India
beat Bangladesh by three wickets in the final match of the 2018 Asia Cup at Dubai
International Cricket Stadium on Friday (September 28). With this triumph, the
‘Men in Blue’ snatched the trophy for the seventh time in 14 events. It was bad
luck for team Bangladesh. They reached the Asia Cup final third time in the
last four seasons and each time handed a defeat by a narrow margin.
India’s
stand-in captain, Rohit Sharma, won the toss and invited Bangladesh to bat
first. Riding on Liton Das’ maiden ODI century, the Tigers scored 222 runs losing
all wickets in 48.3 overs. The right-handed batsman scored 121 runs off 117
balls. In his innings, he hit 12 fours and two sixes. He made open with Mehidy
Hasan Miraz who scored 32 runs before being run out. The opening pair made a 120-run
partnership. However, apart from these two players, only Soumya Sarkar could
reach the double figure as he scored 33 runs. Because of the poor performances
of the middle-order batsmen including Mushfiqur Rahim, Imrul Kayes, Mohammad Mithun and Mahmudullah-
the ‘Men in Green and Red’ failed to set a competitive score to defend. Another fact that went against Bangladesh is that they suffered three run outs.
For
India, Kuldeep Yadav claimed three wickets while Kedar Jadhav took two wickets.
Both Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Jasprit Bumrah took one wicket each.
In
reply, India reached the target in the last ball of their innings. For India, Rohit
Sharma scored the highest run of 48 runs from 55 balls. Dinesh Karthik and MS Dhoni
played useful innings of 37 and 36 runs respectively. Kedar Jadhav and Kuldeep
Yadav remained not out on 23 and 5 and led their team to a thrilling three-wicket
win.
For
Bangladesh, Mustafizur Rahman and Rubel Hossain took two wickets each while Nazmul
Islam, Mashrafe Mortaza and Mahmudullah equally shared three wickets.
Scorecard-
http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/8532/scorecard/1153255/bangladesh-vs-india-final-asia-cup-2018-19
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