5 instances where underdogs took over in style

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Cricket and the fine spirit of making your nation proud
Cricket and the fine spirit of making your nation proud

#4 Women's Cricket: Bangladesh vs India, Asia Cup T20, 2018

Bangladesh women's team celebrating their maiden T20 Asia Cup title victory
Bangladesh women's team celebrating their maiden T20 Asia Cup title victory

In what was a truly poetic underdog story, Bangladesh claimed their maiden Women's Asia Cup title in 2018 by defeating the defending champions India - a team they had never defeated before this match.

Batting first, the Indian team struggled against the Bangladeshi bowling attack right from the beginning. It was a bowling clinic by Bangladesh at Kuala Lumpur as they restricted India to a low score of 112/8 in their allotted 20 overs.

Harmanpreet Kaur scored a gutsy 56 in the middle order but didn't get much support from her fellow players.

The Indian bowlers brought a tough fight with the ball, especially the off-spinner Poonam Yadav who bowled a splendid spell of 4-0-9-4. But her team couldn't avoid the defeat as Bangladesh won the match with three wickets remaining.

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