Asia Cup 2014: India beat Afghanistan by 8 wickets in dead rubber

Ravindra Jadeja picked up 4/40 in 10 overs and was named Man of the Match

Mirpur (Bangladesh) - India beat Afghanistan by eight wickets in their last league game of the Asia Cup cricket tournament at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium here on Wednesday.

Shikhar Dhawan made 60 and Ajinkya Rahane 56 as India achieved the 160-run target in 32.2 overs.

Earlier, Afghanistan were bowled out for 159 runs in 45.2 overs. Indian spinner Ravindra Jadeja (4/30) and Ravichandran Ashwin (3/31) shared seven wickets among them.

Afghanistan:

Noor Ali Zadran c Kohli b Jadeja 31

Nawroz Mangal b Mohammed Shami 5

Rahmat Shah lbw b Jadeja 9

Asghar Stanikzai c Mishra b Jadeja 5

Najibullah Zadran c sub (Binny) b Ashwin 5

Mohammad Nabi c Karthik b Jadeja 6

Mohammad Shahzad lbw Ashwin 22

Samiullah Shenwari lbw Mohammed Shami 50

Mirwais Ashraf c Kohli b Mishra 9

Shapoor Zadran lbw Ashwin 1

Dawlat Zadran not out 2

Extras (lb 2, w 12) 14

Total (all out in 45.2 overs) 159

Fall of wickets: 1-30 (Nawroz Mangal, 5.1 overs), 2-54 (Rahmat Shah, 12.1), 3-55 (Noor Ali Zadran, 12.3), 4-60 (Asghar Stanikzai, 14.3), 5-64 (Najibullah Zadran, 17.1), 6-83 (Mohammad Nabi, 20.6), 7-95 (Mohammad Shahzad, 25.4), 8-111 (Mirwais Ashraf, 32.1), 9-137 (Shapoor Zadran, 37.6)

Bowling:

Bhuvneshwar Kumar 8-1-25-0

Mohammed Shami 7.2-0-50-2

Amit Mishra 10-1-21-1

Ravindra Jadeja 10-1-30-4

Ravichandran Ashwin 10-3-31-3

India:

Ajinkya Rahane lbw Mirwais Ashraf 56

Shikhar Dhawan b Mohammad Nabi 60

Rohit Sharma not out 18

Dinesh Karthik not out 21

Extras (lb 1, w 3, nb 1) 5

Total (for two wickets in 32.2 overs) 160

Fall of wickets: 1-121 (Rahane, 23.3 overs), 2-123 (Dhawan, 24.3)

Bowling:

Mohammad Nabi 10-0-30-1

Shapoor Zadran 6-0-25-0

Dawlat Zadran 5-0-25-0

Samiullah Shenwari 4.2-0-32-0

Mirwais Ashraf 5-0-26-1

Rahmat Shah 2-0-21-0

 

Toss: India, who chose to field

Result: India won by eight wickets

Player of the match: Ravindra Jadeja (India)