CRICKET - ASIA CUP 2016

Asia Cup 2016: India hammer UAE for nine wickets to maintain unbeaten streak

India rounded out the league phase of the 2016 Asian Cup with a dominant display as they crushed one EAU unfortunate nine wickets to keep their unbeaten streak, recording his fourth consecutive tournament victory at the Sher-e-Bangla stadium in Mirpur on Thursday.

Chasing a meager 82, India lost opener window Rohit Sharma (39) before gunning down the target in 10.1 overs above the table with eight points ahead of Bangladesh in second.

Rohit scored a breezy 28-ball 39 that included seven boundaries and a six before being caught with a delivery Qadeer Ahmed loose. His departure resulted in a promotion for Yuvraj Singh, who without batting. 3 received 14-ball 25 to lead the chase. Shikhar Dhawan looked off color in their turns 16 however.

Earlier, a combined effort of bowling and batting display EAU feel restricted to 81/9. It was a dead rubber, but batting UAE made it look worse. Having sealed their place in the final, India made three changes to their playing XI, delivering the debut to the left of the rotating arm Pawan Negi and includes Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Harbhajan Singh. Bhuvneshwar, who last played for India in January this year, opened with a maiden and followed with another that includes the window opener Swapnil Patil for Jasprit 1. Bumrah, your partner new form of ball, intervened to the second attack with the wicket of Mohammad Shahzad of a duck in the next time.

The contest between India and the UAE top-ranked 16 in the ranking T20I, was a lack of complete coincidence of classes. Four of the first 10 overs were bowled by Indian maiden in which three wickets for 32. Negi picked up his first international field in his first over, removing Muhammad Usman (9) at 13 more were collected. Harbhajan reduced them to 52/4 in the next. Batting performance continued pedestrians as they could only manage 49 in their last 10 overs for the loss of six wickets.

India captain Dhoni uses six players in total, five of them picked up a wicket each while the effort was crowned by Bhuvneshwar who finished 2-8 in his four overs - two of them are single.

UAE batsmen, except Shaiman Anwar, fought bowlers in India. Anwar, who came to bat at no. 4 scored 43 with the help of three fours and six before being run out in the final over of the innings. The gap between the two sides can be easily gauged by the fact that Rohit single hit seven to four feet and six compared to the entire team of UAE managed only six boundaries and a lone six of his entries somehow managed extended to the full 20 overs.

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Brief scores: India 82/1 (Rohit Sharma 39, Yuvraj Singh 25) beat UAE 81/9 (Shaiman Anwar 43; Bhuvneshwar Kumar 2/8) for nine wickets

With this win, India have extended their winning streak to six consecutive T20Is. They have won nine of his 10 T20Is in 2016 so far and will start favorites against Bangladesh in the final scheduled for Sunday.