Who Will Win Bangladesh vs India, Asia Cup 2018 Final Match?
Bangladesh beat Pakistan by 37 runs at Abu Dhabi and have set up a title clash with India in the final of the Asia Cup 2018. The Dubai International Cricket Stadium will be the venue for this match to be played on September 28. Live telecast is scheduled to start at 3:30 PM local time.
Ind vs Ban: Where to Watch/Live Streaming
TV channels: Star Sports, Fox Sports, Sky Sports Cricket, OSN Sports Cricket HD, SuperSport
Live Streaming: Bet365, Hotstar, Now TV, SuperSport Live
Toss Prediction
At the Dubai International Cricket Stadium, bowlers have found more assistance from the wicket during the first period of play. Also, four of the last five matches (excluding Tuesday's tied encounter between India and Afghanistan) played at this ground have been won by the side bowling first. So toss is going to be a massive factor here and the team that wins it on Friday is more likely to field first.
Read on for team previews, betting odds, betting tips and match prediction for India vs Bangladesh Final match, Asia Cup 2018...
India Team News & Playing 11
IND Team News
Openers Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan who were both rested for the last match against Afghanistan will return. This means KL Rahul and Manish Pandey will have to sit out while Ambati Rayudu will be pushed down to number three. Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Jasprit Bumrah and Yuzvendra Chahal will also return to the side replacing Khaleel Ahmed, Siddarth Kaul and Deepak Chahar.
IND Key Players
The opening pair of Shikhar Dhawan and Rohit Sharma hold the key to India's batting. Both these batsmen have shown sublime form in this Asia Cup and they will look to take their team off to yet another solid start. Dhawan is leading the runs charts with 327 runs which includes two centuries and he looks set for another big one here. Ambati Rayudu and Dinesh Karthik have also chipped in with fine contributions and with MS Dhoni not looking in the best of forms, it will be crucial that one of them bats deep into the innings. Jasprit Bumrah is the third best bowler in the tournament with seven wickets in three matches and he is likely to rattle Bangladesh's top-order early on. Ravindra Jadeja and Kuldeep Yadav have also picked seven wickets each and these two will be the skipper's go-to bowlers in the middle overs.
IND Recent Form
India now have ten wins, three defeats and a tie from the fourteen one-day internationals they have played this year. They will be going into the final of the Asia Cup undefeated. After winning their first four matches of the tournament in a row, they tied their last game against Afghanistan. Barring that game and their campaign opener against Hong Kong, India have had comprehensive victories in the rest of their three matches.
India Predicted Playing 11
Rohit Sharma (c), Shikhar Dhawan, Ambati Rayudu, MS Dhoni (wk), Dinesh Karthik, Kedar Jadhav, Ravindra Jadeja, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Yuzvendra Chahal
Bangladesh Team News & Playing 11
BAN Team News
Bangladesh will be without their ace allrounder Shakib Al Hasan who has been ruled out of the tournament with a finger injury. Shakib aggravated his injury after the game against Afghanistan and he was replaced with Mominul Haque in the last game against Pakistan. In addition to this, Bangladesh made a couple more changes - they brought back Soumya Sarkar for Nazmul Hossain Shanto and Rubel Hossain for Nazmul Islam. The convincing win against Pakistan will probably tempt them to go in with an unchanged line-up.
BAN Key Players
Mushfiqur Rahim with 297 runs in four matches is the tournament's next-best batsman after Shikhar Dhawan. He is coming off a magnificent 99 against Pakistan and the team will hope that their key man is able to fire in this big final against India. Mohammad Mithun and Mahmudullah have also had good hits in this Asia Cup and Bangladesh's middle-order relies heavily on the duo. Imrul Kayes scored an unbeaten 72 against Afghanistan and he too will be expected to come good with the bat. Mustafizur Rahman, Mashrafe Mortaza and Mehidy Hasan are the main threats in this Bangladeshi bowling attack. Mustafizur is the tournament's second-most successful bowler with eight wickets in four games. His four-wicket haul against Pakistan swung the match in his team's favour and he among all the bowlers seems likely to trouble the Indian batsmen. Mehidy Hasan has an outstanding economy rate of 3.27 and he could build pressure on India by slipping in a few quiet overs.
BAN Recent Form
The 37-run win against Pakistan was Bangladesh's fourth win in their last six one-day internationals. Out of the thirteen ODIs they have played so far this year, they have won eight and lost five. After losing to Afghanistan and India in back-to-back games, Bangladesh have managed to gain some momentum with wins in their last two matches against Afghanistan and Pakistan respectively. They would have been pleased with their bowling performance in the last game as they managed to defend a moderate total of 239 with ease.
Bangladesh Predicted Playing 11
Liton Das (wk), Soumya Sarkar, Mominul Haque, Mushfiqur Rahim, Mohammad Mithun, Imrul Kayes, Mahmudullah, Mashrafe Mortaza (c), Mehidy Hasan, Rubel Hossain, Mustafizur Rahman
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