India Storm Into Asia Cup Final After Crushing Bangladesh by 41 Runs
India stormed their way to the Asia Cup 2025 final with a 41-run flying win over Bangladesh in Dubai, and the team is yet to lose a single match at the competition. The defending champions were not only performing in an all-round way but they left Bangladesh far behind since the first ball.
India batted first and they managed to set their target at a tough 168-6 in their 20 overs. Opener Abhishek Sharma was in the vanguard, and he made an eye-catching 75 with only 37 balls, hitting 6 fours and 5 sixes in a lightning innings that stunned the Bangladeshi applauders. His bang opening with Shubman Gill had brought in 46 runs in the powerplay and India was in an advantage position.
India lost three of its wickets with a mere 17 runs, but Hardik Pandya came to the rescue with a vital 38 in 29 balls to give the innings some stability and ensure it was out of reach to Bangladesh.
In pursuit of 169, Bangladesh never got any momentum although there was a spirited effort on the part of opener Saif Hassan who smashed a quick 69 on 51 balls with five towering sixes. None of the other Bangladeshi batters got more than 21 runs as the Indian bowlers continued to pressurize them. The star of this performance was Kuldeep Yadav who took 3-18 and Jasprit Bumrah and Varun Chakravarthy took two wickets each to dismiss Bangladesh and close the match in 127 in 19.3 overs.
This victory leaves India at the helm of the Super Four and both the positions in the final on Sunday and also ends Sri Lanka as it has suffered losses in all its matches. Pakistan and Bangladesh now will engage in a battle to the death in order to decide on the second finalist. The dominant show that India has had provides a good message to their competitors that they are still the team to reckon with in the tournament.
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