India Lifts sixth Asia Cup Title Smashing All Records

India secured the Asia Cup trophy for a record 6th time subsequent to beating has Bangladesh by eight wickets, riding on Shikhar Dhawan's shining 44-ball-60 in a downpour truncated last, the previous evening.

While Sri Lanka have won the mainland title five times and Pakistan twice, India s title triumph makes them the in front of their mainland neighbors.

Pursuing an objective of 121 in a match decreased to 15-overs-a - side, Dhawan came great when it mattered the most as he hit nine fours and a six including 94 keeps running with Virat Kohli (41 not out) with India winning with seven balls to save.

In the last two overs, India required 19 runs. On the off chance that the fanatic 25,000 supporters harbored any hopes of a rebound, Mahendra Singh Dhoni (20 not out in 6 balls) dashed them with a deadly six over deep mid-wicket off Al-Amin and another tremendous ruin over deep extra disguise before completing the match with another six.

There were no celebrations from the Indian group as the crowd were left spellbound in disbelief.

Al Amin struck in the second over when a delivery moved a shade as Rohit attempted to slash it. Soumya Sarkar at first slip committed no error.

As his skipper needed from his openers in the prior matches, Dhawan at first attempted to play himself in with India achieving 19 in the initial four overs. Things transformed from the fifth over, knocked down some pins by left-arrm seamer Abu Hider, playing his first match of the tournament.

With Mushfiqur Rahim standing up because of his absence of pace and short third-man positioned, Dhawan played late to collect two boundaries while Kohli was fortunate when his lofted drive went past mid-off s reach as he was standing up. Taking all things together, 14 runs fell off that over.

With Powerplay overs ending, Mashrafe Mortaza got Shakib Al Hasan without hesitation and the Dhawan-Kohli duo took 15 keeps running off that over. Kohli pulled one while Dhawan played a late cut and an imperious force shot as India were well on course in their pursuit of the aggregate.

The stand-out shot for Dhawan was a slog-sweep off Mortaza that was hit into the deep square leg stand. After 10 overs, India were 71 for 1 and the match virtually finished in Shakib s next over when Dhawan hit a conventional and a reverse sweep to dash Bangladesh's hopes.

Dhawan's 50 fell off 35 balls. He was at last out caught at point by a diving Soumya Sarkar off Taskin Ahmed.