T20 World Cup: India boost semi-final chances with five-run win over Bangladesh

India moved to the brink of a semi-final spot with a tense five-run triumph implicit Bangladesh successful a rain-affected Men's T20 World Cup lucifer successful Adelaide.

Bangladesh were 17 runs up of the Duckworth-Lewis-Stern (DLS) par people but saw their people revised to 151 disconnected 16 overs.

A furious Das slipped connected the bedewed transportation and was tally retired soon aft the restart, with the Tigers past losing regular wickets successful a faultless fielding show by India.

Needing 20 from the past over, Nurul Hasan deed a six and a 4 to instrumentality the crippled to the past ball.

A six would person made it a necktie and a ace over, but seamer Arshdeep Singh held his nervus and conceded conscionable a azygous to permission the Tigers connected 145-6.

India are present apical of Group 2 and triumph successful their last crippled against Zimbabwe volition warrant their spot successful the semi-finals, portion Bangladesh request to bushed Pakistan and anticipation that different results spell their way.

Earlier, KL Rahul's 50 and Virat Kohli's 3rd half-century of the tourney helped India station 184-6.

Das' stunning sound of 60 disconnected 27 gave Bangladesh existent anticipation of an upset but the rainfall and their opponents' nerveless fielding yet ensured their 11th decision successful 12 T20s against India.

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Bangladesh frustrated by DLS contention

India's full of 185 felt good beyond Bangladesh's scope astatine the halfway stage, but Das felt differently.

He played with small fearfulness and small respect for India's gait bowlers, who person been prolific successful the tourney truthful far.

It was a heroic effort from the opener to guarantee his broadside were truthful acold up of the par people aft the powerplay, uncovering the bound regularly with a operation of powerfulness and flair - a ramp implicit his enarthrosis for six disconnected Bhuvneshwar Kumar the highlight.

But erstwhile it was confirmed that play would resume, Bangladesh needed 85 from the remaining 9 overs. That meant scoring astatine a higher run-rate than they had been doing to get themselves into specified a beardown position.

Captain Shakib Al Hasan was visibly aggrieved, touching the bedewed crushed and gesturing to the umpires that it was unsafe to resume yet.

And their fears soon became world erstwhile Das slipped trying for a 2nd tally from the 2nd shot aft the delay. Rahul's immense one-handed prime up and propulsion whitethorn person dismissed Das anyhow but his gaffe ensured the playing conditions volition beryllium a large talking point.

And Das' wicket was the cardinal - it sparked a illness of six wickets for 42 runs to severely dent Bangladesh's hopes arsenic the tally complaint climbed.

The tourney has had 4 games abandoned by rainfall already, with South Africa and Zimbabwe yet called disconnected aft Zimbabwe players had slipped over.