Dubai: Abhishek Sharma apart, India were largely below par with the bat the Dubai International Cricket Stadium on Wednesday night. Abhishek included, they were decidedly shoddy in the field. Yet, even an error-prone India were too strong for Bangladesh, racing to a 41-run victory in the Super Fours of the T20 Asia Cup to guarantee their place in Sunday’s final.

Perhaps believing that they hadn’t been pushed enough in this tournament, India decided to challenge themselves. From 112 for two in 11 overs on the back of Abhishek second straight half-century, they managed only 56 runs in the last nine overs on being asked to bat by Jaker Ali, limping to 168 for six when several more appeared there for the taking.

Then, they dropped Saif Hassan, the opener, four times in an extension of their

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