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BANGALORE: India’s Hardik Pandya jumps to celebrate India’s win against in the ICC World 2016 match in Bangalore, India, yesterday. — AP India beat Bangladesh by one run

BANGALORE: India scraped to a one-run win before both lost their in the space of six with Raina caught by Sabbir Rahman for 30, and against a tenacious Bangladesh in Bangalore in a balls as they tried to accelerate. Kohli and Raina Sarkar taking a spectacular diving catch on the thrilling match yesterday, keeping their hopes of put on 50 before Hom clean bowled Kohli just as boundary to claim Pandya for 15. Dhoni battled to New FIFA president visits World Twenty20 glory alive. India were restricted he was looking dangerous. Al-Amin then struck, an unbeaten 13 runs off 12 balls.—AFP to 146 for seven after being sent in to bat at the war-torn South Sudan Chinnaswamy Stadium, thanks to some spirited SCOREBOARD Bangladesh bowling. Bangladesh came tantaliz- JUBA: Newly-elected FIFA president Gianni sands have been killed. Both the government ingly close to chasing down the total, but poor BANGALORE, India: Scoreboard of the World Twenty20 match between India and Bangladesh at the Infantino visited war-torn South Sudan yesterday, and rebel sides have been accused of perpetrat- shots and three critical dismissals by skipper Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore yesterday: the world’s newest nation, on one of his first offi- ing ethnic massacres, recruiting and killing chil- Mahendra Singh Dhoni eventually saw the home cial trips since taking up the post. Infantino, who dren and carrying out widespread rape, torture side scramble home by the slimmest of margins. India M. Mithun c Pandya b Ashwin 1 formally inaugurated the office of the South and forced displacement of populations to India’s group stage victory bolsters their chances R. Sharma c Sabbir b Mustafizur 18 S. Rahman st Dhoni b Raina 26 Sudanese Football Association (SSFA) in the capi- “cleanse” areas of their opponents. of reaching the semi-finals, but they must now S. Dhawan lbw b Al Hasan 23 S. Al Hasan c Raina b Ashwin 22 V. Kohli b Hom 24 tal Juba, is also due to watch an African Cup of Infantino, who met with South Sudan defeat Australia on Sunday to secure a place in the M. Mortaza b Jadeja 6 S. Raina c Rahman b Hossain 30 Nations qualifier between South Sudan and President Salva Kiir, but whose visit was not final four. S. Sarkar c Kohli b Nehra 21 Benin. Officials dressed Infantino in traditional announced in advance amid security concerns, But defeat means that Bangladesh, who have H. Pandya c Sarkar b Hossain 15 M.S. Dhoni 13 c Jadeja b Pandya 18 lost all three of their Super 10 games so far, have robes and made him dance. They also produced said he would help develop football in a country Y. Singh c Hossain b Mahmudullah 3 M. Rahim c Dhawan b Pandya 11 a large cake to celebrate Infantino’s 46th birthday left in ruins after decades of war. “There is a lot of no chance of progressing further. Opener Tamim R. Jadeja b Rahman 12 S. Hom not out 0 yesterday. “It is a great pleasure for me to be here work to be done, it is not at the standard that it Iqbal top-scored for Bangladesh with 35 off 32 R. Ashwin not out 5 M. Rahman (Dhoni) 0 today in Juba,” Infantino said after cutting a rib- has to be...South Sudan is one of my key ele- balls, before he was by the Indian skipper Extras (lb 2, w 1) 3 bon to mark its opening of the SSFA, calling it ments of my campaign and program to help just as he was looking dangerous. The aggressive Total (7 wickets, 20 overs) 146 Extras (lb 4, w 1) 5 “the first of many projects to come, for the devel- develop football,” Infantino said. “We will come up batsman put on 44 runs with Sabbir Rahman for Did not bat: A. Nehra, J. Bumrah Total (for 9 wickets, 20 overs) 145 opment of football here in South Sudan.” with something concrete that people of South the second , but Rahman was also stumped Fall of wickets: 1-42 (Sharma), 2-45 (Dhawan), 3-95 (Kohli), Did not bat: A. Hossain Infantino promised a “new era of developing Sudan will be proud of.” Infantino’s first official for 26 as he looked to carry on the momentum. 4-112 (Raina), Fall of wickets: 1-11 (Mithun), 2-55 (Iqbal), 3-69 (Rahman), 4- football.” After gaining independence from Sudan international visit was earlier this month to the made a quick-fire 22 off 15 before 5-112 (Pandya), 6-117 (Yuvraj), 7-137 (Jadeja) 87 (Mortaza), 5-95 (Al Hasan), 6-126 (Sarkar), 7-145 (Rahim), Bowling: Mortaza 4-0-22-0, Hom 3-0-24-1, Hossain 4-0-37-2, 8-145 (Mahmudullah), 9-145 (Rahman) in 2011, South Sudan erupted into civil war in United Kingdom. Later this month he is due to he was caught by Suresh Raina at slip off Rahman 4-0-34-2, Al Hasan 4-0-23-1, Mahmudullah 1-0-4-1 December 2013, setting off a cycle of retaliatory visit the scandal-hit South American football con- Ravichandran Ashwin. Bowling: Nehra 4-0-29-1, Bumrah 4-0-32-0, Ashwin 4-0-20- killings that have split the poverty-stricken, land- federation CONMEBOL on March 28-29 in managed 21 as the required Bangladesh: 2, Jadeja 4-0-22-2, Pandya 3-0-29-2, Raina 1-0-9-1. locked country along ethnic lines. Tens of thou- Asuncion, the capital of Paraguay.—AFP runs were gradually ticked off, but Indian spinners T. Iqbal st Dhoni b Jadeja 35 Result: India won by one run. Ravindra Jadeja and Ashwin kept their cool under pressure and continued to take wickets. With Bangladesh needing 10 runs off five balls in a grip- ping final over sent down by Hardik Pandya, (11) smashed two consecutive fours, before holing out to Shikhar Dhawan on the mid-wicket boundary. With two runs needed from two balls, Mahmudullah was inexplicably also caught in the deep for 18. Incoming batsman had no choice but to race down the wicket, after Shuvagata Hom stabbed and missed the final ball, and was run out by Dhoni. Confirmation of the dis- missal by the TV umpire sent the crowd and the Indian team into wild celebrations. India, with one loss and one win heading into yesterday’s match, couldn’t afford to lose if they were to keep their dream alive of becoming the first country to win the World T20 title twice. But their total of 146 for seven seemed below par, thanks to some gritty bowling by Bangladesh, who were looking to beat India in this format for the first time. Al-Amin Hossain took two wickets for Bangladesh off two balls, while newcomer Shuvagata Hom claimed the critical scalp of Virat JUBA: New FIFA President Gianni Infantino (center) celebrates his 46th birthday in Juba yester- Kohli for 24.Indian openers Dhawan (23) and Rohit day. — AFP Sharma (18) put on a patient 42-run partnership BANGALORE: Indian fans cheer for their team before the start of ICC World Twenty20 2016 cricket match between India and Bangladesh in Bangalore yesterday. — AP