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Asia Cup! India thrash UAE, make it four out of four
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21:33 Asia Cup! India thrash UAE, make it four out of four
India: 82-1 (10.1 overs)
UAE: 81-9 (20 overs)
Another bowling change, Mohammad Shahzad replaces Naveed in the ninth over. Yuvraj smashes him to the long-on fence and then hits a six over long-off.
Rohan Mustafa to bowl the 10th over, replacing Qadeer (2-0-23-1). Yuvraj hits a boundary to third man and another boundary by him, off Shahzad seals it for India.
India make it four out of four, with 59 balls left.
21:23
India: 62-1
UAE: 81-9 (20 overs)
Dhoni has finally decided to promote Yuvraj up the order. Not much left to do though. Rohit has done enough.
Dhawan gets his first boundary in Naveed's final over (4-0-21-0). And Yuvi gets his first, past cover, in Qadeer's second over.
We are in for an early finish folks!
21:22 Asia Cup! Dhawan, Yuvraj help India inch closer in Mirpur
India: 62-1
UAE: 81-9 (20 overs)
Dhoni has finally decided to promote Yuvraj up the order. Not much left to do though. Rohit has done enough.
Dhawan gets his first boundary in Naveed's final over (4-0-21-0). And Yuvi gets his first, past cover, in Qadeer's second over.
We are in for an early finish folks!
21:13 Asia Cup! Qaadir strikes, Rohit dismissed for 39
India: 43-1
UAE: 81-9 (20 overs)
Qadeer Ahmad replaces Amjad Javed (2-0-18-0) in the attack in the sixth over. Rohit welcomes him with a boundary between midwicket and mid-on, and another over midwicket.
However, Qadir has the last laugh, Having Rohit (39 off 28) caught by Naveed off the fifth ball.
Yuvraj Singh is the new man in.
21:06 Asia Cup! Rohit steps up the proceedings in Mirpur
India: 33-0
UAE: 81-9 (20 overs)
Rohit cuts loose in Amjad's second over, first with a boundary followed by a six over covers, and then another boundary past midwicket as 16 runs come off the over.
He continues his onslaught in Naveed's third over with a flat-bat boundary through midwicket and another through slips, the third man being wide.
20:58 Asia Cup! India off to a sedate start in Mirpur
India: 8-0
UAE: 81-9 (20 overs)
Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan to open the batting for India and it will be Mohammed Naveed first up for the UAE.
Rohit smashes the fourth ball past the extra cover fielder for the first boundary of the innings. Amjad Javed to bowl the second over. Two off it.
Dhawan survives a loud caught behind appeal in Naveed's second over.
20:26 Asia Cup! India restrict UAE to 81 for nine in Mirpur
UAE: 81-9 (20 overs)
Shaiman Anwar, the lone UAE batsman to offer a semblance of resistance, also hits the lone six of the innings, in the penultimate over by Bumrah (4-0-23-1).
The final over has Bhuvi getting Mohammad Naveed (5) caught by Negi at square leg. Anwar is run out soon after, having made 43 off 48.
And the innings ends with a dot ball...there have been 77 dot balls in the innings.
India restrict UAE to a paltry 81 for nine.
20:10
UAE: 66-7
Yuvraj Singh is handed the ball in the 16th over, replacing Harbhajan (4-1-11-1). He strikes with his fifth ball, a brilliant catch by Pandya cutting short Muhammad Kaleem's (2) stay at the crease.
Fahad Tariq (3) is run out in the next over.
19:56 Asia Cup! UAE keep losing wickets, India on top
UAE: 52-5
Pawan Negi is handed the ball in the 13th over, replacing Pandya (3-1-11-1). It's an expensive over, UAE getting past the 50-run mark in it.
However, it does end on a good note, Negi getting his first wicket, having Usman (9) caught by Harbhajan at long-off.
Amjad Javed comes and goes, Harbhajan having him caught by Negi.
19:42 Asia Cup! Bowlers put India in command at Mirpur
UAE: 32-3
India make the first bowling change in the seventh over, Hardik Pandya replacing Bhuvi (3-2-7-1). Just four off it.
It's a twin change, Harbhajan replacing Bumrah (3-0-14-1) in the eighth over. He starts with a maiden.
Pandya strikes in his second over, having Rohan (11) caught by Kohlimat cover. Muhammad Usman is the new man in.
At the halfway mark the UAE side is tottering at 32 for three.
19:22
UAE: 14-2
Bumrah too strikes in his second over, having Shahzad (0) caught by Raina.
Shaiman Anwar is the new man in. He starts off with a boundary. Rohan gets his first boundary in Bhuvi's third over. These are the first runs off Bhuvi's bowling after 15 dot balls.
19:13
UAE: 1-1
Bhuvneshwar strikes in his second over, having Patil (1) caught off his own bowling.
It took UAE 11 balls to score a run. India took five more to get a wicket.
Mohammad Shazad is the new man in.
19:08
UAE: 1-0
Rohan Mustafa and Swapnil Patil to open the batting for UAE and it will be Bhuvneshwar Kumar first up for India. It's a maiden.
Jasprit Bumrah to bowl the second over. Just a single off it.
18:42
Good evening and welcome to the live coverage of the Asia Cup match between India and the UAE in Mirpur.
The news is that the UAE have won the toss and opted to bat first in what looks like a greenish wicket.
India, already in the final, expectedly have many changes. Nehra, Ashwin and Jadeja are not playing. Bhuvi, Negi and Harbhajan are the replacements.
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