Bangladesh star to miss final against India, Australia announce 2 vice-captains, and more - Cricket News Today, 27 September 2018

Bangladesh defeated Pakistan to enter the Asia Cup final for the second time in a row. They achieved an easy 37 run win against their rivals and will now take on India in the final on September 28.

Shortly after the Asia Cup concludes, India will take on West Indies in a two-match Test series which begins on October 4 in Rajkot.

Let's take a look at all the trending news from today:

#5 Sarfraz Ahmed takes blame for Asia Cup exit

The Pakistan cricket suffered a defeat at the hands of Bangladesh in the virtual semi-final encounter of the ongoing Asia Cup taking place in Dubai.

After the loss, Pakistan captain Sarfraz Ahmed took the blame of his side's exit from the tournament. While speaking at the post-match presentation, Sarfraz felt that his team's performance and his own performance was below par.

“We are obviously not feeling good. As a team, we have not done well. Our performance has been very poor. As a player, I have done really badly too. I should have done better. We were poor in every facet of the game,” he said.

“There were lot of batting collapses for us in the tournament. Fakhar is our main batsman, he failed to perform in this tournament and Shadab was hit by injury too. We have to play well to beat good teams. Our batting was the main reason for our defeat in this tournament. Shaheen Afridi is a talented youngster, we have given him opportunities to showcase his talent and he has done well too,” Sarfraz concluded.

#2 Reports: Shikhar Dhawan to be dropped for West Indies series

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According to reports emerging from the Indian Express, Indian opener Shikhar Dhawan will be dropped from the squad for the Test series against West Indies.

The reports went on to suggest that the selectors would push for the inclusion of youngster Prithvi Shaw in the squad. We could also see Mayank Agarwal finally be included on the back of his excellent domestic performances..

The reports also suggested that Rohit Sharma would not be included in the squad.

#3 Australia appoint two vice-captains

The Australian cricket team will take on Pakistan in a Test series which begins on October 7. With Tim Paine set to resume his captaincy duties, the team management has announced two vice-captains for the first time. Both Josh Hazlewood and Mitchell Marsh have been named the vice-captains of the side.

"We believe the new leadership model will best support the captain," said selector Trevor Hohns.

"It is a successful model used across various sporting codes around the world.

"Our vision is to create great cricketers and great people, and we are extremely fortunate to have such terrific young men," Hohns said.

#4 Shakib al Hasan to miss final against India

Bangladesh's star all-rounder, Shakib al Hasan, will miss the final of the Asia Cup due to an injury.

He hurt the middle finger of his right hand, which forced him out of the virtual semifinal encounter against Pakistan as well.

“The pain had increased over the last few days and the physio tried his best to get him on the field, but the pain was too much,” said Akram Khan, BCB Cricket Operations Chairman.

“I would like to thank Shakib for playing [the first four matches] with the pain he had," he continued