India beat Bangladesh by 7 wickets

Sports Desk: India beat Bangladesh by seven wickets in the Super Four match of the Asia Cup with Ravindara Jadeja taking four wickets and skipper Rohit Sharma scoring 83 not out in Dubai on Friday.

Jadejs´s 4-29 wrecked Bangladesh to 173 all out in 49.1 overs before chasing down the target in 36.2 overs for the loss of three wickets.

Dhawan made 40 from 47 balls before being trapped leg before by Shakib Al Hasan and Ambati Rayudu (13) also fell cheaply to Rubel Hossain, but Sharma and MS Dhoni then took the team towards victory.

Dhoni hit 33 off 37 balls before giving a catch in a Mashrafe Bin Mortaza delivery while Sharma was not out on 83, made off 104 balls courtesy of five fours and three sixes.

Barring a 66-run partnership between Mehidy Hasan Miraz and captain Mashrafe Mortaza, the Tigers would have sufferd a bigger defeat.

Winning the toss, Rohit had invited the Tigers to bat first.

Both the opening batsmen, Liton Das and Nazmul Hossain Shanto, made only seven runs while Shakib Al Hasan hit 17 off 12 before giving an easy catch.

Mushfiqur Rahim added 21 and an unlucky Mahmudullah 25 before he could review an LBW that was wrongly called by the umpire, yet they were seven wickets down with the score on 101.

Miraz and Mashrafe then saved the team from a bigger embarrasment, the latter making 26 off 32 with two sixes.

After two games in two days, the Tigers will have a day off before they face Afghanistan on Sunday while India take on archrivals Pakistan the same day.


risingbd/Sept 22, 2018/Mukul