Brief scores
Bangladesh: 173 (Mehidy Hasan 42, Mashrafe Mortaza 26; Ravindra Jadeja 4/29, Bhuvneshwar Kumar 3/32, Jasprit Bumrah 3/37)
India: 174/3 (Rohit Sharma 83, Shikhar Dhawan 40; Rubel Hossain 1/21)
Man of the match: Ravindra Jadeja
India chased down Bangladesh's 173 easily to win the first Super Four match of 2018 Asia Cup at Dubai on Friday (Sep 21). The defending champions reached the target in the 36.2 over with skipper Rohit Sharma and Dinesh Karthik remaining unbeaten on 83 and 0 respectively.
After winning the toss, India opted to bowl first. Against a disciplined Indian bowling attack, the Tigers could manage only 173 in 49.1 overs.
Openers Rohit and Shikhar Dhawan laid a solid foundation by scoring 61 runs in 14.2 overs before the latter was trapped in front of the wicket by Shakib Al Hasan.
Dhawan, who played the attacker's role in the partnership, scored 40 off 47 balls. The left-handed batsman is the leading scorer of the tournament with 213 runs. He had previously scored of 127 against Hong Kong, 46 against Pakistan.
Skipper Rohit and Ambati Rayudu then stitched a 45-run second wicket partnership. Rayudu departed in the 24th over after making 13 runs, caught behind off Rubel Hossain to bring Mahendra Singh Dhoni with India still needing 68 runs.
The former skipper hit 33 from 37 balls. He departed in the 36th over by Mashrafe Mortaza.
India play Pakistan at Dubai, while Bangladesh face Afghanistan at Abu Dhabi on Sunday (Sep 23).
