Rohit Sharma and Ashish
Nehra led India to victory at the premiere match of the Asia Cup 2016 as India
defeated Bangladesh by 45 runs.
After winning the toss,
Bangladesh chose to field. Facing a pacer-friendly wicket, the Indian squad
scored a challenging 166 for six, with Rohit scoring his runs under pressure
after they were reduced to 42 for three at one stage.
Rohit Sharma’s 83 run
off 55 balls set the path for India’s win. He scored exactly 50 per cent of
India's total of 166. India went from 42 for 3 after 10 overs to 166 for
6 in 20. Rohit scored 62 of those off 26 balls on his way to a match-winning 83
off 54 deliveries. He was also declared the “Man of the Match’. Hardik
Pandya was another notable contributor when he scored 31 runs off 18 balls.
In reply, the Bangladeshi
squad was never in the game being restricted to 121 for seven in the stipulated
20 overs in their hometown ground of Shere Bangla National Stadium at Dhaka.
Ashish Nehra (3/23) was literally unplayable with his variations as well as
brisk pace that he generated. He was on a hat-trick in his final over.
On his win, Indian team captain M S Dhoni
said: "When Hardik went in, he started playing the big shots. At that time,
Rohit made sure that he got a little more strike and he himself will be there
till the end.“He used the pace of the bowler...I feel that was the kind of
batting that was really needed and because of which Hardik could also express
himself. We got those extra 15-20 runs. Otherwise we thought that 140 would be
a very good score.”
Tuesday will see Sri Lanka playing against
UAE. India’s next match is with Pakistan on February 27.
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