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Colombo, March 19 (CRICKETNMORE): <\/strong> Skipper Rohit Sharma is relieved that his gamble of holding back Dinesh Karthik behind rookie all-rounder Vijay Shankar paid off after the stumper's last ball six helped India to a four-wicket win over Bangladesh and to lift the Nidahas T20 tri-series trophy.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

With five runs needed off one delivery, Karthik slammed Soumya Sarkar for a flat six over extra cover to seal the deal in India's favour at the R.Premadasa Stadium here on Sunday.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

"He has batted in that position in a list of games for his state teams. Even when he was playing for Mumbai Indians (in the Indian Premier League) with me, I knew his ability with the bat," Rohit told reporters in the post-match presser.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

"He's got some different types of skill shots that would probably be required at that point at the death overs. That was the only reason we held him back. I can proudly say it paid off," he added.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Rohit, however defended the young guns -- Manish Pandey and Shankar -- who failed to step on the gas during the chase, which increased the pressure on Karthik. The Tamil Nadu stumper struck an unbeaten 8-ball 29 to help India go over the line in the 167-run chase.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

"Dinesh and Manish and Vijay (Shankar) knew that the pressure is on them, so one mistake here and there, and pressure does play a big part. That's exactly what happened," Sharma said.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

"We knew he (Karthik) could finish off the game for us," added the skipper.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Rohit also heaped praises on the Bangladeshis for taking the match to a nail-biting finish.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

"(Bangladesh) play fearless cricket, it's always good. Sometimes, it can bite you when things don't go your way but that is the style of cricket they want to play," he said.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

"They are certainly a very good team... in the last three years, we've seen how they've changed their style of cricket.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

"A few of the guys who are experienced are nurturing the younger guys," he added.
\r\nRohit Sharma hails Dinesh Karthik's last ball brilliance
\r\nColombo, March 19 (CRICKETNMORE):  Skipper Rohit Sharma is relieved that his gamble of holding back Dinesh Karthik behind rookie all-rounder Vijay Shankar paid off after the stumper's last ball six helped India to a four-wicket win over Bangladesh and to lift the Nidahas T20 tri-series trophy.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

With five runs needed off one delivery, Karthik slammed Soumya Sarkar for a flat six over extra cover to seal the deal in India's favour at the R.Premadasa Stadium here on Sunday.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

"He has batted in that position in a list of games for his state teams. Even when he was playing for Mumbai Indians (in the Indian Premier League) with me, I knew his ability with the bat," Rohit told reporters in the post-match presser.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

"He's got some different types of skill shots that would probably be required at that point at the death overs. That was the only reason we held him back. I can proudly say it paid off," he added.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Rohit, however defended the young guns -- Manish Pandey and Shankar -- who failed to step on the gas during the chase, which increased the pressure on Karthik. The Tamil Nadu stumper struck an unbeaten 8-ball 29 to help India go over the line in the 167-run chase.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

"Dinesh and Manish and Vijay (Shankar) knew that the pressure is on them, so one mistake here and there, and pressure does play a big part. That's exactly what happened," Sharma said.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

"We knew he (Karthik) could finish off the game for us," added the skipper.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Rohit also heaped praises on the Bangladeshis for taking the match to a nail-biting finish.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

"(Bangladesh) play fearless cricket, it's always good. Sometimes, it can bite you when things don't go your way but that is the style of cricket they want to play," he said.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

"They are certainly a very good team... in the last three years, we've seen how they've changed their style of cricket.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

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