Bangladesh finally became the first team to beat India in the ongoing Asia Cup on Friday in the final Super 4 game in Colombo. The result would have little impact on both the team’s campaign as India had already made there way to the final and Bangladesh had been knocked out owing to defeats in their two previous games.
However, for the men in blue a defeat on Friday meant that Rohit Sharma and Co missed out on becoming the top ranked ICC side across formats. India are already the number one ranked T20I and Test side but following the game on Friday they finished with an ICC team rating of 116 in ODIs. Australia – 118 – retained the top spot.
The Mitchell Marsh led side are currently level 2-2 against South Africa in the five-match ODI series.
India had won their last Test series 1-0 in the West Indies but had lost the T20I bilateral series 3-2 against the hosts. At the Asia Cup, the men in blue had emerged victorious against Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka before their latest result.
The final on Sunday shall be a ninth instance of India and Sri Lanka meeting against each other in the summit clash of the Asia Cup.
While India have emerged victorious in five of the previous eight occasions, Sri Lanka have been the winners thrice and are only behind India in the overall titles tally in the continental cup’s history.
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