Shubman Gill’s showmanship and Axar Patel’s pyrotechnics weren’t sufficient as Shakib Al Hasan’s trendy knock and Mustafizur Rahman’s lethal blow gave Bangladesh a comfort win over India to finish its Asia Cup 2023 marketing campaign on a excessive on the R Premadasa Stadium on Friday evening.
Shakib, the Bangladesh captain, and Towhid Hridoy rescued Bangladesh from a precarious 59/4 within the final of the Tremendous Fours video games with a 101-run affiliation for the fifth wicket. Nasum Ahmed and Mahedi Hasan’s cameos on the loss of life meant the Tigers placed on a decent 265 for eight.
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An India batting line-up with out chase grasp Virat Kohli and Hardik Pandya, each rested, stuttered since Rohit Sharma’s dismissal for a duck.
Regardless of Shubman registering his fifth ODI hundred – fourth in 2023 – and Axar coming to the social gathering in direction of the tip, India was all the time behind the eight-ball.
With Axar, having injured his left hand twice whereas batting, and Shardul Thakur perishing within the penultimate over, India misplaced the final hope. Mohammed Shami’s run-out off the penultimate ball meant, Bangladesh clinched an exciting six-run win.
Regardless of wickets falling repeatedly on the different finish, Shubman stored India’s hopes alive with a sterling knock. Seldom did he seem in bother, rotating the strike with none fuss and clearing the boundary with calculated dangers. With 96 required off 74 balls, he was joined by Axar.
Ravindra Jadeja, having missed an audacious heave off Mustafizur, had perished and Axar most well-liked to offer Shubman the strike. The opener lower unfastened thereafter however discovered long-off trying to hit offie Mahedi.
With 57 required off 38 balls, India needed to depend on the batting depth lent by Axar and Shardul Thakur to see it via. Axar was the wrecker in chief, waging lengthy deal with cautiously. His straight 4 adopted by a six over long-on within the forty eighth over introduced the equation all the way down to 17 off 12.
However Mustafizur returned for an over to take the fizz out of India’s run-chase.
With the workforce having certified for Sunday’s ultimate, India most well-liked to relaxation 5 regulars and provides the World Cup reserves and back-ups essential game-time.
Kohli, Hardik, Jasprit Bumrah, Kuldeep Yadav and Mohammed Siraj had been rested. They had been changed with debutant Tilak Varma, Suryakumar Yadav, Shami, Shardul and Prasidh Krishna.
Greater than a stuttering chase, India will probably be rueing its poor catching. Similar to the preliminary stage versus Nepal, India dropped three regulation catches early on.
Tilak (midwicket) and Suryakumar (second slip) gave Mehidy Hasan Miraz a reprieve every in the identical over. Ok.L. Rahul then disadvantaged Tilak of his first wicket, dropping Shakib.
That dropped catch proved to be the most expensive. India must be conscious to not repeat sloppy catching within the ultimate versus Sri Lanka on Sunday.