Asia Cup Final: Bangladesh Aim to Upset High-flying India

By: Drcricket7 Staff

There is a sentiment in Bangladesh that their national team’s 2015 World Cup quarterfinal loss to India wasn’t a Devine justice. It won’t be wrong to say that the World Cup defeat still hurts a certain section within the country.

Some of them are still very confident that India could have been beaten on that day in Australia and some of the hard core fans are yet to reconcile to the fact that Bangladesh lost the all-important quart final match.

Within a span of few months, Bangladesh again got the opportunity to take revenge against the Indians during a bilateral series at home, which they won by 2-1 margin.

Even after humiliating a powerful Indian team, the Bangladesh kept doing well in the shorter version of the game by beating a top team like South Africa at home.

Their urge to do well even in the shortest version of the game grew stronger with time. So much so that they even defeated big teams like Sri Lanka and Pakistan in the league stage of the ongoing Asia Cup to set up a final clash with India.

However, Bangladesh were no match in front of the in-form Indian team earlier part of the tournament, but the Asia Cup final will be a different ball game.

The Bangladesh team knows that very well and so they are pinning hopes on their team to beat Indian once again. Can Bangladesh stage a big upset?

India are currently the best team in the world. The best part of the story is that each and every player in the team knows his job in the team.

They are focused and know the tricks of the trade to win big matches. They also know that this match is a dress rehearsal before the World T20 begins at home.

Therefore, this final match against Bangladesh is just another game for India, which they want to win, no matter what. In fact, it will be interesting to see how Bangladesh tackle this one to keep the Indians at bay in front of their home crowd.