Dubai – India defeated Bangladesh by 41 runs. India batted first in the Asia Cup Cricket Super 4 match between India and Bangladesh and scored 168 runs. Its opening batsman Abhishek Sharma scored a maximum of 75 runs. He scored 75 runs in 37 balls with the help of 6 fours and 5 sixes . After that, no one else played well except Hardik Pandya. Hardik scored 38 runs while Shubman Gill scored 29 runs.
“Indian spinners led by Kuldeep Yadav (3/18) ran through the Bangladesh lineup, helping India qualify for the Asia Cup final on September 28. Varun Chakravarthy and Jasprit Bumrah also took 2 wickets apiece as Bangladesh’s chances of qualifying for the final hangs by a thread, depending on their result vs Pakistan.”
For Bangladesh, Rishad Hossain took two wickets. Tanjim Hasan, Mustafizur and Shafududdin took one wicket each.
Bangladesh’s opening batsman Saif Hasan played well. He scored 69 runs in 51 balls. Parvez Hossain scored 21 runs. No other Bangladesh player reached double figures.
Kuldeep Jadhav took the most wickets with 3, while Jasprit Bumrah and Varun Chakravarthy took 2 wickets each. Akshar Patel and Tilak Burma took one wicket each. Bangladesh were all out for 127 runs in 19.3 overs.
Bangladeshi captain commits ‘crime’, Abhishek Sharma punishes him severely, hits fifty in 25 balls
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Abhishek Sharma has been scoring runs relentlessly in this Asia Cup and pounding the bowlers. Dismissing him proved to be a difficult task for the bowlers, and when the opportunity arose, the Bangladeshi captain squandered it.
Team India’s young opener Abhishek Sharma wreaked havoc with his bat in the Asia Cup 2025. His rapid succession of sixes and fours troubled the bowlers. There was rarely a time when he gave the opposition a quick opportunity. In such a situation, the mistake of squandering it is sure to prove costly for any team. This is exactly what happened against Bangladesh, when team captain Zaker Ali committed a mistake that cricket experts consider a ‘crime’. The Bangladeshi captain made the mistake of dropping Abhishek’s catch, and the Indian batsman then punished him by scoring a blistering century.
All of this happened during the Super Four match, where Team India faced Bangladesh on September 24th. India batted first, and Bangladesh got off to a strong start in the first three overs. The opening pair of Abhishek Sharma and Shubman Gill struggled to play freely during these three overs, struggling to time their shots correctly. It was at this moment that Abhishek gave Bangladesh an opportunity that could have ended their innings quickly.
Bangladeshi captain drops catch
Fast bowler Tanzim Hasan Sakib, who had been troubling Gill and Abhishek, returned to bowl in the third over. Abhishek’s bat edged the third ball of his over and the ball went towards slip. However, there was no fielder available. Wicketkeeper Zaker Ali, who was captaining the team in this match, dived to his left. However, his timing was also poor, and the ball went past his gloves. Although the catch was a bit difficult, any missed opportunity to dismiss a batsman like Abhishek is costly, and that’s exactly what happened.
Abhishek hits a stormy half-century
When Abhishek was given this life, his score was only 7 runs from 8 balls. The Indian opener took advantage of this and thrashed the Bangladeshi bowlers. In the next 11 balls, he smashed 39 runs, hitting sixes and fours. Soon, Abhishek also completed his fourth half-century of his T20 career in just 25 balls. This was his second consecutive half-century in this Asia Cup. Previously, he had smashed 74 off just 39 balls against Pakistan.
