What: Nidahas T-20 Cricket Trophy
Who: India
Where: Colombo
When: 18 March 2018
- India beat Bangladesh by four wickets to win the Nidahas Cricket Trophy final in Colombo on March 18. 2018.
- In a nail biting final, India clinched the T20 Tri-series title with Dinesh Karthik’s last-ball six.
- Needing five runs off the last ball, Karthik hit a flat-bat six over extra cover to keep India’s T20I record against Bangladesh intact.
- Earlier put into bat, Bangladesh scored 166 for 8 in the stipulated 20 overs. Sabbir Rahman was the top scorer with 77 which came off 50 balls.
- Chasing the 167 runs target, skipper Rohit Sharma also laid the foundation with a brilliant half century.
- Dinesh Karthik was named man of the match for his great knock scoring 29 off just eight balls.
- Washington Sundar of India was named the man-of-the-series.
- This is the eighth victory of India against Bangladesh in a T-20 format.
