India captain Rohit Sharma won the toss and elected to bowl first against Bangladesh in the final of 2018 Asia Cup at Dubai on Friday.
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Bangladesh Innings:
Score 65/0 || Over 10
Bhuvneshwar Kumar made a strong comeback, conceding only a single in the 10th over. Liton Das is three away from his maiden ODI fifty, while promoted Mehidy Hasan is batting cautiously at 16.
Score 36/0 || Over 6
After a cautious start, Liton Das has changed the gears. He has hit three fours, including two successive boundaries against Bhuvneshwar Kumar. His opening partner Mehidy Hasan has done well to hang on there.
Meanwhile, here's a quick look at Bangladesh's record in finals:
Lost to Sri Lanka by two wickets in the 2009 Tri-series final Dhaka,
Lost to Pakistan by two runs in the 2012 Asia Cup final at Dhaka,
Lost to India by eight wickets in the 2016 Asia Cup final at Dhaka,
Lost to Sri Lanka by 79 runs in the 2018 Tri-series in Dhaka,
Lost to India by four wickets at RPS, Colombo in the 2018 Nidahas Trophy.
Score 13/0 || Over 3
Cautious start from the Bangladesh openers, Liton Das and promoted Mehidy Hasan. Bhuvnehswar Kumar started the proceedings, three runs from the first over. Jasprit Bumrah, who shared the new ball, leaked five runs in the next over. Bhuvi conceded five runs from his second over.
India, chasing a record-extending seventh title, fielded a full-strength team by bringing back all five players who have missed out in the last game against Afghanistan.
Playing XIs:
India: Rohit Sharma (c), Shikhar Dhawan, Ambati Rayudu, MS Dhoni (wk), Dinesh Karthik, Kedar Jadhav, Ravindra Jadeja, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Jasprit Bumrah
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Bangladesh: Liton Das (wk), Soumya Sarkar, Mohammad Mithun, Mushfiqur Rahim, Imrul Kayes, Mahmudullah, Mehidy Hasan, Mashrafe Mortaza (c), Nazmul Islam, Rubel Hossain, Mustafizur Rahman