As it happened: India defeat Bangladesh by 3 wickets on last ball to retain Asia Cup
India beat a spirited Bangladesh by three wickets in a last-ball thriller to retain the Asia Cup
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Dubai: Indian captain Rohit Sharma won the toss and opted to field in their Asia Cup final against Bangladesh being played at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium. Gulf News is covering all the action as it is happening with inputs from our Chief Cricket Writer K.R. Nayar:
11:52pm
India beat a spirited Bangladesh by three wickets in a last-ball thriller to retain the Asia Cup.
Liton Das scored a maiden ODI hundred as Bangladesh were bowled out for 222 in 48.3 overs before India survived a middle order slump to chase down the target for the loss of seven wickets in 50 overs.
Skipper Rohit Sharma top-scored with 48 while Dinesh Karthik made 37 and Mahendra Singh Dhoni scored 36.
This is India's seventh Asia Cup win in 14 events.
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Scoreboard:
Bangladesh innings
Liton Das st MS Dhoni b Kuldeep Yadav 121
Mehedi Hasan c Ambati Rayudu b Kedar Jadhav 32
Imrul Kayes lbw Yuzvendra Chahal 2
Mushfiqur Rahim c Jasprit Bumrah b Kedar Jadhav 5
Mohammad Mithun Run Out Ravindra Jadeja 2
Mahmudullah c Jasprit Bumrah b Kuldeep Yadav 4
Soumya Sarkar Run Out Ambati Rayudu 33
Mashrafe Mortaza st MS Dhoni b Kuldeep Yadav 7
Nazmul Islam Run Out (Sub) 7
Mustafizur Rahman Not Out 2
Rubel Hossain b Jasprit Bumrah 0
Extras 0b 2lb 0nb 0pen 5w 7
Total (48.3 overs) 222 all out
Fall of Wickets: 1-120 Miraz, 2-128 Kayes, 3-137 Rahim, 4-139 Ali, 5-151 Mahmudullah, 6-188 Das, 7-196 Mortaza, 8-213 Islam, 9-222 Sarkar, 10-222 Hossain
Bowling Ov Md Rn Wk
Bhuvneshwar Kumar 7 0 33 0
Jasprit Bumrah 8.3 0 39 1
Yuzvendra Chahal 8 1 31 1
Kuldeep Yadav 10 0 45 3
Ravindra Jadeja 6 0 31 0
Kedar Jadhav 9 0 41 2
India innings
Rohit Sharma c Nazmul Islam b Rubel Hossain 48
Shikhar Dhawan c Soumya Sarkar b Nazmul Islam 15
Ambati Rayudu c Mushfiqur Rahim b Mashrafe Mortaza 2
Dinesh Karthik lbw Mahmudullah 37
MS Dhoni c Mushfiqur Rahim b Mustafizur Rahman 36
Kedar Jadhav Not Out 23
Ravindra Jadeja c Mushfiqur Rahim b Rubel Hossain 23
Bhuvneshwar Kumar c Mushfiqur Rahim b Mustafizur Rahman 21
Kuldeep Yadav Not Out 5
Extras 1b 7lb 0nb 0pen 5w 13
Total (50.0 overs) 223-7
Fall of Wickets: 1-35 Dhawan, 2-46 Rayudu, 3-83 Sharma, 4-137 Karthik, 5-160 Dhoni, 6-212 Jadeja, 7-214 Kumar
Did Not Bat: Chahal, Bumrah
Bowling Ov Md Rn Wk
Mehedi Hasan 4 0 27 0
Mustafizur Rahman 10 0 38 2
Nazmul Islam 10 0 56 1
Mashrafe Mortaza 10 0 35 1
Rubel Hossain 10 2 26 2
Mahmudullah 6 0 33 1
Umpires: Marais Erasmus andRuchira Palliyaguruge
Video: Rodney Tucker
Match Referee: David Boon
Man of the match: Liton Das
11:45pm
Stage set for last over thriller. Who will win India need six runs off six balls
11:40pm
Nine off 11 balls... Bhuveneswar Kumar falls to Mustafizur. Bangladesh back in the game.
11:35pm
Jadeja falls, caught by Mushfiqur Rahim off Rubel Hossain for 23 with india needing 11 off 16 balls. Jadhav returns.
11:30pm
Last three overs india need to get 13 more runs. Kumar plays an elegant glance to boundary. Indian fans smell victory.
11:25pm
Ravindra Jadeja's sixer off Rubel Hossain ease the pressure. India need 18 off the last 24 balls.
11:15pm
Anybody’s game. All depends on Ravindra Jadeja and Bhuveneswar Kumar. Can they handle the mounting pressure. India need 32 off 36 balls.
11:05pm
India require another 37 runs with 5 wickets in hand and 48 balls remaining. Ravindra Jadeja is batting on 14 with Bhuvneshwar Kumar on 5.
10:55pm
Ten overs to go, India need 51 runs more with five wickets in hand. Jadhav had to retire due to hamstring injury. Tense moments for all fans.
10:35pm
MS Dhoni is gone, caught by Mushfiqur Rahim off Mustafizur Rahman for 36. India in trouble, half the side back in the pavilion. 63 runs needed to win off 83 balls.
10:15pm
India’s 150 up in the 33.3 overs. All eyes on Dhoni who is batting on 33.
10:05pm
Mahmudullah strikes for Bangladesh. Traps Dinesh Karthik leg before for 37. India 137 for 4 in 30.4 overs.
10:00pm
Dhoni and Dinesh Karthik put on 51 runs in 76 balls. India moving steadily towards target, require 88 runs from 20 overs.
9:40pm
At the half way mark, India reach 112 for 3, need another 111 runs.
9:30pm
India labour to reach 100 for three wickets in 23.1 overs as MS Dhoni and Dinesh Karthik look watchful.
9:00pm
3rd wicket is gone... Indian captain Rohit Sharma falls for 48. A huge wicket for Bangladesh. Nazmul Islam catches him at deep square leg off Rubel Hossain. India are 83 for 3 in 17 overs.
8:50pm
India reach 72 for 2 in 15 overs. Rohit Sharma is batting on 47 with Dinesh Karthik on 13 settling down.
8:20pm
2nd wicket falls... That’s a brilliant delivery from Mashrafe Mortaza. He forced Ambati Rayudu to edge to wicket keeper for 2. India 48 for 2 in 8 overs.
8:05pm
India lose their first wicket... Shikar Dhawan is gone. Bangladeshi fans do a nagin dance and so does the bowler Nazmul Islam. Dhawan is caught by Soumya Sarkar at mid off for 15. Team total is 35 for 1 in 5 overs..
8:00pm
Indian openers Shikhar Dhawan and Rohit Sharma off to a fluent start 24 for no loss in four overs.
6:57pm
Innings break: Bangladesh all out for 222 in 48.3 overs. Jasprit Bumrah clean bowled the last batsman Rubel Hossain for 0. Superb fight back from India to hold Bangladesh to such a total after an opening stand of 120. Kuldeep Yadav was the star for India as he bagged three wickets while Liton Das slammed his maiden ton for Bangladesh.
6:55pm
Another wicket goes.... Soumya Sarkar is run out by Rayudu/Dhoni for 33.
6:50pm
Bangladesh 8 down, Nazmul Islam is run out off substitute Manish Pandey for 7, reach 213 for 8 in 47 overs.
6:30pm
Bangladesh reach the 200-mark in the 45th over. Can they manage 250? Will India bundle them out by 230?
6:25pm
MS Dhoni does it again and stumps skipper Mashrafe Mortaza too for 7 off Kuldeep Yadav. Bangladesh slip to 197 for 7 in 43 overs..
6:15pm
Bangladesh lose their 6th wicket... century hitter Liton Das is brilliantly stumped by MS Dhoni off Kuldeep Yadav for 121. Team score is 188 for 6 in 41 overs.
6:10pm
Ten overs to go Bangladesh is now 178 for 5, run rate dips to 4.45. Liton Das playing on 111 with Soumya Sarkar on 18.
5:45pm
Can Bangladesh now go past the 250 run mark with half the side back in pavilion? Current run rate is 5.2 but in the last five overs only 16 runs have been scored.
5:35pm
5th wicket is gone... Kuldeep Yadav gets Mahmudullah. He was caught by Jasprit Bumrah for 4. Bangladesh are 151 for 5 in 32.2 overs.
5:25pm
Here comes the century... A maiden ton for Liton Das as wickets fall at regular intervals. He becomes only the fifth batsman to hit a century in Asia Cup final.
5:20pm
Bangladesh lose their 4th wicket, Mohammad Mithun is run out by Jadeja/Kuldeep Yadav for 2.
5:15pm
3rd wicket down... Mushfiqur Rahim is caught by Jasprit Bumrah off Kedar Jadhav for 5 . Bangladesh are 138 for 3 in 27 overs.
5:05pm
2nd wicket falls.... Imrul Kayes is lbw off Yuzvendra Chahal for 2. Bangladesh are 128 for 2 in 24 overs.
4:55pm
Kedar Jadhav gets Mehidy Hasan Miraz to break the 120-runs opening partnership. He was caught by Ambati Rayudu for 32. The team score is 120 for 1 in 21 overs.
4:28pm
Bangladesh are 86 for no loss in 15 overs. Liton Das is playing on 59 with Mehidy Hasan Miraz on 25.
4:20pm
Bangladesh sail to 74 for no loss in 12 overs, thanks to Chahal for dropping Liton Das at mid wicket off a thick leading edge off Jadeja. He moves to 55
4:03pm
Bangladesh off to a super start, 58 for no loss in eight overs. Bangladesh fans dance in joy.
3:50pm
Bangladesh openers begin their innings well. They are 33 for no loss at the end of 5 overs.
3:00pm
Defending champions India are back to full strength after resting Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan, Jasprit Bumrah, Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Yuzvendra Chahal in their last match against Afghanistan which ended in a tie.
Bangladesh left out Mominul-Haque to bring back Nazmul Islam to the side which beat Pakistan in Abu Dhabi on Wednesday.
Playing XIs:
India: Rohit Sharma (captain), Shikhar Dhawan, Ambati Rayudu, Kedar Jadhav, MS Dhoni, Dinesh Karthik, Kuldeep Yadav, Ravindra Jadeja, Yuzvendra Chahal, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Jasprit Bumrah
Bangladesh: Mashrafe Mortaza (captain), Soumya Sarkar, Imrul Kayes, Mohammad Mithun, Liton Das, Mushfiqur Rahim, Mahmudullah Riyad, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Nazmul Islam, Rubel Hossain, Mustafizur Rahman
Umpires: Marais Erasmus (RSA) and Ruchira Palliyaguruge (SRI)
Tv umpire: Rod Tucker (AUS)
Match referee: David Boon (AUS)
2:40pm
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Watch: Bangladeshi fans arrive at the Dubai Cricket Stadium. Video by Clint Egbert/Gulf News
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