Bangladesh set 121 for India in Asia Cup fi

DHAKA: Bangladesh made 120 for five in the rain-reduced 15 overs a side final match of the Asia Cup Twenty20 International tournament here at the Shere Bangla national Stadium Mirpur on Sunday night.Sent into bat by India captain Mahindra Singh Dhoni after match delayed due to rain, Bangladesh batsmen batted with courage and aggression to set a daunting target of 121 runs.Sabbir Rehman and Mahmudullah gave an unbeaten sixth wicket stand of 45 runs off just 20 balls after they lost five wickets for 75 11.4 overs.Mahmudullah smashed 33 off 13 balls with two sixes and as many fours while Sabbir scored 32 off 29 balls with two boundaries.The five batsmen dismissed earlier were Tamim Iqbal (13), Soumya Sarkar (14), Shakib Al Hasan (21), Mushfiqur Rahim (4) and Mashrafe Mortaza (naught).Harbhajan Singh, Pawan Negi and Bhuvneshwar Kumar made way for R Ashwin, Ashish Nehra and Ravindra Jadeja in the India XI while Bangladesh brought in left-arm seamer Abu Hider and allrounder Nasir Hossain for their first games of the tournament. They replaced Arafat Sunny and Mohammad Mithun.’