Final chapter of India's Sixes campaign

We reported on Saturday that the UAE's six-wicket win had knocked India out of the main competition, after an earlier loss to Pakistan. Sunday's play-off against Bangladesh was India's last match of the tournament. Read how India were knocked out by the UAE

HONG KONG: India beat Bangladesh by five wickets on the final ball of the 11th/12th place play-off at the Hong Kong Sixes on Sunday, reaching 117 for 1 in six overs at the Mission Road Ground in Mong Kok to record their first and only win of the tournament and finish 11th of the 12 teams, according to the Cricbuzz scorecard. India won the toss and bowled first, restricting Bangladesh, captained by Abu Hider Rony, to 116 for 5.

Source: Cricbuzz scorecard

117/1India's chase — target reached off the final ball
116/5Bangladesh's total in six overs
50 off 15Shashank Singh — 1 four and 7 sixes
3/25Krunal Pandya's bowling — Player of the Match

Shashank Singh set up the chase with 50 off 15 balls, including one four and seven sixes, before retiring at the mandatory half-century mark. India still needed 23 runs from the final over, bowled by Habibur Rahman Sohan, with Rahul Tewatia and Nitish Rana at the crease. The pair took 6, 4, 4, 1 and 6 off the first five balls, and Rana then drove two runs toward mid-wicket off the final delivery to complete the chase, Blaze News reported, citing Yahoo Sports. Tewatia finished unbeaten on 16 off 5 balls and Rana on 10 off 4.

Source: Blaze News, citing Yahoo Sports

Captain Krunal Pandya was named Player of the Match for his 3 for 25 in two overs with the ball. The two teams hit 26 sixes between them across the 12 overs. ReportWire also reported Singh's 15-ball fifty and Pandya's Player of the Match award in its account of India's first win after three straight defeats.

Source: ReportWire

The result closed a disappointing tournament for the former champions: India lost both Group C matches, to Pakistan by four wickets and to the UAE by six wickets, and then lost Saturday's Bowl semi-final to England, who made 124 for 2 against India's 121. Bangladesh reached the play-off after losing the first Bowl semi-final to South Africa by one wicket, and Sunday's defeat left them in 12th place. Sources: Cricbuzz scorecard, Blaze News citing Yahoo Sports, and ReportWire.

Source: Cricbuzz scorecard