Mushfiqur Rahim formed a crucial 50-run partnership with Soumya Sarkar while chasing India’s 148 runs.
In the last ball of the 17th over, Soumya was cleaned up by Khaleel Ahmed and Bangladesh still needed 44 off 18 deliveries.
Mahmudullah came to the crease but Mushfiq was the key.
Mushfiq received a reprieve in the third ball of the 18th over, bowled by Yuzvendra Chahal, as Krunal Pandya dropped a sitter in the boundary line at deep mid wicket before conceding a boundary.
That dropped catch proved to be costly for India as, in the very next over (19th), Mushfiq took charge and smashed four consecutive boundaries to get Bangladesh near victory.
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The first four was from a pull shot and it was followed by a scoop, a hard-hitting square drive off a low full toss and finally, a slice towards third-man boundary.
A total of 18 runs were scored by Bangladesh - 17 by Mushfiq - and the Tigers were sniffing victory.
In the end, Bangladesh sealed the match with a sixer from interim skipper Mahmudullah and Mushfiq celebrated by pumping the air in joy.
Krunal, elder brother of Indian all-rounder Hardik Pandya, dropped the catch and thus the game, as the brave Mushfiq did the job for the Tigers.
1ST T20I
INDIA INNINGS R B
Rohit lbw b Shafiul 9 5
Dhawan run out (Mahmudullah) 41 42
Rahul c Mahmudullah b Aminul 15 17
Iyer c Naim b Aminul 22 13
Pant c Naim b Shafiul 27 26
Dube c & b Afif 1 4
Krunal not out 15 8
Sundar not out 14 5
Extras (lb 3, w 1) 4
Total (20 Overs) 148/6
Fall Of Wickets
1-10 (Rohit), 2-36 (Rahul), 3-70 (Iyer), 4-95 (Dhawan), 5-102 (Dube), 6-120 (Pant)
Bowling
Shafiul 4-0-36-2, Al-Amin 4-0-27-0, Mustafizur 2-0-15-0, Aminul 3-0-22-2, Soumya 2-0-16-0, Afif 3-0-11-1, Mosaddek 1-0-8-0, Mahmudullah 1-0-10-0
BANGLADESH INNINGS R B
Liton c Rahul b Chahar 7 4
Naim c Dhawan b Chahal 26 28
Soumya b Ahmed 39 35
Mushfiq not out 60 43
Mahmudullah not out 15 7
Extras (lb 3, w 4) 7
Total (19.3 Overs) 154/3
Fall Of Wickets
1-8 (Liton), 2-54 (Naim), 3-114 (Soumya)
Bowling
Chahar 3-0-24-1, Sundar 4-0-25-0, Khaleel 4-0-37-1, Chahal 4-0-24-1, Krunal 4-0-32-0, Dube 0.3-0-9-0
Bangladesh won by seven wickets
MoM: Mushfiqur Rahim