Asia Cup 2016

Scorecard - Final, India vs Bangladesh at Shere Bangla National Stadium, Dhaka, Bangladesh (06 Mar 2016)

Bangladesh

120/5 (15) RR:8

India won by 8 wkts

MOM: Shikhar Dhawan

India

122/2 (13.5) RR:8.82

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13.1 - Pandya to Mahmudullah, FOUR, now that will help. What a shot from Mahmudullah. Didn't look to take the cover of the ball, saw the full toss outside off, cleared the front leg and simply lofted it wide of long-off

12.5 - Nehra to Mahmudullah, FOUR, bazuka! That's a missile past Nehra's left boot. Full ball on the stumps, missed the yorker by 6 inches or so and finds himself drilled back hard as Mahmudullah clears his front leg. Very hard

12.1 - Nehra to S Rahman, FOUR, he's in amazing form, this lad. Walks across shaping to scoop, reaches out with bat in front of body to convert it into a low full toss, and laps it over short fine leg. Probably got it closer to the bottom of the bat but he made enough of a connection

8.0 - Pandya to Shakib, FOUR, oh cheeky! Walks across the stumps to a length ball, picks it smartly and scoops it over short fine leg

7.4 - Pandya to Shakib, FOUR, he's banged one in and Shakib has taken on the challenge. Pulls it hard, there is a man in the deep but it's wide of him. The umpires are checking if it has carried all the way. No. On the half-volley

6.5 - Ravindra Jadeja to S Rahman, FOUR, now some finesse from Rahman. The line was outside off, the pace was Jadeja like, he employs the reverse-lap to tickle it past Dhoni's gloves and into the third man fence

6.3 - Ravindra Jadeja to Shakib, FOUR, another pop-gun dart from Jadeja on the stumps, Shakib makes room this time and heaves it wide of long-on. Wide enough of the fielder for a boundary

3.5 - Nehra to Soumya Sarkar, FOUR, filthy delivery which has sent the crowd into near eruption. Short of length and angling down leg, Sarkar lifts his front leg Gordon Greenidge like, then whips the short-arm pull over short fine leg. Wow, the atmosphere is intense

3.4 - Nehra to Soumya Sarkar, FOUR, wooosh! That's nearly taken Tamim's head to the boundary. Ducked underneath it in time, did the non-striker. Takes a shimmy down the pitch, gets close enough to the pitch of the ball and blazes it straight back. Meaty blow

3.2 - Nehra to Tamim, FOUR, mid-off, mid-off, and it's over him! Just about. Tamim was starting to get twitchy. Goes flashing after a length ball which bounces spongily, gets it high on the willow but the batswing takes it over the infield

1.1 - Nehra to Tamim, FOUR, oh well, Tamim being Tamim! Gives Nehra the charge first ball and converts it into a half-volley on the pads, then jerks his wrists and flicks it past square leg

1.0 - Ashwin to Soumya Sarkar, FOUR, nicely tossed up outside off, Sarkar leans forward, towards the ball and cracks the drive through the covers. That should settle the nerves

13.4 - Pandya to Mahmudullah, SIX, Dhoni runs straight towards Pandya after this. Mahmudullah is shredding him to pieces. Bits of Hardik Pandya are flying around Dhaka. Dhoni tries to gather them. But another poor ball. Misses the yorker by quite a bit and is smited over wide long-on

13.2 - Pandya to Mahmudullah, SIX, now, now, now. He did take the cover off that one. Ouch. That's a dagger through Pandya's heart. Comes out from the back as well. Dishes up a length ball on the stumps, Mahmudullah backs away and clobbers it over mid-wicket. Soars into the stands. This is sure to get the young man's heart pounding

11.4 - Ravindra Jadeja to Mortaza, out Caught by Kohli!! Another batsman has found out the perils of going after Jadeja. So quick through the air, hardly any bounce due to the round arm action. Almost like left-arm underground. Fires it at the stumps from round the wicket, Mortaza backs away and slogs, mistimes it and holes out to deep mid-wicket where Kohli takes it easily and continues with his showboating. This time prowls forward doing a lion-dance. Mortaza c Kohli b Ravindra Jadeja 0(1)

11.3 - Ravindra Jadeja to Rahim, out Rahim Run Out!! 1 run completed! And we are going upstairs. Rahim was struggling to make it back. Took very heavy strides and had to put the dive. A rocket throw from Kohli at deep mid-wicket. Straight over the bails which are whipped off in a jiffy by Dhoni. Rahim has made the crease with the dive, but is the bat in the air? It bounced up unfortunately after hitting the ground. And yes, Rahim is out of here. Oh, look at Kohli. Gesturing towards the audience to keep their mouths closed. Rahim made room and mistimed the slog wide of Kohli who was very quick to skate across and return the throw. Rahim run out (Kohli/Dhoni) 4(5)

9.1 - Ashwin to Shakib, out Caught by Bumrah!! Look at those faces in the crowd. People have hands covering their mouths, scratching their cheeks, and what not. Shakib was looking good until now, but then he's decided to take on the genius of India's spin wizard. Ashwin saw him making room, followed him while keeping it slower through the air. As a result he generated more bounce from a length, caught the top-edge of Shakib's attempted sweep and offered a simple reverse-cup take to short fine leg. Shakib c Bumrah b Ashwin 21(16) [4s-3]

4.4 - Bumrah to Tamim, out Lbw!! Bumrah hits Tamim on the pad, a prolonged wait follows before finally the finger goes up. That looked dead on first glance. Length ball angled in towards middle from round the wicket, Tamim bends his front knee and tries to swing it across the line, anticipates more bounce than there is and the ball sneaks under the willow. HawkEye shows it hitting middle of middle. Tamim lbw b Bumrah 13(17) [4s-2]

4.0 - Nehra to Soumya Sarkar, out Caught by Pandya!! Listen to this, listen to this ... absolutely nothing. Dead silence. Sarkar gets carried away by the adrenaline rush. Isn't content with a 13-run over. Swishes hard at a length ball trying to heave it over the on-side, never in control of the extra-bounce. Pops up off the splice and a simple grab for Pandya at mid-off. Soumya Sarkar c Pandya b Nehra 14(9) [4s-3]

10.2 - Pandya to S Rahman, 1 run, now he's premeditating stuff, which is never smart. What's more, they've taken on Jadeja again and he's missed again. Back of length outside off, he tries to slap it over the infield but gets it high on the bat straight towards mid-off. Tries a single and would have been gone

4.1 - Bumrah to S Rahman, 1 run, the madness continues. You give Jadeja enough chances, and he'll make good sooner or later. Not this time. Rahman fails to tuck a back of a length delivery through the on-side, it deflects off the thigh pad in front of backward point where Jadeja is effervescent as ever. Swoops in quickly and fires a throw which would have found a diving Tamim short had it hit

2.5 - Bumrah to Soumya Sarkar, 2 runs, that's chaotic running. A direct-hit and Tamim was gone despite a dive. Back of a length outside off, Sarkar swats the pull to the right of mid-on. Ashwin dives and parries it towards Pandya who gathers and shies at the non-striker's end. Didn't miss by much

13.4 - Al-Amin to Dhoni, FOUR, that is so unlike Dhoni! I say so unlike Dhoni because he bent his knees to hit this over extra-cover. Doesn't do that normally. Probably learnt this trick from Dwayne Bravo, who is an expert at the inside-out extra-cover drive. Full and outside off stump, Dhoni just lifts it over the infield and it bounces just inside the rope

11.5 - Nasir Hossain to Dhawan, FOUR, oh Taskin almost falls before diving, ran awkwardly there, the umpires are checking for a boundary. Hang on, he actually pushed the rope forward and his left hand was placed where the rope would have normally been, hence called a four and all that effort goes in vain. Shortish delivery on the stumps, Dhawan paddled it fine, Taskin tried to hunt it down from short fine leg but lost the race

11.3 - Nasir Hossain to Kohli, FOUR, full toss and that's been swung away across the line by Kohli. Easy pickings for the batsman and long-on or deep mid-wicket had no chance. Nasir Hossain's figures are seriously being spoiled

11.2 - Nasir Hossain to Kohli, FOUR, in the air, not timed well, the fielder dives but it escapes. Fell just short of Al-Amin at deep mid-wicket. Kohli went for the slog-sweep and mis-hit it, the fielder runs to his left, but couldn't get his body behind the line and prevent the boundary

10.2 - Shakib to Dhawan, FOUR, full toss from Shakib, Dhawan reverse-sweeps it past the diving man at short third man and that brings up Dhawan's fifty. He was struggling to put bat on ball earlier in the tourney and he notches up a fifty in the final. His team-mates stand and applaud from the sidelines

10.1 - Shakib to Dhawan, FOUR, flighted delivery on the stumps, Dhawan slog-sweeps uppishly, deep mid-wicket runs forward and dives, doesn't get there, deflects the ball, the fielder backing up from deep backward square leg got completely put off and it ran away for four

6.4 - Mortaza to Kohli, FOUR, have Bangladesh lost it completely? They have been really bad with the ball in the last few minutes. This time the captain himself sprays a short of length delivery down the leg-side, Kohli only flicked it along the ground through backward square leg, Taskin ran to his left from fine leg and even dived full length, but he was never going to stop the ball

6.0 - Shakib to Dhawan, FOUR, the crowd goes silent. Actually, they have been silent for the last 8-9 minutes. The previous over went for 14 and this one has cost them 15. Short delivery from Shakib, really bad ball and being a batsman himself he would admit it, Dhawan rocks back and pulls hard, deep mid-wicket dives to his left but in vain

5.3 - Shakib to Dhawan, FOUR, Dhawan is very strong square of the wicket on the off-side and you can't bowl short to him. He goes deep in the crease, allows the ball to come and opens the face of the bat at the last moment to cut it past backward point and short third man

5.1 - Shakib to Kohli, FOUR, short ball and it's been hit in the air, no one at mid-wicket, would have been straight to him, in fact this is in gap between long-on and deep mid-wicket and it's a four. Kohli went back and deep in the crease, pulled it from the bottom of the bat and it escaped for four

5.0 - Abu Hider to Dhawan, FOUR, edged, there is a man at slip but he's very wide! How lucky is Dhawan? All of a sudden, India have managed a 14-run over. This could change the momentum of the game. Good length delivery close to the off stump, Dhawan goes for the push, the front foot not fully forward, a thick edge results, fly slip is very wide and it goes to his right despite a dive

4.4 - Abu Hider to Kohli, FOUR, in the airrrrrrr and just over the man at mid-off. Kohli wants to put the new bowler off very quickly. Fullish and outside off stump, Kohli steps out and goes for the lofted off-drive, Tamim was interested for a while, he jumped high and went right-handed, but he had to be a foot taller to have a chance. Big relief on Kohli's face after seeing the ball fly past Tamim

4.1 - Abu Hider to Dhawan, FOUR, edged but no slip. Good length delivery just outside off stump, probably left the left-hander at the last moment, Dhawan was pushing at it with hard hands and the thick edge ran away through the vacant slip cordon

3.3 - Al-Amin to Dhawan, FOUR, oh that's poor from the fielder at short fine leg. Skipper Mortaza is not happy and Taskin is the culprit. Poor delivery from Al-Amin though. Can't bowl down the leg-side with fine leg inside the ring, Dhawan glances, Taskin dives to his right, should have been stopped but it escaped

0.4 - Taskin Ahmed to Dhawan, FOUR, now that is from the sweetest spot of the bat. What a shot! Short of a length just outside off stump, Dhawan waited for it to come, bent his knees a bit and punched it square of the wicket on the off-side, it rocketed through cover-point and backward point. The good thing there was Dhawan never tried to hit it too hard, which made the shot look even better

13.5 - Al-Amin to Dhoni, SIX, another chance for me to say, "Dhoni finishes off in style." We've seen this so many times. Full toss from Al-Amin and Dhoni muscles it over mid-wicket. India win the 2016 Asia Cup, this is their 6th Asia Cup title

13.1 - Al-Amin to Dhoni, SIX, oh my word! That's been muscled really hard! The Indian flags are being waved in the stands, while the Bangladeshi fans go silent. What? Full and in the slot? You got to be kidding me. Dhoni gets under it and smashes it over deep mid-wicket. Great start to the over for India

8.3 - Mortaza to Dhawan, SIX, this is brave from Dhawan. He moves across the sticks this time, gets down on one knee and picks it away nicely over backward square leg. There was a man in the deep, but he was only a spectator

12.4 - Taskin Ahmed to Dhawan, out Caught by Soumya Sarkar!! Oh stylish hit and that's a brilliant grab at backward point. That breaks a 94-run stand. Is this the opening Bangladesh wanted to turn things around? Dhawan moved to the off-side, Taskin Ahmed bowled a low full toss outside off stump, Dhawan tried to open the face of the bat at the last moment and place the drive past backward point, didn't control it, Sarkar dives full length to his right at backward point and takes the catch. End of a fantastic and probably a match-winning knock. Dhawan c Soumya Sarkar b Taskin Ahmed 60(44) [4s-9 6s-1]

1.3 - Al-Amin to Rohit, out Caught by Soumya Sarkar!! Edgedddd, only one slip in place and the fielder makes no mistake. Short of a length delivery outside off stump, Al-Amin bowls with a scrambled seam and sometimes the batsman can't make out which way it is going to go. This one just held its line, Rohit played a flashy-drive away from the body and paid the price. Thick edge resulted, which was swallowed to his left by Sarkar. Rohit is a batsman in form and this is a massive blow for India and the perfect start for Bangladesh. Rohit c Soumya Sarkar b Al-Amin 1(5)

6.5 - Mortaza to Kohli, 1 run, again a poor delivery, good length delivery down the leg-side, Kohli would have wanted to tickle it fine, but only managed to inside-edge it onto thigh pad