Asia Cup 2018: Final - India vs Bangladesh - Twitter Erupts as India Lift their Seventh Title Beating Bangladesh in a Close Encounter
Published - 29 Sep 2018, 03:23 AM | Updated - 23 Aug 2024, 02:30 AM
Team India showed nerves to lift their seventh Asia Cup title beating neighbours Bangladesh by three wickets in a close encounter that witnessed topsy-turvy turns at the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
Meanwhile, India managed to stage a terrific comeback with the ball to bowl out Bangladesh for 222 after the Liton Das show. The major contributor in a 120-run opening stand, Liton remained till the 41st over during his 117-ball 121. But a flurry of wickets in the middle overs, which resulted in losing five wickets for 31 runs, had a detrimental effect on Bangladesh’s innings which started with a lot of promise only to eventually fall flat.
Despite not picking up a wicket in the first 20 overs, the spinners were instrumental in helping India pull it back. They shared six wickets between them as Bangladesh could only manage 106 in the last 28.3 overs. Moreover, they lost all their wickets during that same period.
Kedar Jadhav provided the first breakthrough dismissing Mehidy Hasan, whom Bangladesh promoted to open. Since then he bagged one more while Kuldeep Yadav chipped in with three to break the backbone of the opponents batting.
India, however, started the chase on a high smashing back to back boundaries. Both smashed two fours apiece and Rohit Sharma struck a six before Nazmul Islam removed Shikhar Dhawan against the run of play. Trying to recover from that, Mashrafe Mortaza struck to claim his 250th ODI wickets removing inform Ambati Rayudu.
A steady partnership between Rohit and Dinesh Karthik led India’s recovery path but lost their skipper against the run of play. Rohit failed to clear Namul Islam while attempting to play a pool shot to leave India at 83 for 3. Just when things looked in favour of the men in blues, Mahmudullah struck to remove set Karthik to halt India’s free run-flow.
Furthermore, to add to their dismay, MS Dhoni departed at a crucial juncture adding 36 runs while they lost Kedar Jadhav due to injury. Since then Ravindra Jadeja and Bhuvneshwar Kumar shared a match-defining partnership to the score close to the target before the game witnessed another shift in momentum.
However, Kedar Jadhav returned to the field to hand India an important victory in the last ball of the match.
Here is how the Twitter reacted as India beat Bangladesh by runs to lift the Asia Cup 2018 trophy:
Congratulations India on winning the Asia Cup. The bowlers were phenomenal throughout the tournament and the main reason that we managed to win. Really special effort from Bangladesh to take the game so deep. Well done #IndvBan
— Mohammad Kaif (@MohammadKaif) September 28, 2018
Champions! ❤️#AsiaCup2018 #INDvBAN
— Arun Ram (@arunramtrichy) September 28, 2018
https://twitter.com/HashTagCricket/status/1045764511729405953
#India you gave us a Mini heart attack.. Finally won by 3 wkts in last ball in a low scoring thriller..
Kudos to #Jaddu #Kedar #Bhuvi & #Kuldeep who played sensibly in the pressure situation & to whole team..
Can't forgot this game.. Happy tears.. #INDvBAN #AsiaCup2018Final
— VeeraSarguna (@veerasarguna) September 28, 2018
Congratulations INDIA. What a comeback by Bangladesh. All the credit goes to Jadeja because he got out early #INDvBAN
— AHSAN احسن (@Ahsan__Ahmed) September 28, 2018
Aj Bangldesh na jeeta to mera mehnat se vishwas/bharosa/trust uth jaega!!!#INDvBAN #AsiaCupFinal #AsiaCup
— Abdul Majid Awan (@abdulmajidawaan) September 28, 2018
India Dekho din bht kharab gya already.. Please don't let me go to bed crying.. Kuch karo? #INDvBAN
— Sejal (@sejal4591) September 28, 2018
If Cricket was a House Party, Dhoni would be that uncle who comes and rings the bell just to increase the tension #IndvBan
— Pranav. (@pranavkudav) September 28, 2018
Mahi bhai is again going to finish the match at 49.5 over by giving his wicket.#IndvBan #Asiacup #Asiacup18
— Manik Lamba (@imaniklamba) September 28, 2018
Well done! India have responded with spinners @JadhavKedar and @yuzi_chahal! Brilliant fielding by @imjadeja! But no one has been able to stop the agile Liton Das! A spectacular 100! ? #AsiaCupFinal #INDvBAN
— Harbhajan Turbanator (@harbhajan_singh) September 28, 2018
Third Umpire: Out
Dhoni: #INDvBAN pic.twitter.com/o5inC63Bb7
— رومانا (@RomanaRaza) September 28, 2018
Life of bangladeshi fans:
2015: it was a not a no ball
2018: liton was not out
??????#INDvBAN— ravi kadyan (@ravi025rocks) September 28, 2018
Dk Rotate Strike Very well But Dhoni Hits One Four And Waste other five Balls #INDvBAN #AsiaCupFinal #AsiaCup2018
— Akshay ?? (@Akkiontop) September 28, 2018
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Ye Karthik kya galli cricket khel raha hai yaar. #INDvBAN
— Kaushal Agrawal (@kaushal_agrawal) September 28, 2018
