| Asia Cup Team A, Dubai: |
| Pakistan 147 (19. 5 overs): Rizwan 43 (42 balls); Kumar 4-26 |
| India 148-5 (19. four overs): Kohli 35 (34), Jadeja thirty-five (29), Hardik 33* (17); Nawaz 3-33 |
| India won by five wickets |
| Scorecard |
Hardik Pandya brought India to a dramatic final-over win over Pakistan in the sides’ starting match of the Asian countries Cup.
With India running after 148 from 20 overs, Hardik hit the fourth ball from the final over regarding six to close off a five-wicket earn.
The all-rounder struck 3 fours in the 19th over to reduce the equation from 21 operates from 12 tennis balls to seven through six, before Ravindra Jadeja was bowled at the start of the final over.
Hardik finished 33 not really out from 17 in reply to Pakistan’s 147 all out.
Virat Kohli also made 35 from thirty four balls before he was caught away from left-arm spinner Mohammad Nawaz, who had taken 3-33 and bowled the final over in Dubai.
After Jadeja fell for 35, brand new batter Dinesh Karthik took a single plus Nawaz bowled a dot ball but , with six needed from three, Hardik cleared the long-on boundary.
Mohammad Rizwan top-scored along with 43 from 42 balls for Pakistan, while India seamer Bhuvneshwar Kumar required 4-26 as Babar Azam’s side were dismissed in nineteen. 5 overs.
It was the great rivals’ first meeting because the T20 World Mug last autumn, an encounter Pakistan received by 10 wickets.
The earn puts India best of Group The in the Asia Mug – which is being played in the Twenty20 format in this version – above Pakistan and Hong Kong. Afghanistan thrashed Sri Lanka in the Group B opener on Saturday – a group which also includes Bangladesh.
The top two teams in each team go into the Super Four phase, which is then played in a round-robin format before the best two meet within the final on eleven September.
