In the Super Four stage of the Asia Cup, Pakistan defeated India by 5 wickets after a thrilling match. India’s target of 182 runs was achieved by Pakistan before the last ball. Mohammad Rizwan played a brilliant innings of 71 runs off 51 balls, while Mohammad Nawaz batted aggressively and scored 42 runs off 20 balls. Khushdil Shah scored 14 runs, Asif Ali scored 16 runs. Captain Babar Azam returned to the pavilion early this time too, he scored 14 runs and Fakhar Zaman scored 15 runs.
Pakistan defeated India by 5 wickets | Asia Cup 2022
In the match being played at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Pakistan won the toss and invited India to bat first. India scored 181 runs for the loss of 7 wickets in the allotted 20 overs and had given Pakistan a target of 182 runs to win. Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul came in to open the innings for India, both players provided a stormy start of 54 runs, Rohit Sharma scored 28 runs off 16 balls and was dismissed by Haris Rauf. Pakistan got India’s second wicket on 62 runs in the form of KL Rahul, who scored 28 runs off 20 balls and was dismissed by Shadab Khan.
On the runs, Mohammad Nawaz dismissed Surya Kumar Yadav, he scored 13 runs off 10 balls. India’s fourth wicket fell on 126 runs in the form of Rishabh Pant, he could score 14 runs. On 131 runs, Hardik Pandya fell prey to Mohammad Hasnain without opening his account. Meanwhile, Virat Kohli scored a half-century. At 168, India’s sixth wicket fell, Naseem Shah dismissed Deepak Hooda for an individual score of 16 runs.
