A thunderstorm and a Mahmudullah
squall came in India’s way but a calm chase from Shikhar Dhawan and Virat Kohli
helped India make light work of their chase of 121 that brought them their
sixth Asia Cup Title.
Dhawan and Kohli added 94 runs for
the second wicket before MS Dhoni who walked in bat with India needing 22 off
14 balls, quite fittingly, polished off the chase with an unbeaten six ball 20
as India won with seven balls to spare. Kohli credentials in run chases received
another fillip as finished unbeaten on 41. Halfway through the protracted game,
India were left with scoring at eight runs per over.
They were denied in the second over
as Rohit Sharma was snaffled by Soumya Sarkar at slip off Amin Hossain as Bangladesh
kept things tight upfront. Dhawan and Kohli took stock of the situation till
the fourth over, before wading into new comer Abu Hider for three fours to
kickstart the chase. Shakib gave away 15 runs in the next over. Dhawan helped
himself to a half century, even as the Bangladesh bowlers at times tried to do
too much, and paid the price.
Shikhar Dhawan was named as the man
of the match and Sabbir Rahman was names as the man of the tournament for
maximum runs. Virat Kohli was names as the coolest player of the match. This was
India’s sixth Asia cup title and overall 10th win in T20s this year
out of 11 matches. India also ranked No 1 in T20s. With World Cup going to
start after a week time, this is right time for India as they got right
combination in team.
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