Bangladesh have to defend 120 against mighty India in the rain-hit 15-over a side final of the 13th Asia Cup to turn their dream of a maiden title at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Mirpur on Sunday.Sent in to bat first, Bangladesh scored 120 for 5 in 15 overs with the unbeaten 6th wicket contribution of 45 runs in 3.2 between Mahmudullah Riyad and Sabbir Rahman.Finisher Mahmudulla hammered the highest 33 off 13 balls including two boundaries and two sixes.Sabbir Rahman companied Mahmudullah till the end to add 32 off 29 balls involving two boundaries.In the innings’ 14th over, Mahmudulla hammered 20 runs including one boundary and two sixes, off Hardik Pandy’s 3rd over.Famed all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan stayed for 21 off 16 balls including three boundaries and was caught by Jasprit Bumrah off Ravichandran Ashwin at 64/3 in 9.1 overs. Bangladesh faced early jolt losing their two batsmen Soumya Sarkar and Tamim Iqbal for 30/2 in 4.4 overs.Soumya scored 14 off 9 balls including three boundaries and while experienced opener Tamim Iqbal added 13 off 17 balls including two boundaries.Soumya was caught by Hardik Pandya off an Ashish Nehra delivery at at 27/1 in 4 overs while Tamim was lbw by Jasprit Bumrah at 30/2 in 4.4 overs.Jasprit Bumrah, Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja and Ashish Nehra took one wicket each for 13, 14 25 and 33 runs respectively.
