By Admin 
Rising Star Asia Cup 2025: In the first semi-final of Asia Cup Rising Star 2025, India A suffered a crushing defeat at the hands of Bangladesh A in the Super Over. While chasing the target of 194 runs, the match was definitely tied, but the defeat in the super over changed the story of the entire match. This defeat left many big questions, was it the failure of the bowlers in the last overs, slowness in batting or the decision of captain Jitesh Sharma that got the team out? The truth of the match is that India A committed three big blunders, the price of which it had to pay by being out of the tournament.
Blunder No. 1: ’50 runs’ in the last two overs
India’s bowling was excellent in the beginning. Bangladesh’s run rate had slowed down considerably in the middle overs and it seemed that the team would stop at 155–160. However, the last two overs changed the entire match. Naman Dheer, who came to bowl the 19th over, gave away 28 runs in just 6 balls. In this over, SM Mehrob hit sixes, which gave huge momentum to Bangladesh. After this, Vijaykumar Vaishyak brought the 20th over and here also 22 runs were lost. Giving 50 runs in the last 12 balls proves to be suicidal for any team in the semi-finals, and this is what happened with India A.
Blunder number 2: Nehal Vadhera’s slow inning increased the pressure
The target was big, the match was a knockout and runs were needed on every ball. Meanwhile, Nehal Vadhera’s innings of only 32 runs in 29 balls proved to be costly for the team. While other batsmen were trying to maintain the run rate, Nehal was seen struggling continuously. Due to his slow innings, there was additional pressure on other batsmen and the team could not gain momentum at the crucial time. If Nehal had also rotated the strike or hit big shots, the match could have already gone to India A.
Blunder number 3: Captaincy of Jitesh Sharma
Winning the toss and bowling first was a big risk and it backfired. However, the biggest blow was given by the decision taken in the Super Over. Instead of sending Vaibhav Suryavanshi and Priyansh Arya to the super over, who batted brilliantly in the match, captain Jitesh Sharma himself came forward. Being clean bowled on the very first ball puts a big question mark on his strategy. Ashutosh Sharma, who came forward, was also out without scoring and India A was reduced to zero in the Super Over. On the other hand, Bangladesh won the match with the help of just one wide.
For India A, this defeat was not just a match but the result of three big mistakes. Weak bowling in death overs, slow batting and captaincy mistakes. The team had the potential to reach the finals, but wrong decisions ruined all the hard work.