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Nidahas Trophy finals between India and Bangladesh

Suresh Raina (103) and Manish Pandey (106) along with wicketkeeper-batsman Dinesh Karthik (56) have made key contributions to the team with the bat.

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The middle-order batsman has been around in global cricket for some time now but has failed to cement a place in the India setup.

“I hope no one takes any pressure, and stays focused on the process”. The two sides have met in one other tournament final, in the 2016 Asia Cup, when India cruised to a one-sided eight-wicket win. I need to embrace it rather than run away from it or use it as an excuse.

Match Status: Yet to play. It has been very competitive and well received by cricket fans around the world and the SLC deserves every praise for that.

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The final round robin match came to a tantalising close with Mahmadullah smashing a six off the penultimate ball to reach 160-8 to claim the two-wicket win, but the victory came in the wake of a dispute that almost cost them the game. Addressing the matter today, Shakib said, “There’s nothing that we want to discuss. Going into the final a lot of bases are covered for sure”, he said. Subsequently, they booked a berth in the final against India at the same venue.

“They are quite experienced, so we will try not to make it comfortable for them”. “In sub-continent conditions, (Bangladesh) are a very good team”, Karthik said. The tournament suggests that chasing is better. Time for the experienced trio – Mushfiqur Rahim, Shakib Al Hasan and Mahmudullah – to take over.

The visitors contested the call of the leg-umpire, saying it was a no ball due to its height.

The economy rate that Washington Sundar holds in the tournament so far. The game was marred by ugly scenes after the on-field umpires had refused to award a no-ball when Isuru Udana delivered a second short-pitched delivery with Sri Lanka.

“Playing good cricket will be our target”. That is one of the things which spurs you on. Whether we play the second string or the first-string team, we are always expected to win. But if we lose, it’s like: ‘Dude, you’ve lost to Bangladesh. “We dropped about five catches, we weren’t the usual Indian team that’s known for its fielding“, he said.

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Rohit Sharma-led “Men in Blue” have been the dominant team of the T20 Tri series winning all their games except the tourney opener against Sri Lanka. They celebrated it by doing the famous ‘cobra dance'(Which is so much popular in Indian Weddings), and Shakib took his shirt off in happiness to a win he was about to call off a few minutes ago.

COLOMBO Bangladesh cricketer Nurul Hasan exchanges words with Sri Lankan skipper Thisara Perera during the tri-nation Nidahas Trophy Twenty20 match at the R. Premadasa Stadium on Friday night.—AFP