Star batter Virat Kohli was rested for India’s ultimate Asia Cup Super 4 match in opposition to Bangladesh on Friday. In his absence, India misplaced the match by six runs. While the result had little have an effect on on India’s marketing campaign, having already certified for the ultimate, it definitely raised doubts over the bench power of the crew. Kohli, Jasprit Bumrah, Hardik Pandya, Kuldeep Yadav and Mohammed Siraj had been all rested, with Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Shardul Thakur, Mohammed Shami and Prasidh Krishna coming in.

The useless rubber in opposition to Bangladesh was a superb paltform for gamers to push their declare for a spot within the taking part in XI. However, it was an underwhelming efficiency from Rohit Sharma and his males.

Barring Shubman Gill and Axar Patel, the opposite gamers didn’t impress the administration. With the ultimate set to happen on Sunday, Kohli and the opposite senior gamers will return to take their respective roles.

Even when he’s not taking part in, it’s arduous to take Kohli out of the equation. Against Bangladesh, the 34-year-old turned waterboy through the drinks break.

In a viral video, Kohli had an fascinating encounter with an excellent sopper operator earlier than the beginning of the match. The groundsman scared him by blowing the horn of the tremendous sopper.

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— Nibraz Ramzan (@nibraz88cricket) September 15, 2023

Bangladesh ended India’s unbeaten run within the 50-over event after edging them out by six runs in Friday’s final Super Four match.

India will tackle Sri Lanka within the ultimate on Sunday.

The cricketing giants have 13 Asian titles between them and Sri Lanka have a historical past of sneaking into the event’s ultimate — to the consternation of followers eager for any showdown between arch-rivals India and Pakistan.