India defeated Bangladesh by three wickets in a nail-biting last ball encounter to bag the Asia Cup at the Dubai International Stadium. After being asked to bat first by India, Bangladesh managed to post 222, thanks to opener Liton Das' thunderous 121 runs from just 117 balls. However, no other player in the Bangladesh side could manage to play long inning - Mehidy Hasan Miraz (32) and Soumya Sarkar (33) - as most of them fall flat in front of the power-packed Indian bowling lineup.
Spinner Kuldeep Yadav led the Indian bowling lineup with three wickets for just 45 runs. He was provided strong support by Kedar Jadhav (2/41), Yuzvendra Chahal (1/31) and Jasprit Bumrah (1/39). Bangladesh started off strongly in the game as openers Liton Das and Mehidy Hasan Miraz posted a 100-plus partnership. However, soon after the first wicket fell at the score of 120, the Bangladesh side couldn't hold on to the situation and got all out at the score of 222.
With both Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan in supreme form, India was hopeful of achieving the target and winning the tournament easily. However, unlike earlier games, India didn't get off to a flying start this time as Dhawan (15) got out at the score of 35. He was followed by Ambati Rayudu, who only managed to add two runs. India's stand-in skipper Rohit Sharma (48), MS Dhoni (36) and Dinesh Karthik (37) later took India close to the target, however, none of them could manage to stay for a longer time. After Kedar Jadhav got retired hurt at the score of 5/167, it was a small yet highly needful partnership between Ravindra Jadeja (23) and Bhuvneshwar Kumar (21) that brought momentum towards the Indian side. But, soon after the two got out, Jadhav was forced to make a comeback in the game and guide India to victory with the help of tail-ender Kuldeep Yadav.
With six runs needed from the last six deliveries, Bangladesh chose off-spinner Mahmudullah to bowl the last over. However, Jadhav and Yadav didn't lose concentration and guided India to a three-wicket win against Bangladesh with easy singles.
