Asia Cup 2018: India holds nerve in a thriller to lift seventh title

India back the Asia Cup.....

Things went downhill as India’s tiny neighbours suffered an all-too-familiar batting collapse, losing 10 wickets for 102 runs.

Scorecard
Bangladesh: Liton Das st Dhoni b Kuldeep 121 (117b, 12x4, 2x6), Mehidy Hasan Miraz c Rayudu b Jadhav 32 (59b, 3x4), Imrul Kayes lbw b Chahal 2 (12b), Mushfiqur Rahim c Bumrah b Jadhav 5 (9b, 1x4), Mohammad Mithun run out 2 (4b), Mahmudullah c Bumrah b Kuldeep 4 (16b), Soumya Sarkar run out 33 (45b, 1x4, 1x6), Mashrafe Mortaza st Dhoni b Kuldeep 7 (9b, 1x6), Nazmul Islam run out 7 (13b), Mustafizur Rahman (not out) 2 (5b), Rubel Hossain b Bumrah 0 (2b); Extras (lb-2, w-5): 7; Total (in 48.3 overs): 222.

Fall of wickets: 1-120 (Miraz, 20.5 overs), 2-128 (Kayes, 23.5), 3-137 (Mushfiqur, 26.5), 4-139 (Mithun, 27.6), 5-151 (Mahmudullah, 32.2), 6-188 (Das, 40.6), 7-196 (Mortaza, 42.5), 8-213 (Islam, 46.4), 9-222 (Sarkar, 48.1).

India bowling: 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: Rohit Sharma c Nazmul b Rubel 48 (55b, 3x4, 3x6), Shikhar Dhawan c Sarkar b Nazmul 15 (14b, 3x4), Ambati Rayudu c Mushfiqur b Mortaza 2 (7b), Dinesh Karthik lbw b Mahmadullah 37 (61b, 1x4, 1x6), M.S. Dhoni c Mushfiqur b Mustafizur 36 (67b, 3x4), Kedar Jadhav (not out) 23 (27b, 1x4, 1x6), Ravindra Jadeja c Mushfiqur b Rubel 23 (33b, 1x4), Bhuvneshwar Kumar c Mushfiqur b Mustafizur 21 (31b, 1x4, 1x6), Kuldeep Yadav (not out) 5 (5b); Extras (b-1, lb-7, w-5): 13; Total (for seven wkts. in 50 overs): 223.

Fall of wickets: 1-35 (Dhawan, 4.4), 2-46 (Rayudu, 7.3), 3-83 (Rohit, 16.4 ov), 4-137 (Karthik, 30.4), 5-160 (Dhoni, 36.1), 6-212 (Jadeja, 47.2), 7-214 (Bhuvneshwar, 48.1).

Bangladesh bowling: Mehidy 4-0-27-0, Mustafizur 10-0-38-2, Nazmul 10-0-56-1, Mortaza 10-0-35-1, Rubel 10-0-26-2, Mahmadullah 6-0-33-1.

Toss: India.

Man-of-the-match: Liton Das

Man-of-the-tournament: Shikhar Dhawan

India won by three wickets.