India defeated Pakistan by 6 wickets in the second match of the Super Four round of the Asia Cup T20. The match played at the Dubai International Stadium, India won the toss against Pakistan and decided to field first. Pakistan set India a target of 172 runs to win, which India achieved in the 19th over for the loss of 4 wickets.
Pakistan batted first and scored 171 runs for the loss of 5 wickets in the allotted 20 overs. The first player to be dismissed for Pakistan was Fakhar Zaman who scored 15 runs and was dismissed for a total score of 21. After Fakhar’s dismissal, Sahibzada Farhan and Saim Ayub batted responsibly and took the team’s score to 93 runs. On this occasion, Saim Ayub was caught by Dube after scoring 21 runs.
The third player to be dismissed for the national team was Hussain Talat, who fell victim to Kuldeep Yadav after scoring 10 runs on a total score of 110. After him, Sahibzada Farhan was also caught out by Dubey after scoring 58 runs on a total score of 115. Sahibzada Farhan played an innings of 58 runs off 45 balls with the help of 3 sixes and 5 fours. Mohammad Nawaz was dismissed for 21 runs for a total score of 149. Captain Salman Agha scored 17 runs and Faheem Ashraf scored 20 runs off 8 balls not out.
India’s first out was Shubman Gill, who was bowled by Faheem Ashraf for 47. Indian captain Surya Kumar returned to the pavilion without scoring a run, he was dismissed by Haris Rauf. At the total of 123, Abhishek Sharma fell victim to Abrar, who scored a brilliant 74 runs off 39 balls with the help of 5 sixes. Sanju Samson was bowled by Haris for 13 runs, while Tilak Verma was not out on 30 and Hardik Pandya was not out on 7 runs. For Pakistan, Haris Rauf got 2 wickets, Faheem Ashraf and Abrar Ahmed got one wicket each.
