India has smashed Bangladesh in the first match of Asia Cup 2016 at Mirpur’s Shere Bangla Stadium on Wednesday.To chase a target of 167, the Bangladesh team opener Mithun Ali made 1 runs and clean bowled by Nehra in the 2nd over while his opening partner Shoumya Sarkar made 11 runs with 1 four and caught behind in Jaspit’s 4th over of the match.
Top order hard hitter batsman Sabbir Rahman smashed 44 runs and gave away his wicket in Pandya’s 15th over while Imrul Kayes scored 14 runs and threw his wicket away in Ashwin’s 10th over of the match.Shakib got run out for 3 runs while Mahmudullah later contributed 7 runs
Mushfiqur Rahim 16* and Taskin Ahmed 15* individually contributed runs as Bangladesh managed to score 121/7 in 20 overs runs and India won the match by 45 runs at ease.India team pacer Asish Nehra bagged 3 wickets while Jaspit Bumrah took 1 wickets for his team.India team pacer Pandya took 1 wicket while spinner Ashwin also picked up 1 wicket each for his team
In the first innings, the India team opener Rohit Sharma hammered 83 runs decorating 7 fours and 3 massive sixes and caught by Shoumya in Al-Amin’s last over of the match while his opening partner Sikhar Dhawan scored 2 runs and clean bowled by pacer Al-Amin Hossain in the 2nd over of the match.
Top order batsman Virat Kohli made 8 runs with the help of 1 four and threw his wicket away in pacer Mashrafe’s the 5th over of the match while Suresh Raina scored 13 runs featuring 2 fours and clean bowled by Mahmudullah in the 8th over.
Yuvraj Singh made 15 runs and paid the price for playing a lofted shot over deep mid wicket in Shakib’s 14th over of the match while Hardik Pandya contributed 31 runs decorating 4 fours and 1 huge six to set a defendable target of 167 runs against Bangladesh.