India clinched their 6th Asia Cup after beating Bangladesh by 8 wickets in the final of 2016 Asia Cup T20 on Sunday at Mirpur, Dhaka. In the rain-interrupted match, it was played for 15-overs game in each side. After winning the toss, India decided to bowl first. Bangladesh scored 120/5 in 15-overs which India chased down successfully in 13.5 overs after losing just 2 wickets.
The whole match is described in pictures in the following:
- The final match was delayed for 2 hours due to heavy rain. Finally the Twenty-20 match was played after converting the match into 15-overs game (Image Credit: Twitter)
- Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni won the toss and elected to field first (Image Credit: Twitter)
- Bangladeshi opener Tamim Iqbal and Soumya Sarkar gave a decent start to Bangladesh (Image Credit: Twitter)
- Ashish Nehra dismissed Soumya Sarkar for 14 runs (Image Credit: Twitter)
- Jasprit Bumrah was departed another opener Tamim Iqbal (Image Credit: Twitter)
- Sabbir Rahman started slowly his innings but guided well his team till the end (Image Credit: Twitter)
- Mahmudullah played a stormy knock of 33 runs in 13 balls at the end of Bangladesh innings and helped his team to put a good total on the board in the front of India (Image Credit: Twitter)
- Bangladesh pacer Al-Amin Hossain was roaring after dismissing Indian opener Rohit Sharma at very early (Image Credit: Twitter)
- Another Indian opener Shikhar Dhawan and Virat Kohli guided well to the Indian team in chasing (Image Credit: Twitter)
- Opener Shikhar Dhawan played a crucial match winning knock of 60 runs in 44 balls and was awarded man of the match (Image Credit: Twitter)
- Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni finished the match in his own style with a ‘sixer’ (Image Credit: Twitter)
- Another heartbreaking moment for Bangladeshi fans (Image Credit: Twitter)
- Indian team celebrating with 2016 Asia Cup T20 trophy (Image Credit: Twitter)
