Set selected md-tab programmatically

[askurdjel]

Bug

I am trying to set last open tab to be selected by using [selectedIndex] on md-tab-group, but it is first tab always selected

[Superd22]

duplicate of #1692

[jelbourn]

Dupe of #1692

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