In the important match of Asia Cup 2022, India defeated Pakistan by 5 wickets by scoring 148 runs for 5 wickets in the last over after an in...
In the important match of Asia Cup 2022, India defeated Pakistan by 5 wickets by scoring 148 runs for 5 wickets in the last over after an interesting match.
Playing first against India in the important match, Pakistan scored 147 runs in the allotted 20 overs and the entire team was out in front of the traditional rival team's bowlers.
In the important match of Asia Cup 2022 played at Dubai Stadium, India captain Rohit Sharma won the toss and decided to field first.
The arch-rivals had already taken a review against the umpire's decision in the first over, with Mohammad Rizwan first appealing against lbw and succeeding.
India took a review for not declaring Rizwan out on the last ball of the first over, but this review also went in Pakistan's favor and Rizwan escaped being dismissed this time as well.
Babar Azam hit two confident fours but was caught by Arsdeep Singh trying to play a high shot off Bhuvneshwar Kumar's second and fourth ball of the third over of the innings.
Fakhrzaman scored 10 runs with the help of two fours and was caught by the wicketkeeper Karthik off the ball of Avesh Khan.
Iftikhar Ahmed hit Chahal for a towering six in the 12th over but Pandya ended his 28-run innings in the next over.
Hardik Pandya did not allow the Pakistani batsmen to play at lightning speed and Mohammad Rizwan, who scored 43 runs off 41 balls, was dismissed by Awish Khan.
Mohammad Rizwan scored 43 runs with the help of 4 fours and a six in an innings consisting of 42 balls.
Khushdil Shah also failed to understand Hardik Pandya's ball and gave the catch straight into the fielder's hands and got out for only 2 runs after facing 7 balls.
Asif Ali also showed irresponsibility and became the wicket of Bhuvneshwar Kumar by adding only 9 runs.
Mohammad Nawaz faced 3 balls and scored a run and returned to the pavilion after catching wicketkeeper Karthik off Arsdeep Singh.
Shadab Khan faced 9 balls and scored 10 runs with the help of a four and became Bhuvneshwar Kumar's third wicket.
Bhuvneshwar Kumar in his last over dismissed Naseem Shah, who was playing his first match after Shadab, to reach a hat-trick ball and put the struggling Pakistan team in more trouble.
Shahnawaz Dhani crushed Bhuvneshwar Kumar's hat-trick ambitions and then hit a six off the next ball, not only that, Dhani also hit Arsdeep Singh for a six in the next over to take Pakistan's score to 147 runs.
The entire Pakistan team was bowled out for 147 runs in the last over.
As India chased down the target, young fast bowler Naseem Shah, who made his debut in T20 cricket, raised the hopes of his team by dismissing KL Rahul on the second ball of the first over.
Naseem Shah troubled the new star batsman Virat Kohli on the first ball while Kohli took a catch at slip on the next ball but Fakhar Zaman failed to manage it.
Indian team captain Rohit Sharma continued to bat with restraint but in the eighth over, Iftikhar Ahmed was caught while trying to play a high shot off Mohammad Nawaz.
Virat Kohli faced 34 balls and was dismissed for 35, caught by Iftikhar Ahmed.
Naseem Shah once again gave Pakistan a wicket and dismissed Surya Kumar Yadav, who had scored 18 runs.
Mohammad Nawaz came in to bowl the last over and took the wickets of Jadeja on the very first ball, who scored 35 off 29 balls.
Mohammad Nawaz bowled well in the last over and kept the batsmen under a lot of pressure, but newcomer Dinesh Karthik hit a six off the fourth ball to give the team victory.
India scored 148 runs for the loss of 5 wickets on the fourth ball of the last over and won the match by 5 wickets.
India's Hardik Pandya was adjudged the man of the match.
Earlier, Rohit Sharma had said that I don't think the toss matters, have been playing here for a few years and it would be better if we have a target in front of us.
He said that Rishabh Pant is not included in the team, Avish is the third fast bowler along with Karthik.
Pakistani captain Babar Azam had said that we also wanted to bowl first but it is not in our hands.
Regarding the team, he said that there are three fast bowlers, two spinners in the team, Naseem Shah is making his debut.
Both the teams consisted of these players:-
Pakistan: Babar Azam (captain), Muhammad Rizwan (wicketkeeper), Fakhar Zaman, Iftikhar Ahmed, Khushdil Shah, Asif Ali, Shadab Khan, Muhammad Nawaz, Naseem Shah, Haris Rauf, Shahnawaz Dhani.
India: Rohit Sharma (captain), KL Rahul, Surya Kumar Yadav, Dinesh Karthik (wicket keeper), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Avesh Khan, Yuzvinder Chahal, Arsdeep Singh
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