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Pakistan secure Asia Cup 2023 Super 4s berth as PAK vs IND washed out

Pakistan’s pace-packed bowling attack booked India on 266 in the first innings after Ishan Kishan and Hardik Pandya’s half-centuries before persistent rain washed out the high-octane PAK vs IND clash in the ongoing Asia Cup 2023.

PAKISTAN vs INDIA (2nd INNINGS)

KANDY: Pakistan pace trio of Shaheen Shah Afridi, Haris Rauf and Naseem Shah bundled India out on 266 despite anchoring half-centuries by Ishan Kishan and Hardik Pandya in the high-octane PAK vs IND clash of the ongoing Asia Cup 2023.

IND 266 (48.5 Overs)

Naseem bowls his last

IND 261/8 (48 Overs)

Shaheen bowls his last

IND 261/8 (47 Overs)

Haris replaces Naseem

IND 252/8 (46 Overs)

Shaheen continues

IND 246/8 (45 Overs)

Naseem again

IND 242/7 (44 Overs)

Shaheen returns, replaces Shadab

IND 239/5 (43 Overs)

Naseem continues

IND 237/5 (42 Overs)

Shadab replaces Haris

IND 226/5 (41 Overs)

Naseem comes back

IND 221/5 (40 Overs)

Haris again

IND 209/5 (39 Overs)

Shadab replaces Nawaz

IND 203/5 (38 Overs)

37.3: Short of a length, just outside off, not short enough to pull but Kishan goes for it and ends up skying this to mid-on

Haris continues

IND 203/4 (37 Overs)

Nawaz bowls again

IND 187/4 (36 Overs)

Haris returns

IND 183/4 (35 Overs)

Nawaz continues

IND 178/4 (34 Overs)

Agha continues

IND 168/4 (33 Overs)

Nawaz replaces Shadab

IND 160/4 (32 Overs)

Agha bowls

IND 156/4 (31 Overs)

Shadab continues

IND 149/4 (30 Overs)

Agha continues

IND 147/4 (29 Overs)

Shadab replaces Shaheen

IND 140/4 (28 Overs)

Salman Ali Agha comes into the attack

IND 135/4 (27 Overs)

Shaheen continues

IND 134/4 (26 Overs)

Nawaz bowls again

IND 127/4 (25 Overs)

Shaheen returns

IND 121/4 (24 Overs)

Nawaz continues

IND 117/4 (23 Overs)

Shadab bowls again

IND 112/4 (22 Overs)

Nawaz again

IND 108/4 (21 Overs)

Shadab continues

IND 102/4 (20 Overs)

Nawaz continues

IND 94/4 (19 Overs)

Shadab replaces Haris

IND 92/4 (18 Overs)

Nawaz comes into the attack replacing Shadab

IND 89/4 (17 Overs)

Haris Rauf continues

IND 83/4 (16 Overs)

Shadab Khan continues

IND 72/4 (15 Overs)

14.1: Full delivery and outside off, Gill defends, the ball gets the inside edge and then storms into the stumps.

Haris Rauf continues

IND 66/3 (14 Overs)

Shadab Khan comes into the attack now

IND 63/3 (13 Overs)

Naseem continues

IND 58/3 (12 Overs)

Play resumes and Haris Rauf continues his third over

The covers are coming on, the match is stopped again due to rain.

IND 51/3 (11 Overs)

Naseem returns to the attack

IND 48/3 (10 Overs)

9.5: Iyer smokes the pull shot but has not succeeded in clearing midwicket and it goes straight at the head of the midwicket where Fakhar Zaman has taken a superb reaction catch.

Haris continues

IND 42/2 (9 Overs)

Shaheen continues

IND 42/2 (8 Overs)

Haris Rauf into the attack

IND 30/2 (7 Overs)

6.3: Kohli looks to run this down to third for a single. But he is early into the shot and the ball takes the thick inside edge onto the pad and then onto the leg stump.

Shaheen again

IND 26/1 (6 Overs)

Naseem continues

IND 15/1 (5 Overs)

Shaheen bowls full without being on a half-volley, and this one just nips in a touch. Past the inside edge and hits the top of off.

Play resumes and Shaheen continues his third

The covers are coming on, the match is stopped due to rain.

IND 15/0 (4.2 Overs)

Shaheen continues to bowl

IND 15/0 (4 Overs)

Naseem Shah continues

IND 14/0 (3 Overs)

Shaheen continues

IND 9/0 (2 Overs)

Naseem Shah to bowl from the other end

IND 6/0 (1 Over)

Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill come out to open for India.

Shaheen Afridi to bowl the first over.

PAKISTAN vs INDIA (1st INNINGS)

PALLEKELE: India have won the toss and elected to bat first against Pakistan in the third match of the ACC Men’s Asia Cup 2023.

PLAYING XIs

India: Rohit Sharma (c), Shubman Gill, Ishan Kishan (wk), Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Siraj, Jasprit Bumrah

Pakistan: Imam-ul-Haq, Fakhar Zaman, Babar Azam (c), Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Iftikhar Ahmed, Salman Ali Agha, Shadab Khan, Mohammad Nawaz, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Naseem Shah, Haris Rauf.

HEAD TO HEAD RECORD:

Asia Cup ODI: Matches-13, India-7, Pakistan-5, NR-1

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