DUBAI: Pakistan will face India in the Asia Cup final for the first time after their bowlers made amends for batting to upstage Bangladesh in an 11-run victory on Thursday.&nbsp;Bangladesh fast bowler Taskin Ahmed grabbed 3-28 as Pakistan batters were sloppy on a sticky Dubai stadium pitch in their last Super Four match, managing a modest 135-8 in 20 overs.&nbsp;But Pakistan staged a fightback through pacer Shaheen Shah Afridi (3-17) and Haris Rauf (3-33) to keep Bangladesh down to 124-9 in 20 overs and book their place in Sunday&#39;s showpiece against India.&nbsp;Shamim Hossain top-scored for Bangladesh with a 25-ball 30 and Saif Hassan scored 18.&nbsp;Pakistan&#39;s second win in the Super Four stage set them up for a third encounter against archrivals India.&nbsp;They lost both previous meetings with their neighbours so far in the tournament, with the two matches marred by a no-handshake controversy.&nbsp;India players refused to shake hands with Pakistan after the first game and the two sides also did not shake hands after the second.&nbsp;Earlier, Taskin was well supported by spinners Rishad Hossain (2-18) and Mahedi Hasan (2-28) to keep Pakistan in check after they were sent in to bat.&nbsp;Pakistan lost wickets at regular intervals as Taskin removed opener Sahibzada Farhan off the fourth ball of the match for four while Hasan had Saim Ayub for his fourth duck of the tournament.&nbsp;Fakhar Zaman scored 13 and captain Salman Agha 19 as Pakistan tottered at 49-5.&nbsp;It was a seventh-wicket stand of 38 between Mohammad Haris (31) and Mohammad Nawaz (25) that helped Pakistan add 52 in the last five overs.&nbsp;Haris hit two boundaries and a six while Nawaz&#39;s 15-ball knock had two sixes and a boundary.&nbsp;Shaheen, dropped twice by Bangladesh fielders, hit two sixes in his rapid 13-ball 19.

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Pakistan defended 135 with Shaheen Shah Afridi and Haris Rauf sharing six wickets, sealing an 11-run win over Bangladesh in Dubai to book an Asia Cup final clash against India.

Pakistan down Bangladesh to set up Asia Cup final with India

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DUBAI: Defending champions India stormed into the final of the Asia Cup on Wednesday after thumping Bangladesh by 41 runs in a Super Four stage contest to maintain their blemish-free run in the tournament.&nbsp;Reigning 20-over world champions India have remained unbeaten in the eight-team tournament, but their 168-6, built around opener Abhishek Sharma&#39;s rapid 75, was probably less than what they expected after a blazing start.&nbsp;Their bowlers made up for the lost runs, though, and bowled out Bangladesh for 127 runs in 19.3 overs with only Saif Hassan offering some resistance with a belligerent 69. Bangladesh face Pakistan Thursday &nbsp;Bangladesh face Pakistan in Thursday&#39;s Super Fours contest, with the winners booking their place in Sunday&#39;s final against India.&nbsp;With regular Bangladesh skipper Litton Das sitting out with a side strain, stop-gap captain Jaker Ali elected to field but could not quite lead by example.&nbsp;The wicket-keeper dropped Abhishek, the world&#39;s top-ranked T20 batter, off Tanzim Hassan Sakib when the opener was on seven, and it proved a costly mistake.&nbsp;Abhishek combined with Shubman Gill (29) in a 77-run opening stand en route to a blistering 25-ball fifty. Leg-spinner Rishad Hossain dismissed Gill and Shivam Dube in successive overs to stem the boundary flow, and India suddenly slumped from 77 for no loss in the seventh over to 129-5 in the 15th. Abhishek&#39;s 37-ball blitzAbhishek&#39;s 37-ball blitz ended after a mix-up with skipper Suryakumar Yadav, who fell caught behind to Mustafizur Rahman after making five.&nbsp;Hardik Pandya made 38 down the order to take India past the 150-mark.&nbsp;Bangladesh lost Tanzid Hasan in the second over, but Saif and Parvez Hossain Emon (21) steadied their innings.&nbsp;Once spinner Kuldeep Yadav (3-18) dismissed Emon, Bangladesh kept losing wickets at regular intervals.&nbsp;Saif smacked five sixes in his belligerent knock but did not get much help from the other end.

India advanced to the Asia Cup final with a 41-run victory over Bangladesh in Dubai. Abhishek Sharma’s rapid 75 and Kuldeep Yadav’s 3-18 led the way as Bangladesh fell for 127 despite Saif Hassan’s 69.

India beat Bangladesh by 41 runs to storm into Asia Cup final

ABU DHABI: Spinner Nasum Ahmed produced a miserly spell to help Bangladesh beat Afghanistan by eight runs on Tuesday and keep their Asia Cup hopes alive.Bangladesh posted 154-5 batting first as opener Tanzid Hasan starred with his 52 off 31 balls in Abu Dhabi.Nasum and fellow spinner Rishad Hossain then took two wickets each before pace bowler Mustafizur Rahman returned figures of 3-28 to help bowl out Afghanistan for 146.Taskin Ahmed also claimed two wickets as he wrapped up the innings with the final ball of the match.Bangladesh ended Group B with two wins and one defeat in their three outings.Their chances of reaching the Super Four stage will depend on the final match of the group between Afghanistan and Sri Lanka on Thursday.Bangladesh will go through if Sri Lanka win, but an Afghan victory would see them progress and leave the Sri Lankans and Bangladesh to be split on net run-rate.Nasum rocks Afghanistan Left-arm spinner Nasum rocked the Afghanistan chase early when he struck with the first ball of the innings to trap Sediqullah Atal lbw and then grabbed the key wicket of Ibrahim Zadran, for five, in the fifth over.He returned figures of 2-11 from his four overs.Rishad dismissed Gulbadin Naib caught and bowled for 16 with his leg-spin and then sent back the dangerous Rahmanullah Gurbaz for 35 to dent Afghanistan.Azmatullah Omarzai attempted to revive the chase with three sixes in his 16-ball 30 but holed out of Taskin.Skipper Rashid Khan made one final push with a quickfire 20 but fell to Mustafizur, who struck again to be on a hat-trick which was avoided by Fazalhaq Farooqi.Opening standEarlier Tanzid put on an opening stand of 63 with Saif Hasan, who made 30, as the two racked up 59 in the powerplay.Rashid broke the stand as he struck in his first over by bowling Saif and Afghanistan&#39;s spinners soon took control.Left-arm wrist spinner Noor Ahmad trapped skipper Litton Das lbw for nine to further peg back Bangladesh.Tanzid raised his fifty off 28 deliveries but fell to Noor in the next over.Towhid Hridoy added a 20-ball 26 but although Bangladesh managed just 67 runs in the final 10 overs, it proved enough for the win.

Bangladesh edged Afghanistan by eight runs in Abu Dhabi to stay alive in the Asia Cup. Tanzid Hasan scored 52, while Nasum, Rishad, and Mustafizur shared key wickets defending 154.

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