Bangladesh’s cricketers have once again missed out in the final of an international tournament, this time conceding the Nidahas Trophy tri-nation T20I tournament conceding a four-wicket defeat against India in the final at R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo on Sunday.

India chased down a target of 167 runs, scoring 168 for 6 in 20 overs in what turned out to be a last ball thriller as, with 5 needed to winunbeaten Dinesh Karthik hit a 6 over extra cover – arguably the hardest shot in cricket- off the  innings’ last ball off Soumya Sarkar.

India needed 35 from the innings last three overs for victory, pace bowler Mustafizur Rahman started his 4^th overs and got Manish Pandey conceding only one leg bye to squeeze Indian strength.

Butndia rebuffed the Tigers in the 19th over when rather surprisingly, Hossain conceded 22 off 6 balls to Karthik, who hit two boundaries and two over boundaries to reduce their required run rate to 12 off 6 balls in the death over for a win. Soumya Sarkar conceded 13 runs in the last overs.

Indian skipper Rohit Sharma (56 off 42b; 4x4; 3x6) hit a half century and shared a partnership of 51 off 6 overs with Lokesh Rahul in the 3^rd wicket to carry the team collection to 83/3 in 9.3 overs from 32/2 in 3.3 overs before Rahul was caught by Sabbir Rahman off Rubel Hossain.

Rohit Sharma  on 98/4 in 13.2 overs as he was caught by Mahmudullah Riyad off Nazmul Islam.

Man of the match Dinesh Karthik quick-fired 29* off 8b, including two boundaries and three sixes while Manish Pandey (28 off 27b; 3x4), Lokesh Rahul (24 off 14b; 2x4; 1x6), Jaydev Unadkat (17 off 19b; 3x4) and opener Shikhar Dhawan(10 off 7b; 1x4) were other double digit scorers for the winners.