According to Gambhir, the likes of Suresh Raina and Yuvraj Singh are capable of scoring quickly and could have walked in at their usual position during the Asia Cup final.
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Top-ranked India had earlier crushed Mashrafe Mortaza’s side by 45 runs in the opening match of the tournament, but the hosts have since executed a turnaround, winning three matches on the trot to qualify for the final.
India rallied to an eightwicket victory as Shikhar Dhawan and Virat Kohli played sensibly and kept up with the tempo in chasing down the stiff target. India was well known for the twenty20 format and as we believed India knocked the first twenty20 Asia cup.
Today’s final will be a good practice match for the team India before the high voltage T20 World Cup that begins shortly in India.
The slow start was offset with four boundaries from Dhawan (60) and a couple from Virat Kohli (41 not out) pushed India’s total to 48 for one after the powerplay. But MS Dhoni’s boys, who chose to field under overcast skies, are in a different zone these days.
Kolkata: India’s limited overs captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni said that the best thing about his bowling unit is that he knows from the start of the innings who will bowl the last over.
Taskin Ahmed, Al Amin, Shakib Al Hasan – all the Bangladeshi bowlers went for runs as they could not stem the flow of shots coming from the bats of Kohli and Dhawan. “And also 10 wins in a row in T20 before the World cup gives us some time to get into the groove”, he said.
Dhawan bagged the player of the match award while Sabbir Rahman, the tournament’s leading run-getter, was awarded with the Man of the Tournament Trophy. The pitches in Mirpur had a little more juice than what we’re used to seeing in T20 cricket, and that led to nearly every team losing two or more wickets in the first 6 overs. “They played really well and we couldn’t keep the pressure [on]”, he said.
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“Asked if the team was looking forward to playing the final at the Eden Gardens, Dhoni said”, We are not thinking of it now, it is a long way away. When you click on the doodle, it directs you to the search page showing the match schedule and other information related to T20 world Cup.
