Cricket: India beat Bangladesh by 45 keeps running in opening match of Asia Cup.

India beat hosts Bangladesh by 45 keeps running in the opening match of the 2016 Asia Cup in Dhaka, with Rohit Sharma crushing 83 from 55 balls. 

India defeated a temperamental begin, recuperating from 42-3 to post 166-6, with Sharma urgently dropped by Shakib-Al-Hasan in the eleventh over. 

Sharma - who had just scored 21 from 28 balls at the time - crushed 14 off his next three conveyances, and 62 from his next 27, as India included 114 in their last 10 overs. 

Set 167 to win, just Sabbir Rahman (44 off 32 balls) scored more than 16 as Bangladesh limped to 121-7 - Ashish Nehra taking 3-22. 

The Asia Cup is being played in T20 design without precedent for its 32-year history as the groups - Sri Lanka, Pakistan and UAE likewise taking an interest - get ready for the World T20 in India in March. 

After the home side won the hurl and selected to bowl first on a downpour splashed surface, Al Amin Hossain (3-37) knocked down some pins opener Shikhar Dhawan for two, and captain Mashrafe Mortaza evacuated Virat Kohli for eight. 

Bangladesh connected the weight further as Mahmudullah knocked down some pins Suresh Raina (13) in the eighth over, yet the match turned as Shakib missed Sharma at point off Taskin Ahmed. 

Sharma made the hosts pay for the mistake by indenting his third T20I fifty in six innings, and tenth by and large, putting on half-century remains with Yuvraj Singh (15) and Hardik Pandya - who crushed a quickfire 31 off 18 balls. 

In answer, Bangladesh lost both openers inside the initial four overs, slipping to 15-2, with Nehra knocking down some pins Mohammad Mithun for one, and Jasprit Bumrah getting Soumya Sarkar got behind for 11. 

Rahman recouped things quickly however when he was the fifth wicket to fall in the fifteenth over, any desires of an impossible win for the home side ran with him, Nehra ending up on a cap trap with the twofold strike of Mahmudullah and Mortaza in the seventeenth. 

Sri Lanka and UAE meet in the following Asia Cup conflict on Thursday. Bangladesh are next in real life on Friday additionally against the UAE, while India face Pakistan on Saturday.