e-News® | The NEWS Company…DHAKA, March 06, 2016 : The rain finally stopped at 19.40 pm and the ground staffs are seeping off the covers and into the ground to limit the damage outfield and trying to prepare the ground for the final of the Asia Cup T20 that set to start this evening at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium at Mirpur in the city.
The pitch was already under covers. Water had accumulated in several parts of the ground. If the match start after 8.30 pm, there will be a curtail over game and if the match does not roll by 10.30 pm, Bangladesh and India will be the joint winners of Asia Cup. Earlier, rain which began at 6 pm, damaged to the big screen at the venue – the frame around the screen itself has been partially blown away by the wind.
Bangladesh Squad
Mashrafe Mortaza (captain), Abu Hider, Al-Amin Hossain, Arafat Sunny, Imrul Kayes, Mahmudullah, Mohammad Mithun, Mushfiqur Rahim (wicket keeper), Nasir Hossain, Nurul Hasan, Sabbir Rahman, Shakib Al Hasan, Soumya Sarkar, Tamim Iqbal and Taskin Ahmed.
India Squad
MS Dhoni(captain and wicket), R Ashwin, JJ Bumrah, S Dhawan, Harbhajan Singh, RA Jadeja, V Kohli, B Kumar, P Negi, A Nehra, HH Pandya, PA Patel (wicket keeper), AM Rahane, SK Raina, RG Sharma and Yuvraj Singh.