Player of the Match
Player of the Match

One final league game tomorrow, between Bangladesh and Sri Lanka before the big final between Sri Lanka and Pakistan. Join us tomorrow afternoon. Bye for now.

Ravindra Jadeja, the Man of the Match. Jadeja: "Wicket was slow, I was trying to bowl slow, so that I could get some turn. You know that wicket is always going to be slow in Bangladesh. Before the game started, Duncan [Fletcher] told us this also counts an an ODI, so you guys be serious, we were focussed on the game."

Virat Kohli: "Complete performance from the team. Hard to motivate yourselves when you have been travelling and are out of contention for the final. Being more relaxed worked for us, we were quite tense in the earlier games. Idea was to give guys time in the middle. Someone like Ajinkya who has scored on and off, it is good to give them some confidence, even Dinesh Karthik was sent up the order. We have to be patient with them and the results will follow. We started off quite well, we committed crucial mistakes against Pakistan and SL and we lost close games. Amit Mishra coming and bowling well against Pakistan, that was good to see. Am happy the way the team showed their character."

Mohammad Nabi: "Great tournament for us, we have proved we are a good team in Asia after the Full Members. Win over Bangladesh is good sign for us. Ashwin and Jadeja bowled brilliantly, we started well in first ten overs. Big celebration in Afghanistan (after win over Bangladesh). If there are more matches against Full Members, it is good experience for Afghanistan."

So India end with comfortable wins over Afghanistan and Bangladesh, but they came up just short against the bigger sides, Sri Lanka and Pakistan. But who would have thought Afghanistan would end the tournament with a victory? Continue to impress nearly every time they play

32.2
4
Samiullah Shinwari to Sharma, FOUR, that does it, Rohit eases into a cover drive and ends India's Asia Cup campaign with a bonus point victory
32.1
2
Samiullah Shinwari to Sharma, 2 runs, goes back and works it in the air through midwicket

END OF OVER:
32 | 1 Run | IND: 154/2 (6 runs required from 18 overs, RR: 4.81, RRR: 0.33)

  • Dinesh Karthik21 (27b)
  • Rohit Sharma12 (22b)
  • Shapoor Zadran6-0-25-0
  • Samiullah Shinwari4-0-26-0
31.6
0
Shapoor Zadran to Karthik, no run, comes out and has a crack at it on the full, but does not manage much timing, it goes straight to mid off
31.5
0
Shapoor Zadran to Karthik, no run, presses forward and blocks solidly to the off side

Nitin: "Good stuff from Kohli. Giving chances to others, even though there's easy runs (relatively) on offer."

31.4
0
Shapoor Zadran to Karthik, no run, turns a pitched up ball to midwicket
31.3
0
Shapoor Zadran to Karthik, no run, almost played on, defends this back of a length ball, it drops into the crease, and bounces over the stumps
31.2
1
Shapoor Zadran to Sharma, 1 run, uses the angle into him to work it square on the leg side
31.1
0
Shapoor Zadran to Sharma, no run, pushed off the front foot to point

END OF OVER:
31 | 7 Runs | IND: 153/2 (7 runs required from 19 overs, RR: 4.93, RRR: 0.36)

  • Dinesh Karthik21 (23b)
  • Rohit Sharma11 (20b)
  • Samiullah Shinwari4-0-26-0
  • Shapoor Zadran5-0-24-0
30.6
4
Samiullah Shinwari to Karthik, FOUR, DK's keeping Afghanistan interested, he pulls this short ball, shouts of 'catch it' as it loops towards mid on, he jumps but it clears him
30.5
0
Samiullah Shinwari to Karthik, no run,
30.4
1
Samiullah Shinwari to Sharma, 1 run, eased down the ground to long off
30.3
0
Samiullah Shinwari to Sharma, no run, left alone outside off
30.2
1
Samiullah Shinwari to Karthik, 1 run, reaches out to one spinning away wide outside off, and edges it through the keeper's gloves to short third man
30.1
1
Samiullah Shinwari to Sharma, 1 run, pushed to long off for a single

batting Powerplay

END OF OVER:
30 | 3 Runs | IND: 146/2 (14 runs required from 20 overs, RR: 4.86, RRR: 0.70)

  • Dinesh Karthik16 (20b)
  • Rohit Sharma9 (17b)
  • Shapoor Zadran5-0-24-0
  • Mohammad Nabi10-0-30-1

At the end of the over, Shapoor smiles and pats DK on the back

29.6
0
Shapoor Zadran to Karthik, no run, punched hard but straight to cover
29.5
0
Shapoor Zadran to Karthik, no run, Afghanistan are convinced they have DK caught behind, umpire Bowden shakes his head, loud sound as the ball rears up past DK's bottom hand, could only have been an edge, Shahzad threw it up immediately, bowler implored and implored, but Bowden wasn't budging
29.4
1
Shapoor Zadran to Sharma, 1 run, eases forward and picks up a single to third man with an open bat face
29.3
1
Shapoor Zadran to Karthik, 1 run, drives a pitched up ball wide of mid off for one more
29.2
0
Shapoor Zadran to Karthik, no run, hops and defends a shortish ball, cannot get the single as point runs in
29.1
1
Shapoor Zadran to Sharma, 1 run, back of a length into the right-hander from round the stumps, steered to third man

END OF OVER:
29 | 3 Runs | IND: 143/2 (17 runs required from 21 overs, RR: 4.93, RRR: 0.80)

  • Dinesh Karthik15 (16b)
  • Rohit Sharma7 (15b)
  • Mohammad Nabi10-0-30-1
  • Mirwais Ashraf5-0-26-1
28.6
0
Mohammad Nabi to Karthik, no run, comes across confidently and smothers the last ball of Nabi's spell
28.5
0
Mohammad Nabi to Karthik, no run, drops it softly towards point, keeper goes after it
28.4
1
Mohammad Nabi to Sharma, 1 run, backs away a touch to a straightish one and cuts it to deep point

Dropped

28

Dhawan's score when dropped by Shenwari at point in the 14th over

Dhawan v Spin

60

Dhawan's average against spinners. Against seamers, it drops down to 29.12

Dropped

4

Najibullah Zadran's score when he was dropped by Virat Kohli at slip in the 17th over

Opening stand

31

Balls Afghanistan's opening partnership survived today, their highest in this Asia Cup