Hardik Pandya displayed an all-round performance and Ravindra Jadeja shone with a brilliant 35 to power India seal a final-over thriller against Pakistan in their opening match of the ongoing Asia Cup 2022.
IND 148-5 (19.4 Overs)
Nawaz to bowl the final over
IND 141-4 (19 Overs)
Haris comes to bowl the 19th
IND 127-4 (18 Overs)
Naseem comes to bowl his last
IND 116-4 (17 Overs)
Babar calls Haris back into the attack
IND 106-4 (16 Overs)
Dahani comes to bowl his last
IND 97-4 (15 Overs)
14.2: Back of a length and zipping in from over the wicket at 142ks, it looked a lot quicker than that, though. Surya clears his front leg, slog and misses the ball altogether. Naseem hits his target and delivers the big breakthrough for Pakistan.
Naseem comes back
IND 89-3 (14 Overs)
Babar brings Dahani into the attack
IND 83-3 (13 Overs)
Shadab comes to bowl his last
IND 77-3 (12 Overs)
Nawaz continues
IND 69-3 (11 Overs)
Shadab comes again
IND 62-3 (10 Overs)
9.1: Kohli sends it straight down long-off’s throat. That was a bit of a gift to Iftikhar, who takes the simplest of chances. He struck it through the line, but didn’t get the distance on it, and it almost felt like catching practice for the fielder. Huge moment in the game.
Nawaz continues
IND 53-2 (9 Overs)
Shadab continues
IND 50-2 (8 Overs)
7.6: Rohit came down the ground to try and smash this through the line over mid-off, but he miscues it to long-off, where Iftikhar holds on to it
Mohammad Nawaz replaces Haris
IND 41-1 (7 Overs)
Shadab Khan comes into the attack
IND 38-1 (6 Overs)
Haris continues
IND 29-1 (5 Overs)
Dahani replaces Naseem
IND 23-1 (4 Overs)
Haris Rauf replaces Dahani
IND 15-1 (3 Overs)
Naseem continues
IND 10-1 (2 Overs)
Shahnawaz Dahani to bowl from the other end
IND 3-1 (1 Over)
0.2: Inside edge dragged onto the stumps, and Rahul departs first ball! Naseem strikes on his second ball, and Pakistan have their perfect start!
Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul come out to bat for India. Naseem Shah to lead the bowling attack for Pakistan.
PAKISTAN vs INDIA (2nd INNING)
Indian pacers utilized the short pitch deliveries to dismantle Pakistan batting line-up for 147 despite a gritty knock from Mohammad Rizwan in the high-octane clash of Asia Cup 2022.
PAK 147-10 (20 Overs)
Arshdeep to bowl the final over
PAK 136-9 (19 Overs)
18.3: Full again from Bhuvneshwar, skids back in to ping the pad on the knee-roll. Not bat involved. Ball-tracking suggests it would have shaved the top of the stumps.
18.2: Bhuvneshwar spins around for an lbw appeal and the finger goes up. Shadab challenges the on-field out decision. Very full and ducks back in to catch the batter on the crease.
Bhuvneshwar comes to bowl his last
PAK 124-7 (18 Overs)
Avesh comes back
PAK 114-6 (17 Overs)
16.3: Slower leg cutter from Bhuvneshwar. Asif lofts in the air, does not get enough elevation. Picks out Surya at the boundary.
Bhuvneshwar comes back into the attack
PAK 111-5 (16 Overs)
Chahal comes to bowl his last
PAK 103-5 (15 Overs)
14.3: Five short balls, five wickets for India. This is Pandya’s third. Dug in short and angling across off from over the wicket. Shah leaps off his feet and swishes it straight to Jadeja at sweeper cover. Shah mistimes a cut and holes out This is turning out to be a terrific spell from Pandya.
14.1: Another short ball. Another wicket for India. Hardik bounces out another batter. Banged in short and keeps ducking in with the angle from over the wicket. Rizwan looks away and is surprised by the bounce. He goes low, aims to ramp half-heartedly and ends up guiding this 141kph delivery into the hands of Avesh at deep third.
PAK 96-3 (14 Overs)
Avesh comes back
PAK 90-3 (13 Overs)
12.1: Lifter outside off, 142ks, rushes Ahmed into a hook. He weakly flaps at the ball and top-edges it behind to DK who leaps and grabs the ball.
Pandya comes back into the attack
PAK 87-2 (12 Overs)
Chahal comes again
PAK 76-2 (11 Overs)
Jadeja continues
PAK 68-2 (10 Overs)
Chahal continues
PAK 63-2 (9 Overs)
Ravindra Jadeja comes to bowl his first
PAK 59-2 (8 Overs)
Yuzvendra Chahal comes into the attack
PAK 51-2 (7 Overs)
Hardik continues
PAK 43-2 (6 Overs)
5.5: The extra bounce beat him, or so it seemed, but it’s taken the faintest of nicks! The Indian players didn’t appeal much, but Fakhar just walked off. Not sure the umpire even raised the finger.
Avesh Khan replaces Arshdeep
PAK 30-1 (5 Overs)
Hardik Pandya comes into the attack
PAK 23-1 (4 Overs)
Arshdeep continues
PAK 19-1 (3 Overs)
2.4: Bouncer from Kumar and it got big on Babar as he looked to pull it to square leg.
Bhuvneshwar continues
PAK 14-0 (2 Overs)
Arshdeep to bowl from the other end
PAK 6-0 (1 Over)
Babar and Rizwan come out to bat for Pakistan. Bhuvneshwar to bowl the first over.
PAKISTAN vs INDIA (1st INNING)
DUBAI: India won the toss and elected to field first in the high-voltage clash against the arch-rivals Pakistan in Asia Cup 2022.
PLAYING XIs
Pakistan: Babar Azam, Mohammad Rizwan, Fakhar Zaman, Iftikhar Ahmed, Khushdil Shah, Asif Ali, Mohammad Nawaz, Shadab Khan, Naseem Shah, Haris Rauf, Shahnawaz Dahani
India: Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Dinesh Karthik, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Yuzvendra Chahal, Avesh Khan, Arshdeep Singh
