Sport Desk: India beat Bangladesh by 45 runs in the first match of Asia Cup at Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in city’s Mirpur area on Wednesday. The visitors have set a 167-run target for Bangladesh losing six wickets in their allotted 20 overs. Bangladesh batsman Sabbir Rahman scored highest 44 runs off 32 balls while, skipper Mushfiqur Rahim 16 runs playing 16 balls. Besides, Al-Amin Hossain bagged three wickets giving 37 runs while Mashrafe Mortaza, Mahmudullah, Shakib Al Hasan took one wickets each. On the other hand, Rohit Sharma scored 83 runs off 49 balls hitting seven boundaries and three whirlwind maximums and Hardik Pandya added 31 off 18 balls. A sensible bowling display by Tigers side made India off to a stuttering start as they lost three important wickets within 7 overs in the first encounter of in the game. The match of the first-ever Twenty20 format tournament has started 7:30pm (Local time). Earlier, hosts Bangladesh have won the toss and chosen to bowl first. Bangladesh Squad Mashrafe Mortaza*, Abu Hider, Al-Amin Hossain, Arafat Sunny, Imrul Kayes, Mahmudullah, Mohammad Mithun, Mushfiqur Rahim, Mustafizur Rahman, Nasir Hossain, Nurul Hasan, Sabbir Rahman, Shakib Al Hasan, Soumya Sarkar, Taskin Ahmed India Squad MS Dhoni*†, R Ashwin, JJ Bumrah, S Dhawan, Harbhajan Singh, RA Jadeja, V Kohli, B Kumar, P Negi, A Nehra, HH Pandya, PA Patel†, AM Rahane, SK Raina, RG Sharma, Yuvraj Singh
