At the end of 18 overs, Bangladesh A were 144/6 while India A had reached 174/4. But where Jitesh Sharma went to a part-time option in Naman Dhir for the 19th over that cost them 28 runs, Bangladesh threw the ball to their main man Ripon Mondal, who bowled a brilliant over of yorkers to concede just 5 runs. That alone should have been enough to decide the match, but Bangladesh had other ideas as the first semifinal of the Asia Cup Rising Stars tournament entered a scarcely believable endgame that witnessed a comedy of errors from both teams.

The match eventually ended in a Super Over, where neither team scored a run off the bat, and Bangladesh A prevailed to reach the final.

First of the errors came in the 20th over that Rakibul Hasan bowled. After getting hit for a six by Ashutosh Sharm

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