Bangladesh and India both are ready to face each other in the grand finale at the Dubai International Stadium of unimoni Asia Cup 2018. Bangladesh will fight for their first Asia Cup title where as India will fight for their 7th Asia Cup Title.

For Bangladesh, the key will be to dismiss the Indian top order cheaply and if they do that, they would almost win the match over there only because of Indian middle order weakness. And for the Indians, they would just be looking to repeat what they are doing throughout the tournament, all all-round good performance in all three departments. As far as India’s playing eleven is concerned, there will be few expected changes in the squad like all the regular players will return to the team who had a nice little rest against Afghanistan. Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan, Jaspreet Bumrah, Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Yuzvendra Chahal will return at the expense of KL Rahul, Manish Pandey, Khaleel Ahmed, Deepak Chahar and Siddarth Kaul. As far as Bangladesh are concerned, they are going to miss their best two cricketers, Shakib Al Hasan and Tamim Iqbal, both are injured severely. Their top order is not performing much but for the big finals, they will include left-arm spinner Nazmul Islam Apu in place of Mominul Haque. In the scorching heat of Dubai, the captains at the toss had different opinions throughout the tournament. Some skippers chose to bat first to cover their bowlers from unbearable heat in the United Arab Emirates but the fact is that India has chased down all the targets barring their opening match. So, it will be a tricky situation for the captain winning the toss to choose whether to bat or bowl. "Actions are stronger than words, they [Bangladesh] have got better and they are showing it through their performances. They have experienced players, they know their game, and they know the strategies and how to play under pressure. They don't have the dilemma and pressure of playing against a big team, which is very good for cricket," India opener Shikhar Dhawan said ahead of the big final. "Firstly, I don't see myself as so cheap that I would judge myself on a trophy. Secondly, I have not played cricket for a trophy. A trophy is very important at one stage, and I believe one day Bangladesh will win one. It's important because it will boost the young generation coming into cricket. So in that sense, you can say that Bangladesh needs a trophy, but it's not that it has to be tomorrow. And from a personal standpoint, if you judge Mashrafe based on a trophy that is up to you, but I don't see myself as that cheap," Bangladesh captain Mashrafe Mortaza told.

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