Bangladesh beat India India by 7 wickets in 1st T20I

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Patna : Bangladesh beat India by 7 wickets in the 1st T20I at Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi, with Mushfiqur Rahim (wk) scoring an unbeaten in 43 balls hitting 8 fours and a six and Soumya Sarkar making 39 in 35 balls with 1 four and 2 sixes. Mohammad Naim fell to Yuzvendra Chahal for 26 in 28 balls with 2 fours and a six.

Set a target of 149, Bangladesh scored 154/3 in 19.3 overs to take a 1-0 lead in the three-match series. It was Bangladesh’s first victory over India in 9 T20Is.

Rahim hit fast bowler K Khaleel Ahmed for 4 consecutive fours in the 19th over to take the match away from India. Mahmudullah hit pacer Shivam Dubey for the winning six in the last over. Mamudullah remained unbeaten on 15 with 1 four and 1 six..

Bangladesh had won the toss but opted to bowl. Batting first, India scored 148/6 in 20 overs with opener Shikhar Dhawan scoring 41..