Sports Cricket : India win Asia Cup T20 opener against Bangladesh

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Cricket : India win Asia Cup T20 opener against Bangladesh
Mirpur (Bangladesh), Feb 24 (IANS) India defeated Bangladesh by 45 runs in the Asia Cup opener at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium here on Wednesday.

Put in to bat, India scored 166/6 in 20 overs with opener Rohit Sharma scoring 83 runs. In reply, Bangladesh folded for 121/7 in their quota of 20 overs.

This is the first time the tournament is being played in the Twenty20 format.

The following is the scoreboard of the first Twenty20 International of the Asia Cup played between India and Bangladesh at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium here on Wednesday:

India

Rohit Sharma c Soumya Sarkar b Al-Amin Hossain 83

Shikhar Dhawan b Al-Amin Hossain 2

Virat Kohli c Mahmudullah b Mashrafe Mortaza 8

Suresh Raina b Mahmudullah 13

Yuvraj Singh c Soumya Sarkar b Shakib Al Hasan 15

Hardik Pandya c Mahmudullah b Al-Amin Hossain 31

Mahendra Singh Dhoni not out 8

Ravindra Jadeja not out 0

Extras (b 1, lb 2, w 3) 6

Total (6 wickets; 20 overs) 166

Fall of wickets: 1-4 (Dhawan, 1.3 overs), 2-22 (Kohli, 4.3), 3-42 (Raina, 7.5), 4-97 (Yuvraj Singh, 14.5), 5-158 (Sharma, 19.2), 6-158 (Pandya, 19.4)Bowling

Taskin Ahmed 3-0-22-0

Al-Amin Hossain 4-0-37-3

Mustafizur Rahman 4-0-40-0

Mashrafe Mortaza 4-0-40-1

Mahmudullah 2-0-9-1

Shakib Al Hasan 3-0-15-1

Bangladesh

Soumya Sarkar c Dhoni b Bumrah 11

Mohammad Mithun b Nehra 1

Sabbir Rahman c Dhoni b Pandya 44

Imrul Kayes c Yuvraj Singh b Ashwin 14

Shakib Al Hasan run out (Sharma/Dhoni) 3

Mushfiqur Rahim not out 16

Mahmudullah c Sharma b Nehra 7

Mashrafe Mortaza c Jadeja b Nehra 0

Taskin Ahmed not out 15

Extras (lb 4, w 6) 10

Total (7 wickets; 20 overs) 121

Fall of wickets: 1-9 (Mohammad Mithun, 2.2 overs), 2-15 (Soumya Sarkar, 3.2), 3-50 (Imrul Kayes, 9.5), 4-73 (Shakib Al Hasan, 12.3), 5-82 (Sabbir Rahman, 14.1), 6-100 (Mahmudullah, 16.3), 7-100 (Mashrafe Mortaza, 16.4)

Bowling

Ashish Nehra 4-0-23-3

Jasprit Bumrah 4-0-23-1

Hardik Pandya 4-0-23-1

Ravichandran Ashwin 4-0-23-1

Ravindra Jadeja 4-0-25-0

Toss: Bangladesh chose to field

Umpires: Ruchira Palliyaguruge (Sri Lanka) and Shozab Raza (Pakistan)

TV umpire: Enamul Haque (Bangladesh)

Match referee: Richie Richardson (West Indies)

Reserve umpire: Anil Chaudhary (India)