Nidahas Trophy 2018, India vs Bangladesh 5th T20I: 5 things that went right for India

#5 Thakur's crucial penultimate over

A hapless Mohammed Siraj, still finding his feet in international cricket, struggled to get the right lines throughout the innings, giving Bangladesh a glimmer of hope amidst steadily building run-rates. The equation, although still in India's favour, boiled down to 33 runs off the last two overs. With a red-hot Mushfiqur Rahim at one end, things could have gone out of control.

Thakur, who did not make much of an impact in his first spell, returned to deliver a gem of a penultimate over, giving away just five runs to ensure that even an off-colour Siraj had enough to defend.

Mixing up his knuckleballs (the ones he used to devastating effect in the last game) with a fair share of slower balls, Thakur made sure that the two batsmen did not get enough pace off the slow pitch to find their strokes towards the end. By the time the over ended, the target was firmly out of reach of the Tigers.