Asia Cup final: India beat Bangladesh by 3 wickets - As it happened

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India defeated Bangladesh by three wickets to become the Asian Champion for the seventh time. 

Kedhar Jadhav played the last ball and took a single to give India its victory.

Bangladesh, on the other hand, will be disappointed but they played extremely well. 

India are now just one big shot away from making history. They need just 6 runs off 6 balls. 

Bhuvneshwar Kumar departs after making crucial 21 runs. India 214/7 after 48.1 overs 

Over 48 (runs scored - 4) | India 214/6 after 48 overs

Kedhar Jadhav: 20

Bhuvneshwar Kumar: 21

Jadeja dismissed and Kedar Jadhav returns to the crease. jadhav was retired hurt on 19 and has come to take India to victory.

Over 47 (runs scored - 5) | India 210/5

Ravindra Jadeja: 21

Bhuvneshwar Kumar: 20

Need 13 off 18 balls to win the game.

Over 46 (runs scored - 8) | India 205/5

Ravindra Jadeja: 20

Bhuvneshwar Kumar: 16

Need 18 off 24 balls to become Asian champion for seventh time. 

Over 45 (runs scored - 6) | India 197/5

Ravindra Jadeja: 19

Bhuvneshwar Kumar: 10

Jadeja and Bhuvneshwar stand has revived India's chase, with the Men In Blue needing 26 runs in 30 balls. 

Over 43 (runs scored - 1) | India 187/5

Ravindra Jadeja: 15

Bhuvneshwar Kumar: 5

India need 36 runs in 42 balls. 

Over 40 (runs scored - 3) | India 172/4

Ravindra Jadeja: 5

Bhuvneshwar Kumar: 1

Jadeja and Bhuvneshwar at the crease with India needing 56 with 12 overs remaining. Dhoni was dismissed by Mustafizur for 36 runs, while Jadhav was retired hurt after making 19 runs. 

Over 35 (runs scored - 2) | India 154/4

MS Dhoni: 35

Kedhar Jadhav: 12

Over 31 (runs scored - 8) | India 139/4

MS Dhoni: 30

Kedhar Jadhav: 2

A strong partnership between glovesmen Dinesh Karthik and MS Dhoni came to an end with Karthik being dismissed by Mahmudullah.

He made crucial 37 runs which included a boundary and a six. 

Over 26 (runs scored - 8) | India 120/3

MS Dhoni: 23

Dinesh Karthik: 29

The two are going steady and are rebuilding the Indian inning after they were reduced to 83 for the loss of three wickets.  

100 comes up for India. Dhoni and Karthik are on the crease, trying to establish a partnership. 

Over 20 (runs scored - 2) | India 90/3

MS Dhoni: 3

Dinesh Karthik: 19

Dhoni and Karthik can pull the game for India, provided they don't lose wicket. The two veterans are experts in handling such pressure. 

Over 17 (runs scored - 0) | India 83/3

MS Dhoni: 0

Dinesh Karthik: 14

Rohit Sharma falls two runs short of his half-century. It's the short ball and Rohit gets out playing his favourite and perhaps go-to stroke - the pull.

Rohit Sharma falls two runs short of his half-century. India 83/3  after 16.4 overs

Over 16 (runs scored - 4) | India 83/2

Rohit Sharma: 48

Dinesh Karthik: 14

Over 13 (runs scored - 4) | India 67/2

Rohit Sharma: 39

Dinesh Karthik: 9

Over 11 (runs scored - 1) | India 58/2

Rohit Sharma: 36

Dinesh Karthik: 3

11 overs done, India are 58/2. At this stage, Bangladesh score was 66/0. A partnership is must to recover from the loss. 

Over 8 (runs scored - 2 ) | India 48/2

Rohit Sharma: 29

Dinesh Karthik: 1

Ambati Rayudu lost his wicket to a poor shot. Dinesh Karthik has come to the crease and should refrain from hitting big shots. Should allow settled Rohit to do the job. 

India lose its second wicket. Ambati Rayudu dismissed cheaply by Mortaza. India 46/2 (7.3 Ovs) 

Over 7 (runs scored - 2 ) | India 46/1

Rohit Sharma: 27

Ambati Rayudu: 2

Over 5 (runs scored - 11 ) | India 35/1

Rohit Sharma: 13

Ambati Rayudu: 0

Dhawan dismissed for 15 runs. Gives a simple catch to Nazmul Islam off Soumya Sarkar. India are 35/1 after 4.4 Overs. 

Over 4 (runs scored - 7 ) | India 24/0

Rohit Sharma: 13

Shikhar Dhawan: 11

Over 3 (runs scored - 5 ) | India 17/0

Rohit Sharma: 10

Shikhar Dhawan: 7

The two are taking their time to settle but are keeping the scorecard ticking. The only thing they have to avoid is losing wicket.

 Bangladesh, on the other hand, should only aim to take wickets.  

Over 2 (runs scored - 2 ) | India 12/0

Rohit Sharma: 7

Shikhar Dhawan: 5

It surely won't be a cake walk but it is not that difficult too. Openers - Rohit and Shikhar - had put up over 100 runs partnership against Pakistan. The Men in Blue had also defeated Bangladesh in the Super four stage of the tournament. 

Over 1 (runs scored - 10 ) | India 10/0

Rohit Sharma: 5

Shikhar Dhawan: 5

Indian openers Shikhar Dhawan and Rohit Sharma are on the crease. They need 223 runs to become the Asian Champion for the seventh time. 

Despite 120 runs opening partnership, Bangladesh were restricted to a mere total of 222 by India in the final of the 2018 Asia Cup on Friday.

Kuldeep Yadav struck thrice while Kedhar Jadhav took two wickets to restrain Bangla Tigers from putting up a huge target.

Rubel gone!

Yorker specialist Bumrah does it again, Rubel tries to hit it but the ball goes through and slams the stumps.

Bangladesh all-out for 222 runs.

India need 223 to win the Asia Cup.

Rubel Hossain comes on strike.

Bangladesh will look to push the score above 230.

Soumya Sarkar out.

Another run out.

He was looking good on the wickets but it seems the pressure of increasing the run rate as he lost his wicket while taking the second run.

Bangladesh 222/9

Over 48(runs scored - 8) | Bangladesh 221/8

Mustafizur Rahman: 2

Soumya Sarkar: 26

Another Wicket.

Nazmul gone for seven...

He seemed distracted by leg-before appeal and continued running without getting a signal from his partner and gave enough time to Manish Pandey to easily see him off.

Over 46(runs scored - 8) | Bangladesh 210/7

Nazmul Islam: 6

Soumya Sarkar: 26

Also read: Bangladesh opener Liton Das slams maiden ODI hundred

A good news for Bangladesh fans...

Bangladesh all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan said he underwent surgery on his injured finger.

"Your prayers have saved me from a great danger but I will have to do another surgery quickly," said Shakib.

Wish you a steady recovery Shakib!

Over 44 (runs scored - 3) | Bangladesh 199/7

Nazmul Islam: 1

Soumya Sarkar: 21

Come and Gone!

Mortaza's long walk back to the pavilion as he lost his wicket to Kuldeep after scoring just seven runs. 

He failed to understand the googly and got stumped by none other than MSD.

Over 42 (runs scored - 2) | Bangladesh 190/6

Mortaza: 1

Soumya Sarkar: 19

Yuzi is back into attack.

It's skipper on the crease,

Right-handed Mashrafe Mortaza came at the place of Liton, who scored 121 off 117, in a pressure situation.

His magnificent knock included 12 fours and two sixes.

Finally...

India got the breakthrough they were looking for...

Liton Das gone for 121 runs stumped by MS Dhoni off Kuldeep yadav.

It was a VERY close call, a very tough decision for third umpire.

Over 40 (runs scored - 10) | Bangladesh 178/5

Liton Das: 111

Soumya Sarkar: 18

Over 38 (runs scored - 1) | Bangladesh 166/5

Liton Das: 108

Soumya Sarkar: 9

Over 36 (runs scored - 3) | Bangladesh 163/5

Liton Das: 107

Soumya Sarkar: 7

Three runs of this over and a run out was missed by MS Dhoni. A thing we rarely see. 

Over 34 (runs scored - 5) | Bangladesh 157/5

Liton Das: 106

Soumya Sarkar: 2

Kuldeep Yadav finally got his first wicket. A brilliant catch by Jasprit Bumrah was the reason behind the wicket.
 

Over 31 (runs scored - 2) | Bangladesh 149/4

Liton Das: 101

Mahmudullah: 4

Bangladesh lost their way in the middle overs after a 120-run opening stand

Over 29 (runs scored - 6) | Bangladesh 145/4

Liton Das 100

Mahmudullah 1

Liton Das also reached his 100, while Bangladesh are losing wickets at another end. 

Mohammad Mithun run out. The brilliance of Jadeja has bought India another wicket. Both batsmen were at the same end and Das being the set batsman ensured he reached the crease first. Mithun is left stranded. Four wickets in quick time for India. 

Over 27 (runs scored - 3) | Bangladesh 138/3

Liton Das 95

Mithun 1

Kedhar Jadhav struck again to give India it's third wicket. He bowled a beautiful ball to dismiss wicketkeeper-batsman Mushfiqur Rahim.

Over 26 (runs scored - 2) | Bangladesh 135-2

Liton Das: 94

Rahim: 4

Over 24 (runs scored - 0) | Bangladesh 128-2

Liton Das: 91

Mushfiqur Rahim: 0

It was Yuzvendra Chahal maiden over with one wicket. Kayes was given out LBW but he challenged the decision which again went in India's favour. 

Yuzvendra Chahal bowls google and Kayes is given out LBW. Has a word with Das and challenges the decision. Bangladesh are 128/2 after 23.5 Overs. 

Over 21 (runs scored - 4) | Bangladesh 120/1

Liton Das: 73

Mehidy Hasan: 27

Kedar Jadhav breaks the crucial partnership to give India its first wicket in the final.  Mehidy Hasan agve an easy catch to Rayudu and departed after making 32 runs of 59 balls. 

Over 20 (runs scored - 8) | Bangladesh 116/0

Liton Das: 73

Mehidy Hasan: 27

Eight runs came of the 19th over with Jadeja being slammed of two boundaries. The two are taking calculated chances but are keeping the scorecard ticking. 

Over 18 (runs scored - 5) | Bangladesh 102/0

Liton Das: 73

Mehidy Hasan: 27

Bangladesh's score reaches 100 without any loss of a wicket. Both the players are going steady. It's high time India should do something to break the opening partnership.   

Over 16 (runs scored - 7) | Bangladesh 93/0

Liton Das: 66

Mehidy Hasan: 25

Over 15 (runs scored - 7) | Bangladesh 86/0

Liton Das: 59

Mehidy Hasan: 25

Over 14 (runs scored - 1) | Bangladesh 79/0

Liton Das: 58

Mehidy Hasan: 19

Over 13 (runs scored - 4) | Bangladesh 78/0

Liton Das: 57

Mehidy Hasan: 19

Jadeja's first over

Over 12 (runs scored - 8) | Bangladesh 74/0

Liton Das: 55

Mehidy Hasan: 17

Liton Das slams a crucial half-century that gave Bangladesh a decent start.

He got a lifeline at when Chahal dropped him at 52.

Another spinner, Kuldeep Yadav has been introduced. 

Over 11 (runs scored - 1) | Bangladesh 66/0

Liton Das: 48

Mehidy Hasan: 16

Another good over by India's mystery spinner but this is not enough, India need a wicket now.

Over 10 (runs scored - 1) | Bangladesh 65/0

Liton Das: 47

Mehidy Hasan: 16

A good economical over by Bhuvneshwar.

Over 9 (runs scored - 6) | Bangladesh 64/0

Liton Das: 46

Mehidy Hasan: 16

One boundary per over, if this is Bangladesh's strategy, then they will set a 250+ target which is not a good news for team India against this pumped up team.

Yuzi you were costly!

Over 8 (runs scored - 16) | Bangladesh 58/0

Liton Das: 41

Mehidy Hasan: 15

Over 7 (runs scored - 6) | Bangladesh 42/0

It's Bumrah with his skills.

Liton Das: 28

Mehidy Hasan: 12
 

Let's spin...

Yuzvendra Chahal's first over.

Over 6 (runs scored - 3) | Bangladesh 36/0

Liton Das: 23

Mehidy Hasan: 11

Just three runs in the sixth over, India need a wicket.

Over 5 (runs scored - 8) | Bangladesh 33/0

Liton Das: 22

Mehidy Hasan: 9

Liton's in action.

Two back to back boundaries gave skipper Sharma some tension.

Over 4 (runs scored - 12) | Bangladesh 25/0

Liton Das: 14

Mehidy Hasan: 9

A good start for Bangladesh team, both the openers need to build a partnership from here.

Over 3 (runs scored - 5) | Bangladesh 13/0

Liton Das: 7

Mehidy Hasan: 5

Missed a massive chance of a run out.

Bangladesh need to avoid soft dismissals in the initial 5-6 overs to set a decent target against India.

Over 2 (runs scored - 5) | Bangladesh 8/0

Mehidy Hasan: 5

Liton Das: 3

India's pace sensation Bhuvneshwar Kumar in action, missed a narrow chance to dismiss Das in the slips. 

Over 1 | Bangladesh 3/0

Liton Das: 2

Mehidy Hasan: 1

Liton Das and Mehidy Hasan have opened for Bangaladesh...

and the battle begins...

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.

Both the teams are ready, it's time for the national anthem.

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It's India vs Bangladesh in the finals.

While title holders India entered final after defeating Bangladesh and Pakistan, Bangladesh thumped Pakistan to book their place.

Bangla Tigers will look to outclass six-time champions team India.

Here is the final Playing XI:

Bangladesh: Liton Das(w), Soumya Sarkar, Mohammad Mithun, Mushfiqur Rahim, Imrul Kayes, Mahmudullah, Mehidy Hasan, Mashrafe Mortaza(c), Nazmul Islam, Rubel Hossain, Mustafizur Rahman

India: Rohit Sharma(c), Shikhar Dhawan, Ambati Rayudu, MS Dhoni(w), Dinesh Karthik, Kedar Jadhav, Ravindra Jadeja, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Jasprit Bumrah

Rohit Sharma has won the toss, opted to bowl.