Nidahas Trophy 2018: The Unbelievable Karthik with 8-balls destruction
Nidahas Trophy 2018: The Unbelievable Karthik with 8-balls destruction
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On Sunday, it was the final of the Nihadas Trophy in Sri Lanka. India won the title by defeating Bangladesh by 4 wickets in most thrilling chase. India wicket-keeper batsmen, Dinesh Karthik's unbelievable innings of 28 runs helped India to achieve 167. Although the last two overs remaining was in the favor of Bangladesh, Dinesh Karthik grabbed the last ball and hit a six.

Earlier, Bangladesh scored 166 runs for 8 wickets in 20 overs, in which Sabbir Rehman (77) of Bangladesh played an important role in batting first. The start of the Indian batting line-up was quite average in which Rohit Sharma's half-century was included.

It's not always that an eight-ball performance is awarded the Man of the Match. But Sunday was different. When Dinesh Karthik walked out to bat at the end of the 18th over, India were left needing 34 runs. Having been ahead in the chase for most parts of the game, they had just handed over the initiative to Bangladesh. Mustafizur Rahman had just finished his spell, with his last over costing only a solitary run - a leg bye and the wicket of Manish Pandey. With Vijay Shankar struggling to connect, the pressure was completely on Karthik and rest was history.

Brief Scores: Bangladesh 166/8 in 20 overs (Sabbir Rahman 77, Mahmudullah 21; Yuzvendra Chahal 3-18, Jaydev Unadkat 2-33) lost to India 168/6 in 20 overs (Rohit Sharma 56, Dinesh Karthik 29*; Rubel Hossain 2-35, Mustafizur Rahman 1-21) by 4 wickets

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