Opener Abhishek powers India into final

In-form southpaw slams second straight half-century as Men in Blue overcome Bangladesh by 41 runs in Dubai

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BANGLADESH made four changes in the playing XI against India in their second Super Fours match in Dubai on Wednesday. Despite winning their first match against Sri Lanka only a few days ago, they decided to tinker with the combination but they had some solid reasons to do so. One among them was bringing in Tanzim Hasan Sakib.

After his team opted to field, the right arm pacer bowled a brilliant first over beating the outside edge of India vice captain Shubman Gill a couple of times. Gill might have struggled against Tanzim but it was in-form and destructive Abhishek Sharma, who seemingly was on target. And why not, the 22-year-old pacer had picked Abhishek's wicket twice in the previous two innings conceding just eight runs off seven balls.