Hyderabad: The stage was set for Bangladesh to beat India in final for the first time in the history of cricket but in came India's wicketkeeper-batsman Dinesh Kartik and as they say the rest was history.
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#ThisDay in 2018@DineshKarthik's incredible hitting against all odds in the final of the Nidahas Trophy charmed the nation. #TeamIndia pic.twitter.com/PmhpGv61zh
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">#ThisDay in 2018@DineshKarthik's incredible hitting against all odds in the final of the Nidahas Trophy charmed the nation. #TeamIndia pic.twitter.com/PmhpGv61zh
— BCCI (@BCCI) March 18, 2020#ThisDay in 2018@DineshKarthik's incredible hitting against all odds in the final of the Nidahas Trophy charmed the nation. #TeamIndia pic.twitter.com/PmhpGv61zh
— BCCI (@BCCI) March 18, 2020
It was on March 18, 2018, when India stunned Bangladesh by four wickets in the final of the Nidahas Trophy at the R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo.
Karthik's flat-six on the last ball helped India snatch victory from the jaws of defeat.
In the final, Bangladesh had scored a challenging 166 in their allotted 20 overs.
In response, the Rohit Sharma-led side found themselves reeling at 133 for the loss of four wickets,
With 34 runs still needed of the last two overs, in walked Karthik and bludgeoned the Bangladesh bowling attack.
Karthik hammered the first three balls to the boundary as India scored 22 runs from the penultimate over.
On the last ball when Men in Blue needed five runs, Karthik smashed a flat six over extra cover to hand India a victory no one could ever imagine.
His eight ball knock included two fours and three sixes and he was adjudged Man of the Match.
