India A vs Bangladesh A Highlights Emerging Asia Cup semis: IND A win by 51 runs, set-up final vs PAK A

Shak Mahedi impeccable with his line and length, no room or freebies whatsoever to the Indian openers, only 1 run from the third over.

India A 7/0 after 3 overs

Right-arm pacer Ripon Mondal starts well from the other end. Both Sudharsan and Abhishek, who are known to get early boundaries, have not managed to find one yet. Three runs from the second over.

India A 6/0 after 2 overs

Off-spinner Shak Mahedi was given the new ball, perhaps to trap both the Indian openers who are left-handers but so far so good from Sai Sudharsan and Abhishek Sharma. They have both gotten off the marks.

India A 3/0 after 1 over

India A: Sai Sudharsan, Abhishek Sharma, Yash Dhull, Dhruv Jurel, Harshit Rana, Manav Suthar, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Harshit Rana.

Bangladesh A: They have as many as nine players who have already played international cricket for Bangladesh and six of those have Test caps. Soumya Sarkar has played 149 matches for Bangladesh. Apart from him, there is Saif Hasan, Mahmudul Hasan Joy, Zakir Hasan, Tanzim Hasan Sakib, and Tanzid Hasan.

India make one change to their XI. Yuvrajsinh Dodiya replaces Nitish Kumar Reddy.

India XI: Abhishek Sharma, Sai Sudharsan, Nikin Jose, Yash Dhull, Riyan Parag, Nishant Sindhu, Dhruv Jurel (wk), Manav Suthar, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Yuvrajsinh Dodiya, Harshit Rana.

Bangladesh A Playing XI: Mohammad Naim, Tanzid Hasan, Zakir Hasan, Saif Hassan(c), Mahmudul Hasan Joy, Soumya Sarkar, Akbar Ali(w), Mahedi Hasan, Rakibul Hasan, Tanzim Hasan Sakib, Ripon Mondol 

Bangladesh A captain Saif Hassan wins the toss, and opts to bat/bowl against India A in Colombo.

The last time India A met Bangladesh A was in 2015 in a three-match one-day series. India A emerged victorious 2-1 in their own backyard. The Indian side featured Suresh Raina, Mayank Agarwal, Kedar Jadhav while the Bangladesh team someone like Soumya Sarkar, who interestingly, is also a part of today's match

India's Rajvardhan Hagargekar, who claimed a five-wicket haul in the last match against Pakistan A, is the leading wicket-taker of the tournament so far with 8 scalps. He is followed by Aaquib Sulheri of Oman A and  Mohammad Ibrahim of Afghanistan A who took have taken 8 wickets apiece but at a higher economy rate than Hangargekar. Bangladesh's Tanzim Hasan Sakib is the fourth on the list with 7 wickets.

As far as run-scorers are concerned, Reyaz Hasan (187) of Afghanistan A holds the top spot followed by Sri Lanka A's Minod Bhanuka (185), India A's Sai Sudharsan (170).

Bangladesh A started off their campaign with a 48-run loss to Sri Lanka A but they bounced back to win their next two games. They registered a huge win against Oman A by 8 wickets and 201 balls to spare which helped their run rate and in the end, became a deciding factor. In the virtual quarter-final against Afghanistan A, they won by 21 runs.

The fact that India A is the only side still unbeaten in the ACC Men's Emerging Asia Cup, speaks volumes about their dominance. And it's not just their hat-trick of wins, it's also the manner in which they have won the matches so far. India A beat UAE A by 8 wickets and 141 balls to spare. They took down Nepal A by 9 wickets and 167 balls. And in their last group match against Pakistan A, they won by 8 wickets and 80 balls to spare.

The only thing against them could be the fact that they have won all their matches while chasing and haven't batted first yet in the tournament.

India A squad: Sai Sudharsan, Abhishek Sharma (VC), Nikin Jose, Pradosh Ranjan Paul, Yash Dhull (C), Riyan Parag, Nishant Sindhu, Prabhsimran Singh (wk), Dhruv Jurel (wk), Manav Suthar, Yuvrajsinh Dodiya, Harshit Rana, Akash Singh, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Rajvardhan Hangargekar

Bangladesh A squad: Mohammed Saif Hassan (Captain), Mohammad Parvez Hossain Emon, Tanzid Hasan Tamim, Shahadat Hossain, Mahmudul Hasan Joy, Zakir Hasan (Vice Captain), Soumya Sarkar, Shak Mahedi Hasan, Rakibul Hasan, Mohammad Mrittunjoy Chowdhury Nipun, Tanzim Hasan Sakib, Ripon Mondol, Mohammad Musfik Hasan, Akbar Ali, Naim Sheikh

It's the second semi-final of the ACC Men's Emerging Teams Asia Cup between India A and Bangladesh A at the R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo. This is a day-night contest between two teams who have developed a rich rivalry in white-ball cricket in the last 7-8 years. India A captain Yash Dhull and his Bangladesh A counterpart Saif Hasan will know they will have to bring their best game to the table in order to advance to the final of the tournament.