India beat Bangladesh by 3 wickets in a thrilling last-over end to win their Seventh Asia Cup title on Friday. Chasing 223 on a two-paced track in Dubai, India got off to a good begin but struggled after losing wickets at regular intervals in the middle overs. an injury to Kedar Jadhav in the 36’th over difficult proceedings but a vital 52-run stand between Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Ravindra Jadeja put the boys in blue back on track. whereas Kumar and Jadeja fell in the penultimate over, Jadhav returned to the middle to hit the winning runs off the last ball.
India captain Rohit Sharma was delighted with the amazing victory and speaking at the post-match presentation expressed satisfaction over the performance of his boys. “We played some good cricket throughout the tournament and this is the reward of all the hardwork throughout the tournament. I actually have been a part of games like this before and credit to the guys in the middle to handle the pressure and to cross the line was an incredible effort. you have to give some credit to Bangladesh. They put us under pressure in the initial ten overs. we thought if the ball got older, the spinners would do the work for us. it was vital to stay it tight and we have done that well throughout the tournament.”
Crediting his teammates for their efforts, Sharma said, “If you have a team like that, the captain can always look good. It wouldn’t be simple if we didn’t have the support of the remaining ten players, so i’m extremely happy with the boys. i would like to thank the crowd, who have start up in vast numbers to support us throughout the tournament and I’m sure they’re going back very happy.”
Meanwhile, a visibly distraught Mashraf Mortaza hoped that that Tigers won a lot of hearts and said, “We fought until the last ball, but we made a lot of mistakes on the field today. we bowled very well, particularly if we made 240+. we asked the batsmen to create a minimum of 260, but at the end of the day the bowlers did very well.
“I wanted to bowl the quicks initial, because I wanted to limit the runs since they were going after us and making an attempt to play shots at that stage. we didn’t want the spinners to be charged thus I bowled out the fast bowlers,” he concluded.
