India crushed Pakistan by seven wickets in the Asia Cup Group A match at Dubai International Cricket Stadium in Dubai on Sunday evening.
Chasing a below-par 128-run target for victory, India crossed the finish line with seven wickets in hand and 25 balls to spare.
Skipper Suryakumar Yadav remained the top scorer for the winning side with an unbeaten 47 off 37 balls, laced with five fours and one maximum. Abhishek Sharma contributed 31 off just 13 balls. He hit four fours and two maximums during his brief stay at the crease.
Tilak Varma made 31 off 31 balls, hitting two fours and one six. Shubman Gill and Shivam Dube made 10 runs each. Saim Ayub bagged all three wickets. Kuldeep Yadav was named player of the match for his valuable contribution with the ball.
Winning the toss and electing to bat first, Pakistan kept losing wickets at regular intervals and ended up at 127/9 in the allocated 20 overs.
Pakistan Scorecard:
Sahibzada Farhan was the highest scorer for Green shirts with 40 off 44 balls, laced with one four and three maximums. Shaheen Shah Afridi contributed a valuable 33 off just 16 balls at a later stage to give some respectability to the team’s total. He hit four maximums.
Fakhar Zaman made 17 off 15 balls, hitting three boundaries. Faheem Ashraf made 11 off 14 balls and Sufiyan Muqeem 10 off six balls, laced with two boundaries.
Kuldeep Yadav bagged three wickets and Axar Patel and Jasprit Bumrah two each. Hardik Pandya and Varun Chakravarthy got one wicket each.
Pakistan Playing XI: 1 Sahibzada Farhan, 2 Saim Ayub, 3 Fakhar Zaman, 4 Salman Agha (capt), 5 Hasan Nawaz. 6 Mohammad Haris (wk), 7 Mohammad Nawaz, 8 Faheem Ashraf. 9 Shaheen Shah Afridi, 10 Sufiyan Muqeem, 11 Abrar Ahmed
India Playing XI: 1 Abhishek Sharma, 2 Shubman Gill, 3 Sanju Samson (wk), 4 Suryakumar Yadav (capt). 5 Tilak Varma. 6 Shivam Dube, 7 Hardik Pandya, 8 Axar Patel. 9 Kuldeep Yadav, 10 Jasprit Bumrah, 11 Varun Chakravarthy
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