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

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#3 Washington Sundar's super spell

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The cricketing acumen that Sundar possesses, at the young age of 18, is praiseworthy. He has been in superb form throughout the tri-series, but dished out one of his best spells in his short but sweet international career in the fifth game, rattling the Bangladeshis with a stifling spell at the start of the innings.

Having taken to the Indian team like a fish to water, Sundar bowled with maturity way ahead of his years, first delivering tight, nagging lines at the start to force the batsmen to commit mistakes: prising out the top-3 Bangladeshi batsmen in his first spell itself. The rash strokes executed by the trio showed the desperation of their inability to crack the Sundar code, forcing them to take extreme measures.

He returned towards the death to hurl unplayable full deliveries outside the off-stump, helping increase the run-rate further as the Bangladeshi chase went off the rails.

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