Rohit Sharma led India defeat Pakistan twice in span of four days at Asia Cup cricket tournament held in Dubai.
Riding on disciplined bowling performance by bowlers in group A match, India first restrict Pak for 162 runs courtesy three-wicket each by Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Kedar Jadhav and then skipper Sharma’s quickfire 52 scripted India’s easy triumph over its arch-rivals.
While in the super four tie on 23rd Sept, Shoaib Malik (78) guides Pak to 237 runs but the target seem too small in front of Rohit and Dhawan as both of them scored centuries to maul Sarfraz’s men by 9 wickets to enter the tournament final.
These two back to back wins came an year after Pak beat India in the Champions Trophy final at Lord’s.
In the tournament summit clash, India beat Bangladesh in the final ball of the match of win its record seventh Asia Cup title.
Batting first, Bangladesh rode on Liton Das 121 run innings to set 223 runs target for India to win.
Which India after few hiccups in between successfully chased down in the final ball of the innings.
Injured Kedar Jadhav emerged as the saviour for India as after initially getting retired because of hamstring issue, the all-rounder returned back to the crease and scored the winning runs.
This was the second consecutive occasion when India beat Bangladesh in the tournament’s final.
Earlier in March 2018 at the Nidahas Trophy final in Colombo, Dinesh Karthik’s last ball six to Soumya Sarkar helped India beat its neighbours by 4 wickets.