Dubai: Abhishek Sharma’s breezy fifty was complemented well by left-arm wrist spinner Kuldeep Yadav as India outclassed Bangladesh by 41 runs in a Super 4s match to seal the Asia Cup final berth here on Wednesday.

Chasing a par target of 169 that India set, Bangladesh were bundled out for 127 in 19.3 overs.

Sri Lanka, who lost both their Super 4s matches, are now out of the race to the final and Thursday’s match between Pakistan and Bangladesh will be a virtual knockout contest for a place for the summit clash on Sunday.

Kuldeep (3/18), Axar Patel (1/37) and Varun Chakaravathy (2/29) did the bulk of damage for India with the ball.

For Bangladesh, Saif Hassan (69, 51 balls) was the top-scorer.

Earlier, opener Abhishek hammered a 37-ball 75 but the rest of the batters failed to produce

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