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The Indian team has reached the final of the Asia Cup cricket tournament. India defeated Bangladesh by 41 runs in the Super-4 match played at Dubai International Stadium on Wednesday. In the final, India will face the winning team of Pakistan-Bangladesh match to be held today. If Pakistan wins this match, then the India-Pakistan final will be the first in the 41-year history of the Asia Cup.

Bangladesh won the toss and called India for batting. The Indian team scored 168 runs losing 6 wickets in 20 overs. In response, Bangladesh was all out after scoring 127 runs in 19.3 overs. Abhishek Sharma, who scored 75 off 37 balls, was elected the player of matches.

India-Sri Lanka match is no longer important With this victory, India has secured the number-1 position in the group of four teams. Now the India-Sri Lanka match to be held on Friday has become dead rubber. That is, in this match, the victory and defeat will not make any difference to the health of both teams. With India’s victory, the Sri Lankan team is out of the final race.

As soon as one match remains, how India reached the finals and why Sri Lanka got out, we will know in detail. Before that, see the brief score board of India-Bangladesh match.

Indian team stumbled after a stunning start Despite losing the toss in the match against Bangladesh, India had a great start. Abhishek Sharma and Shubman Gill, who made a century partnership in the last match in front of Pakistan, added 77 runs from only 38 balls for the first wicket. Gill was dismissed for 29 runs off 19 balls. The Indian innings stumbled as this partnership broke.

Promoting Shivam Dubey did not work Shivam Dubey, promoted on number-3, was dismissed for just 2 runs. After this, Abhishek, who was moving towards a century, was run out due to a disturbance in synergy with captain Suryakumar Yadav. Surya herself did not last long after this and returned to the pavilion on a private score of 5 runs.

Tilak Verma also could not play a big innings and he too was dismissed for 5 runs. At one time, India had lost five wickets to reach 129 runs, scoring 77 runs without losing wickets at one time. Hardik Pandya scored 38 runs off 29 balls to bring India to fighting total.

Bangladesh could score 127 runs despite 4 lifeline

Dubai’s pitch is beneficial for target chase teams. India had scored less runs, so Bangladesh was in the match till half time. But the Bangladeshi batsmen turned the hard work of their bowlers. Indian fielders dripped five catches in Bangladesh’s innings. Despite this, Bangladesh’s team collapsed at the score of 127 runs in 19.3 overs.

How did India reach the finals with one match left The answer to this question is found from the Points Table of Super-4. India has 4 points. The Pakistan-Bangladesh match to be held today will be the last match of these teams in this round. Earlier, both Pakistan and Bangladesh have played 2-2 matches and both have won 1-1. That is, today the winning team will have 4 points and the losing team will remain at 2 points.

On the other hand, Sri Lankan team has lost both their initial matches in Super-4. Even if she wins in the last match, she will still have only 2 points. That is, she cannot achieve 4 points in any case. So she is out of the final race. Similarly, the team that will lose in Pakistan-Bangladesh match will also be out of the race.

Indian team will play the title match for 11th time Team India has reached the final of the Asia Cup for the second consecutive time. Earlier, he also played the final of the 2023 ODI Asia Cup and also became the champion. The Asia Cup has been taking place since 1984 and the Indian team is going to play the final for the 11th time. India also won the 1984 Asia Cup title but then the final match was not held then. The Indian team became the champion due to the first place in the league round. Look ahead when India has played the final in the Asia Cup.

Indian player number-1 in batting and bowling The top batter and top bowler of the Asia Cup 2025 are Indian players. Abhishek Sharma is the number-1 batter with two half-century in five matches. He has scored 248 runs at a strike rate of 206.66. At the same time, in bowling, Kuldeep Yadav remains at number-1 position with 12 wickets in five matches.