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India enter ICC World T20 as No.1 side

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The second round will kick off on March 15, also in Nagpur, when India go head to head with New Zealand.

India on Monday sealed the numero uno spot in the ICC Twenty20 rankings after Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s side won the Asia Cup in Mirpur and will now enter the World T20 as the top team.

India clinched the Asia Cup trophy after beating hosts Bangladesh by eight wickets in Mirpur last night and strengthened their reputation as a strong title contender for the upcoming ICC World Twenty20.

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The revenge of MS Dhoni

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You cannot really blame Bangladesh fans for expecting their team to win Asia Cup 2016. Their team has done a tremendous job in all limited-overs cricket since ICC Cricket World Cup 2015, beating Pakistan, India, South Africa, and Zimbabwe. Some may say all their 2015 success has come at home; but then, the Asia Cup was also to be played at home. And they did an excellent job, beating Sri Lanka and Pakistan on their way to the final. They were supposed to clash against India — who had knocked them out of the World Cup last year, an incident that had not gone very well with them.

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