Experienced batsman Shoaib Malik hit a six and a boundary to pull off a sensational last-over win for Pakistan against a spirited Afghanistan in the Asia Cup in Abu Dhabi.

Bangladesh captain Mashrafe Bin Mortaza says that he was on the field of play when the decision to recall discarded national openers Soumya Sarkar and Imrul Kayes for the ongoing Asia Cup was finalised

Bangladesh’s nosedive in their Asia Cup campaign continues unabated as they succumb to an seven-wicket loss in their Super Four encounter against defending champions India at the Dubai International Stadium.

A no-ball that led to a dead ball which led to a wicket, an appeal denied but not ignored, a wasted review that punished an innocent batsman -- some of the moments from Bangladesh's Asia Cup match against India.

Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has confirmed that Soumya Sarkar and Imrul Kayes have been included in squad for the ongoing Asia Cup.

Bangladesh’s nosedive after losing all-important opener Tamim Iqbal to injury continues unabated as they fail to bat out 50 overs for the third consecutive occasion and are shot out for a sub-par 173 by India in their Asia Cup Super Four match.

India skipper Rohit Sharma wins the toss and asks Bangladesh to bat in their Asia Cup Super Four match in Dubai

The Bangladesh-Afghanistan Asia Cup encounter in Abu Dhabi on Thursday was marred by the fact that the organisers, the Asian Cricket Council, made a last-minute change to the Super Four fixtures on Wednesday morning. They determined the group champions and runners-up of each group before they were decided on the field and named the Super Four fixtures.

The 136-run loss against Afghanistan may have been in an inconsequential match in the context of the Asia Cup as – rightly or wrongly – the Asian Cricket Council had already decided the group placements beforehand, but the manner of Thursday’s defeat should be concerning for Bangladesh nonetheless because it exposed a lack of depth in the reserves.

It is hard to believe that Rashid Khan is only 20 years old. The Afghanistan leg-spinner has already taken 112 wickets in 49 matches, two of those on his 20th birthday against Bangladesh on Thursday, and is sitting pretty atop the ICC ODI bowlers rankings.

Bangladesh captain Mashrafe Bin Mortaza admitted to being confused during their 136-run thrashing at the hands of Afghanistan in Abu Dhabi on Thursday in their last Asia Cup Group B match.

Bangladesh's injury concerns and unfortunate scheduling in the Asia Cup combined to provide a debut for left-arm pacer Abu Hider, who had shown in recent T20Is that he was up for a fight.

Bangladesh suffer a humiliating 136- run defeat against Afghanistan in an Asia Cup dead rubber at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi today.

“It is even more than Mirpur,” came the response from Bangladesh captain Mashrafe Bin Mortaza after their Asia Cup match against Sri Lanka on September 15 in Dubai. He was talking about the feeling of home provided by a Bangladesh expatriate-dominated crowd of nearly 25,000 at the Dubai International Stadium.

After notching up a convincing eight-wicket win over arch-rivals Pakistan in the ongoing Asia Cup, India's stand-in skipper Rohit Sharma heaped praises on his bowlers for not allowing the opposition to gain an upper hand during their Group A fixture at the Dubai International Stadium on Wednesday.

The Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi does not look anything like a cricket stadium when viewed from miles away -- which you can do because there is not much but sand and low-lying buildings around it.

Three Indian cricketers including star all-rounder Hardik Pandya were Thursday ruled out of the Asia Cup with injuries, dealing a blow to the side's chances in the 50-over tournament.

Not many could have pointed a finger at Bangladesh if they did not put their all into yesterday's match against Afghanistan. As has by now been well documented, the Asian Cricket Council's decision to announce the Super Four matches even before the group champions and runners-up of the two Asia Cup groups were determined has cast the ongoing tournament in a bad light.

One characteristic of the Bangladesh team that most will agree upon is that they are an emotional bunch, and performance often depends on whether they harness the emotion or their passions rule them. When they take on India in the Asia Cup Super Four match in Dubai today, it would be hard to imagine that it will not be an emotional affair.

The Senior Selection Committee has decided to make three changes to the Indian squad for the ongoing Asia Cup owing to injuries to three members of the team.