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India opt to bowl against Bangladesh in Asia Cup final

We are now ready for the final encounter between the men in blue India and the Tigers of Bangladesh.

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Heavy downpour accompanied by thundershowers, resulting in a power outage at the Sher-e-Bangla Stadium, delayed by at least an hour the final of the Asia Cup T20 between Bangladesh and India in Dhaka on Sunday. All the matches of the Asia Cup T20 2016 tournament were played at the same venue, and the teams will now head to India for the ICC T20 World Cup 2016, starting March 15. The weather is looking to be good for the match and due is going to play its part for the team bowling second.

Top-ranked India 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.

The match will be live streamed on StarSports.com or the HotStar app.

MS Dhoni (capt), Shikhar Dhawan, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Suresh Raina, Yuvraj Singh, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Ashish Nehra, Jasprit Bumrah.

Bangladesh brought in paceman Abu Hider and all-rounder Nasir Hossain from their last match against Pakistan for Arafat Sunny and Mohammad Mithun. There is no reserve day and in case, there is no game today both Bangladesh and India will share the trophy.

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