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The Board Of Control For Cricket In India (BCCI) has announced 16-member squad for the upcoming edition of Asia Cup 2018 on Saturday, September 1. Rohit Sharma will lead the team during the tournament as regular sipper Virat Kohli been rested.## Khaleel Ahmed, the 20-year-old left-arm pacer from Rajasthan, who has earned his maiden India call-up while the wait continues for Mayank Agarwal despite his rich vein of form. ## Manish Pandey who has missed out 3-match series against England recently has been recalled after his successful quadrangular series for India A featuring Australia A, South Africa A, and India B.## Along with Pandey, Ambati Rayudu and Kedar Jadhav have also been recalled for ODIs. Suresh Raina, Umesh Yadav and Siddarth Kaul, who all featured in the squad for the England ODI series, are among the ones to miss out. ## Ambati Rayudu was an automatic selection for the Asia Cup as he missed out England series only because failing in yo-yo test. Jadhav also find his palace in the squad after he recovered from injury.## Squad: Rohit Sharma (c), Shikhar Dhawan (vc), KL Rahul, Ambati Rayudu, Manish Pandey, Kedar Jadhav, MS Dhoni (wk), Dinesh Karthik, Hardik Pandya, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Axar Patel, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Jasprit Bumrah, Shardul Thakur, Khaleel Ahmed.## For more updates and news about cricket, stay tuned to us.## Thanks for the reading.

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Sri Lanka and Bangladesh will face each other in the opening match on September 15 as the schedule of Asia Cup 2018 have been announced on Tuesday, July 24. The six-team tournament will be played in the United Arab Emirates.## The teams are divided into two groups. In group A, Afghanistan is paired with Sri Lanka and Bangladesh and in group B, the defending champions India is paired with Pakistan and winner of the qualifiers.## India will play their opening match against the qualifier on September 18 before a much-awaiting clash against Arch-rivals Pakistan on very next day.## As per the new guidelines, the tournament will be played in the ODI format with the 50-over World Cup scheduled to be held next year. The previous tournament in Bangladesh in 2016 was played in the T20 format ahead of the T20 WC.## One team that will finish at the bottom of each group will be eliminated while rest of the teams will be playing against each other in the Super 4 stage. The two teams that finish at the top two in Super 4 stage will play in the final on September 28 in Dubai.## The qualifier tournament featuring Hong Kong, Malaysia, Nepal, Oman, Singapore and UAE will be held in India in September, with the winner joining the rest of the five teams in the main draw.## FULL SCHEDULE :## GROUP STAGE## Sep 15 Sri Lanka vs Bangladesh in Dubai## Sep 16 Pakistan vs Qualifier in Dubai## Sep 17 Sri Lanka vs Afghanistan in Abu Dhabi## Sep 18 India vs Qualifier in Dubai## Sep 19 India vs Pakistan in Dubai## Sep 20 Bangladesh vs Afghanistan in Abu Dhabi## SUPER 4## Sep 21 Group A Winner vs Group B Runner-up in Dubai## Sep 22 Group B Winner vs Group A Runner-up in Abu Dhabi## Sep 23 Group A Winner vs Group A Runner-up in Dubai## Sep 24 Group B Winner vs Group B Runner-up in Abu Dhabi## Sep 25 Group A Winner vs Group B Winner in Dubai## Sep 26 Group A Runner-up vs Group B Runner-up in Abu Dhabi## Final - September 28 in Dubai## For more updates and news, stay tuned to us.## Thanks for the reading.

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What a thrilling end of the women's Asia Cup final. But it was Bangladesh who creates history as they beat 6 time Asia cup winner, India by 3 wickets to win first ever Asia cup on Sunday, June 10.## Going into this match, Bangladesh had nothing to lose. They stunned hot favourite India and written their name in history.## Earlier in this match, it was Bangladesh who had won the toss and put India to bat first. India started poorly and lost Smriti Mandhana after getting run out on a team score of 12. Before India could recover, Deepti Sharma (4 off 10) and Mithali Raj (11 off 18) lose their wickets in back to back overs.## Anuja Patil got out to Obstructing field as she changed her direction while running. She scored only 3 off 4 balls. India at one stage was 32 for 4 after 8.2 overs. Skipper Harmanpreet Kaur and Veda Krishnamurthy then put up a short but important partnership of 30 off 25 balls before Veda bowled out by skipper Salma Khatun. Tania Bhatia and Shikha Pandey also followed Veda as India reduced to 74 for 7 after 15 overs. ## However, Kaur and Jhulan Goswami put up 33- runs together and gave bowlers something to defend as India finished with 112 for 9 in 20 overs. Kaur led from the front and scored 56 off 42 balls before getting out on this last ball of the innings.## Bangladesh bowled well, Rumana Ahmad was the star with 22 for 2 in 4 overs. Khadija also bowled well and finished her spell with 23 for 2.## In reply of 113, Bangladesh started well and put 35 for the first wicket before Poonam Yadav dismissed both the openers in back to back balls. But Nigar Sultana (27 off 24) and Rumana Ahmad (23 off 22 balls) took the game away from India.## Bangladesh was needed 9 runs to win in last over and skipper Harmanpreet Kaur took the responsibility on her shoulders 5o defend those runs. She conceded 6 runs off first 3 balls but did well on next to ball as she gave only single and got 2 wickets (one run out). 2 required in the last ball, Jahanara Alam pushed towards deep mid wicket and completed two runs and won the Asia Cup.## Poonam Yadav was the star bowler for India as she finished her spell with 9 for 4. She was one of the main reasons this game got to the last over. Kaur also picked 2 wickets for 19 in 2 overs.## Rumana Ahmad awarded Player of the match for her all-around show while Indian skipper Harmanpreet Kaur received Player of the tournament award.## For more updates and news, stay tuned to us.## Thanks for the reading.

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India's dominance over Pakistan in women's cricket had continued as India crushed Pakistan by 7-wickets to reach final of the women's Asia Cup for record 7th time on Saturday, June 9. ## Pakistan yet to beat India in women's cricket as It was the 10th match between the two nations and India have won all of them.## In this virtual Semi-final, Pakistan had won the toss and opted to bat first. ## However, Pakistan could score only 72 for 7 in 20 overs. Sana Mir was the top scorer with unbeaten 20 off 38 balls while opener Nahida Khan was the second highest scorer with 18 off 27 balls.## None of the other batters could cross 2-digit mark and result in they reduced to the modest total of 72. ## India's bowling had been excellent again as Ekta Bisht was the star performer who conceded only 14 runs in 4 overs and picked 3 wickets.## Anuja Patil was the only bowler who conceded 6-runs per over while other bowlers finished with under 4-runs per over. ## Poonam Yadav 11 for 1, Deepti Sharma 13 for 1, Shikha Pandey 6 for 1 bowled really well to restricted Pakistan way below par score.## In a replay of 73, India didn't face any difficulty despite losing Mithali Raj and Deepti Sharma on 5. ## Both the batters couldn't open their account and both were dismissed by Anam Amin. However, Smriti Mandhana and skipper Harmanpreet Kaur didn't give Pakistan any chance to create history.## However, Mandhana got out just three runs before the target. She scored 38 off 40 balls after putting 65-run partnership with Harmanpreet Kaur. ## Kaur hit the winning run as India chased down the target in 16.1 overs. Kaur remained unbeaten on 34 off 49 balls.## Pakistan didn't have much success with the ball as they could manage only 3 wickets. ## However, Anam Amin was the star bowler for them as she finished her spell with 10 for 2 in for overs. Ekta Bisht awarded Player Of The Match for her brilliant spell of spin bowling.## For more updates and news, stay tuned to us.## Thanks for the reading.

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It was another dominating performance by Indian women as they crushed Thailand women by 66 runs in women's Asia Cup on Monday, June 4. With this win, Indian women reached on top in the points table. In their first match, they assaulted Malaysia women by 142 runs.## In this match, Thailand won the toss and put India to bat first. Indian women batted well and scored 132 in 20 overs. Mona Meshram was the top scorer with 32 off 45 balls while Smriti Mandhana made 29 off 22 balls with 2 sixes and a four. ## Later in the inning, captain Harmanpreet Kaur and Anuja Patil scored quickly and help India to put a good score to defend. ## Thailand's Wongpaka Liengprasert was the most successful bowler as she gave away only 16 runs in 3 overs and picked 2 wickets.## In reply, Thailand women looked nowhere in the runs chase and could manage only 66 for 8 in 20 overs. Nattaya Boochatham was the top scorer with 21 of 40 balls. ## Their 8 batters could not cross 2-digit mark. Indian bowling was outstanding. Skipper Harmanpreet was most successful bowler as she conceded only 11 runs in 3 overs and picked 3 wickets. ## She was also judged Player Of The Match for her all-around show. Anuja Patil was the most economical bowler of the match as she gave away only 3 runs in 3 overs.## India's next match will be against Bangladesh women on Wednesday, June 6.## For more updates and news, stay tuned to us.## Thanks for the reading.