On a true pitch, under bright blue skies, with AR Rahman's Jaya Ho chasing a mexican wave around the stands at Edgbaston, Rohit Sharma was as chuf fed as Alice in Wonderland to feast on Bangladesh 's bowling and set up India 's dream final against Pakistan.It may be the Champions Trophy, but it has felt more like the Asia Cup, with the business end of the tournament being monopolised by subcontinental neighbours. After Pakistan stunned England on a sluggish, tired pitch in Cardiff, India were in no mood to take Bangladesh lightly. The advantage Virat Kohli and his team had over the opposition was a familiarity of playing in big-match situation with the expectations of coming out on top.Rohit, when on song, is the most sensuous right-hand batsman in world cricket. For some reason, left-hand batsmen have always been more pleasing to watch, from David Gower to Saeed Anwar, and while right-hand batsmen dominate the game, they do not catch the eye in quite the same manner.But, Rohit is a vast departure from this norm. When he lines up a bowler early, gets down on his front knee and squaredrives in front of point, time appears to stand still, the balance, poise and placement coming together like cards in a winning hand at a poker game. There is a harmony to his movements, a laid-back, leisurely portrayal of shots when the ball is coming to him at 90 miles an hour.For Rohit the artist to paint his canvas, Shikhar Dhawan the enforcer played his role at the top, pulling with vigour and quickly making Bangladesh’s 264 appear a very gettable score. Yet again Dhawan and Rohit built India the base they needed, adding 87 for the first wicket.When Dhawan departed, Rohit had already got such a measure of the opposition and the conditions that he was completely unruffled, moving past 50 and easing through the seventies as Kohli played catch up.The gap would never quite be bridged, however, as Rohit pressed hard and brought up his 11th ODI century with a breezy hook off Mustafizur Rahman. The heady cocktail of Rohit's effortless dominance and Kohli's firm hand on the rudder ensured that India sealed a nine-wicket win with almost 10 overs to spare. It's often said that one swallow does not a summer make, and this English warm season has the rare distinction of playing host to two India-Pakistan matches.When the arch rivals square off the finale of the Champions Trophy on Sunday, however, the mismatch from earlier in the tournament will be a thing of the past. The meek Pakistan that turned up on that day has been replaced by a modern version of Imran Khan's cornered predator.And, while the Bangla Tigers proved to be remarkably easy for India to tame, Pakistan will ask a lot more questions with their effervescent bowling attack.The stage is set and the cast has been assembled, all that remains to be seen is whether the show is a blockbuster or a flop.When Bangladesh began the day under cloudy skies and the threat of rains not forecast interrupting play, India got the early advantage, Bhuvneshwar Kumar removing Soumya Sarkar in the first over. Shabbir Rahman was adventurous to the point of being reckless, and despite showing early promise got himself out when the team had only 31 on the board.At this point, all roads led to London and the final for India, but Tamim Iqbal decided that he was not going to make things any easier for the opposition. Rising to the big occasion, as he so often has, Tamim flicked, drove and pulled with assuredness, finding a willing and able ally in Mushfiqur Rahim.At the halfway mark of their innings, Bangladesh were cruising at 142 for 2, but as is so often the case with teams playing stronger opposition, the unfamiliarity of being on top was enough to derail the smooth passage towards a safe destination. Where they could have ended with a score that would put India under pressure in a semifinal, Bangladesh slumped to 218 for 6 in the 43rd over, Kedar Jadhav, of all people, snaring Tamim (70) and Mushfiqur (61) following not long after. Bangladesh scrambled to 264, but this was never likely to be enough against an Indian line-up high on confidence and as organised as they come.