladesh began to strangle India's momentum  AFP
Al-Amin Hossain added to India's woes by sending back Raina and Hardik Pandya off consecutive balls in the 16th over  AFP
Yuvraj Singh struggled to find timing as he could manage only 3 off 6 balls  IDI/Getty Images
MS Dhoni could not provide India an explosive finish and scratched around for a 12-ball 13*  IDI/Getty Images
Mustafizur Rahman bowled a tight last over that produced the wicket of Ravindra Jadeja to help his side keep India to 146  AFP
Tamim Iqbal made a brisk 35 to set Bangladesh on course in the chase  AFP
R Ashwin then brought India back with the timely wickets of Mohammad Mithun in his first spell, and Shakib Al Hasan in his second  AFP
Ravindra Jadeja slipped one past Tamim in the eighth over  AFP
Mashrafe Mortaza came in at No. 5, but could only manage 6, as the match started to tilt in India's favour.  AFP
But Bangladesh kept fighting. Soumya Sarkar made a valuable 21 in the end overs as the equation boiled down to 11 needed off the final over  IDI/Getty Images
In the last over bowled by Hardik Pandya, Mushfiqur Rahim hit two boundaries off the second and third ball...  AFP
... before falling with Bangladesh two runs short of the target  AFP
Pandya got Mahmudullah off the next ball and Bangladesh required two off the last ball  AFP
Pandya held his nerve to bowl a short-of-length ball, wide of Shuvagata Hom. Hom missed it, and Dhoni ran Mustafizur out to knock Bangladesh out of the World T20  AFP
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