The Tigers bowled the Indians out for 191 in 49.3 overs to set themselves up a chance of completing a famous victory.

With the memory of the tragic death of teammate Manzarul Islam still fresh in their minds, the Tigers came out with a steely resolve and a sprang in their steps immediately after both teams had observed a minute's silence in memory of Manzarul, who died in a road accident in Khulna on Friday.

Away at the Sabina Park in Kingston, Ireland made it a day for the lightweights as they had Pakistan reeling at 109-8 at the end of 32.3 overs.

India suffered a quick collapse after Sourav Ganguly and Yuvraj Singh had put on 85 runs for the fifth wicket to rescue them from an early precarious position. After Yuvraj holed out to Habibul Bashar with the score on 157 the Indians capitulated and lost a further four wickets for two runs as the rampant Tigers caused cheers for millions with every Blues dismissal.

The set Ganguly, Mahendra Dhoni (0), Harbajhan Singh (1) and Ajit Agarkar (0) all fell as the Tigers spinners tightened the noose around the Indian lower-order.

Ganguly top-scored with 66 while Yuvraj chipped in with 47. Both succumbed during the slog overs looking to up the pace after setting themselves up strongly following the loss of their first four wickets for 72 in 25 overs.

India won a good toss and decided to bat but the show belonged to a fired-up Mashrafe Bin Mortaza and a naggingly accurate Syed Rasel who conceded just 38 runs during their unbroken 14-over spell in which they also picked up two crucial wickets, both going to Mashrafe.

Bowling with venom and vigour the man dubbed the "Narail Express" picked up from were he had left off against New Zealand in a practice match that Bangladesh won.

He had out of sorts opener Virender Sehwag playing onto his stumps from a vicious in-swinger.

Hitting speeds in the early 140 kmphs, he then had Robin Uthappa caught at point, the dashing right-hander playing a loose stroke after being subject to a probing spell from Rasel at the other end.

That bought Sachin Tendulkar to the crease and he along with Ganguly set off to stabilise the innings. It was no easy task though and both overcame strong leg-before appeals and survived some edgy moments.

Just when it looked like they had seen off the worst of the troubles, left-armer Abdur Razzak struck in his very first over with the prized scalp of Tendulkar.

Coming onto bowl in place of Mashrafe, Razzak surprised Tendulkar by firing in a slightly quicker arm-ball, one that held its line after pitching on middle. Tendulkar was foxed and saw an inside edge deflect onto his pad and pop up behind the stumps where Mushfiqur Rahim held on at the second attempt. India were reduced to 40-3 off 15 overs.

Rahul Dravid and Ganguly put on 32 runs for the fourth wicket before the Indian captain was snared off the first ball of the 25th over by veteran spinner Mohammed Rafique with the score on 72.

The wily slow left-armer trapped Dravid leg-before playing across the line, although the Indian captain was visibly displeased with the ruling.

That bought Yuvraj to the crease and he and Ganguly struck up a good partnership and was just beginning to look dangerous when disaster struck.