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India v Pakistan, Asia Cup, Mirpur

Misbah puts new spin on pressure

Mar 17, 2012: Misbah-ul-Haq says the pressure of a Pakistan-India clash also afforded players the opportunity to put in memorable performances

India v Pakistan, Asia Cup, Mirpur

India under pressure in marquee clash

Mar 16, 2012: ESPNcricinfo previews the Asia Cup match between India and Pakistan, in Mirpur

Bangladesh v India, Asia Cup, Mirpur

Bowling puts India in another jam

Mar 16, 2012: Sachin Tendulkar could conceivably have scored a little quicker and helped India to 20 extra runs, but would the listless bowling have been able to defend even that?

Bangladesh v India, Asia Cup, Mirpur

For Bangladesh, there's always Mushfiqur

Mar 16, 2012: Apparently, the Bangladesh dressing room wasn't overly nervous when their kingpin, Shakib Al Hasan, was adjudged out with victory still some way off - they knew they still had Mushfiqur Rahim

Bangladesh v India, Asia Cup, Mirpur

Partnerships the key to Bangladesh's win

Mar 16, 2012: Stats from a game dominated initially by Tendulkar, and later by the hosts' exceptional fightback

Bangladesh v India, Asia Cup, Mirpur

'100th hundred the toughest of them all' - Tendulkar

Mar 16, 2012: Sachin Tendulkar has admitted that he went through a "tough phase" to reach the milestone of a hundred international centuries.

Tendulkar completes a century of centuries

In a league of one

Mar 16, 2012: Sachin Tendulkar has scored 29 more international centuries than the second-highest tally; it's a mark that is unlikely to be equalled

Bangladesh v India, Asia Cup, Mirpur

Tendulkar scores his 100th international century

Mar 16, 2012: Sachin Tendulkar has scored his 100th international century, in India's Asia Cup ODI against Bangladesh in Mirpur

Bangladesh v India, Asia Cup, Mirpur

Shakib, Rahim deliver incredible win

Mar 16, 2012: Mushfiqur Rahim and Shakib Al Hasan delivered an improbable win for Bangladesh that left Sachin Tendulkar's record 100th international century in the shade and threw the Asia Cup wide open

Pakistan v Sri Lanka, Asia Cup, Mirpur

Pakistan's middle order comes good at last

Mar 15, 2012: No matter how many batsmen Pakistan play, middle-order collapses seem to haunt them, much to Misbah-ul-Haq's chagrin. Finally, with Pakistan playing only six batsmen, Misbah and Umar Akmal gave the team a spine

Pakistan v Sri Lanka, Asia Cup, Mirpur

Jayawardene blames top order for loss

Mar 15, 2012: Mahela Jayawardene, the Sri Lanka captain, has blamed the failure of the top order for the defeat against Pakistan that has left them on the brink of elimination from the Asia Cup

Pakistan v Sri Lanka, Asia Cup, Mirpur

Sri Lanka overworked and imbalanced

Mar 15, 2012: They came to the Asia Cup after five games in 10 days in Australia and had their first practice the day of their first game. But it was the loss of their two allrounders that proved too big a blow for Sri Lanka to adjust to

Bangladesh v India, Asia Cup, Mirpur

Do Bangladesh have another gear?

Mar 15, 2012: ESPNcricinfo previews the Asia Cup match between Bangladesh and India, in Mirpur

Bangladesh v India, Asia Cup, Mirpur

Mushfiqur targets India's bowling

Mar 15, 2012: India may have crossed their first hurdle towards reaching the final of the Asia Cup by winning their opening match, but concerns over their bowling, especially the fast bowing, remain

Pakistan v Sri Lanka, Asia Cup, Mirpur

Misbah, Akmal complete clinical win

Mar 15, 2012: Pakistan put one foot in the final of the Asia Cup with a six-wicket win over a tired Sri Lankan outfit, which didn't have enough steam needed to defend a modest 188

Pakistan v Sri Lanka, Asia Cup, Mirpur

Jayawardene unperturbed ahead of crunch game

Mar 14, 2012: Mahela Jayawardene wasn't perturbed that Sri Lanka will most likely have to win tomorrow against Pakistan

Pakistan v Sri Lanka, Asia Cup, Mirpur

Top-heavy Sri Lanka take on sedate Pakistan

Mar 14, 2012: ESPNcricinfo previews the Asia Cup game between Pakistan and Sri Lanka in Mirpur

Asia Cup 2012

Shaminda Eranga picked to replace Mathews

Mar 14, 2012: Shaminda Eranga, the fast-bowling allrounder, has been picked to replace the injured Angelo Mathews in the Sri Lanka squad currently playing in the Asia Cup.

Asia Cup 2012

Angelo Mathews out of Asia Cup

Mar 14, 2012: Sri Lanka have been dealt a blow as their allrounder Angelo Mathews was ruled out of the Asia Cup due to a calf injury

India v Sri Lanka, Asia Cup, Mirpur

'Shouldn't have played the shot I played' - Jayawardene

Mar 14, 2012: Mahela Jayawardene doesn't think a lack of training sessions in Mirpur or a chance to assess the conditions earlier than the day of the game affected his team; they were in control but gave the match away because of a few critical mistakes, he says