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Leg-spinner Kuldeep Yadav took three key wickets while Hardik Pandya blasted an undefeated half-century as India moved to the brink of the T20 World Cup semi-finals with a 50-run rout of Bangladesh on Saturday.<\/p>\n
Chasing 197 for victory, Bangladesh lost three of their top five batsmen to Kuldeep who removed Tanzid Hasan (29), Towhid Hridoy (four) and Shakib Al Hasan (11).<\/p>\n
Kuldeep finished with an impressive 3-19 from his four overs.<\/p>\n
India now have two wins from two Super Eight games and will be guaranteed a semi-final spot if Australia defeat Afghanistan later tonight and also make the last four from Group 1.<\/p>\n
Pandya, who had made 50 when India batted, began the slide when he took the first Bangladesh wicket, tempting opener Liton Das (13) to sky a chance.<\/p>\n
Once skipper Najmul Hossain Shanto fell to Jasprit Bumrah for a 32-ball 40, Bangladesh\u2019s hopes went with him.<\/p>\n
Bumrah also ended Rishad Hossain\u2019s brief 24-run cameo as the veteran seamer enjoyed figures of 2-13 in four overs before the Tigers finished their 20 overs on 146-8.<\/p>\n
Put in to bat, 2007 champions India saw five of their top six batsmen reach double-figure scores.<\/p>\n
All-rounder Pandya top-scored with an undefeated 50 off just 27 balls with four boundaries and three sixes.<\/p>\n
India had raced to 71-1 in seven overs with skipper Rohit Sharma making a rapid 23 and Virat Kohli hitting his tournament-best 37 off 28 balls with one four and three sixes.<\/p>\n
The only blip was Suryakumar Yadav, who had made back-to-back fifties in his last two innings, scoring just six.<\/p>\n
Those runs came off the first ball he faced before falling to Tanzim Hasan Sakib who had dismissed Kohli in the same over.<\/p>\n
Rishabh Pant cracked 36 off 24 balls with Shivam Dube making 34 \u2014 18 of those runs coming from three sixes.<\/p>\n
India beat Afghanistan by 47 runs<\/a> in their Super Eight opener in Bridgetown while Bangladesh lost to Australia<\/a> by 28 runs in a rain-hit clash in Antigua.<\/p>\n India have now won all five T20 World Cup clashes against Bangladesh and taken their overall head-to-head record to 13-1.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Leg-spinner Kuldeep Yadav took three key wickets while Hardik Pandya blasted an undefeated half-century as India moved to the brink of the T20 World Cup semi-finals with a 50-run rout of Bangladesh on Saturday. 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