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DUBAI: In yet another blow for the national team in the ongoing Asia Cup 2022, right-arm pacer Shahnawaz Dahani has been ruled out of tomorrow’s high-voltage clash against arch-rival India. 

According to the sources, Dahani has suffered a side strain injury and will not be part of the team’s playing lineup in the first encounter of the Super 4s stage of the Asia Cup.

Moreover, his participation in the remaining matches of the tournament will be decided by team management once the MRI scans results reveals the true extent of his injury.

The team’s medical team will monitor his condition for the next 48 to 72 hours before taking any decision.

Dahani was part of the team’s playing XI  in the earlier clash against India and Hong Kong.

Earlier, seamer Mohammad Wasim Junior had also been ruled out of the tournament due to injury before the national team started its Asia Cup campaign. Whereas, team’s main strike bowler Shaheen Shah Afridi is currently undergoing rehabilitation in London after he was ruled out of the squad due to a knee injury.

Meanwhile, fast bowlers Hasan Ali and Mohammad Hasain are also part of the team’s squad but remained on the bench so far. One of the two bowlers is likely to get an opportunity in the next match against India.

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DUBAI: The International Cricket Council (ICC) has fined the arch-rivals India and Pakistan for the slow-over rate in the much-anticipated clash of the Asia Cup 2022 on Sunday.

According to the details, both teams have been fined 40 percent of their match fees following the breaching of Article 2.22.

Jeff Crowe of the ICC Elite Panel of Match Referees assessed the penalties after determining that the teams had fallen two overs short of their respective targets after taking time restrictions into account.

As a result, the players are penalised 20% of their match fees for each over their team fails to bowl within the permitted time under the minimum over-rate provisions of Article 2.22 of the ICC Code of Conduct for Players and Player Support Personnel.

Both captains – Babar and Rohit, however, accepted the proposed sanctions and as a result, the need for the formal hearing was waived off.

It is pertinent to mention here that Pakistan were also left short of one fielder in the last three overs of the match, which made it tough for the Green Shirts to defend 148 runs against their arch-rivals India.

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DUBAI: Indian pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumar shone with the ball with four wickets before all-rounder Hardik Pandya sailed India over the line in a final over thriller against Pakistan with a gritty unbeaten knock in the high-octane clash of Asia Cup 2022.

Pakistan bowlers did extremely well to make it hard for India to chase down 148 in 20 overs but Pandya held his nerves calm as he slammed a short delivery from Mohammad Nawaz to power India to claim their first win in the ongoing tournament.

The men in blue were off to a dismal start to their run chase as debutant Naseem Shah castled KL Rahul for a golden duck in the first over.

The experienced pair of Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma then took the responsibility and anchored India with an important 49-run partnership for the second wicket.

Kohli was looking solid amid the stand, while Rohit was struggling to score at a quick pace and in the end, fell victim to Pakistan’s pick among the bowlers, Nawaz. He scored a mere 12 off 18 deliveries.

The brilliant Nawaz then turned the game on its head in his next over as he removed the danger man Kohli for 35 on the first delivery as Pakistan reduced India to 53/3 in the 10th over.

World No.2 Suryakumar Yadav had a forgetful outing with the bat as he scored a snail-paced 18 before Naseem castled him in the 15th over; forcing India to further slip at 89/4.

India’s hero of the match Pandya then joined Jadeja at the crease and put on a match-defining partnership for the fifth wicket. The duo added valuable 52 runs in accordance with the mounting required run rate.

Jadeja’s dismissal off Nawaz on the first delivery of the final over gave a thrilling late twist to the match and walked back sorrowly despite top-scoring for the side with 35 off 29 deliveries, laced with two sixes and as many boundaries.

The twist and Pakistan’s comeback into the game, however, was cut short on the fourth delivery as Pandya slammed a shorter length delivery from Nawaz over the long-on boundary to seal a thrilling opening victory for the defending champions.

Nawaz led the bowling attack for Pakistan with three wickets, while Naseem remained impressive with his two on debut.

At the toss, India invited Pakistan to bat first in the most-talked clash of the ongoing Asia Cup 2022.

After being put into bat first, Pakistan were off to the worst possible start, as the side lost their key batter, Babar Azam, cheaply for 10 amid a slow start.

Left-handed batter Fakhar Zaman then put on a brief partnership with Mohammad Rizwan and took Pakistan close to the fifty at the brink of the powerplay before the former fell victim to a short ball for 10.

Rizwan then joined hands with Iftikhar Ahmed and started the recovery with a 45-run partnership for the third wicket. Iftikhar was looking solid and was scoring at a quick pace before another short ball did the trick for India and he walked back to the pavilion after scoring 28.

Following his departure, Rizwan’s stay also remained brief as he too perished courtesy of a short ball from Pandya in the 15th over. He remained the top-scorer for his side with 43 off 42 balls, laced with four boundaries and a six.

The Green Shirts then began to lose wickets at an alarming rate and were soon slipped to 128/9 in the 19th over.

Shahnawaz Dahani’s quickfire cameo of 16 runs off just six deliveries, however, bolstered the side to amass 147 before being bundled out in the final over.

Bhuvneshwar led the bowling attack for India with four wickets, while Pandya followed back with three. Arshdeep Singh, on the other hand, bagged two wickets.

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

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

KARACHI: With only a few hours left before the action begins at the glittering Dubai International Stadium for one of the biggest rivalries, cricket fever reaches its zenith as the two Asian giants and arch-rivals Pakistan and India are set to lock horns today in the ongoing Asia Cup 2022.

In less than a year, the arch-rivals will meet again, and they could do so three more times in the current year.

The two sides last met in the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2021 when Pakistan thrashed their arch-rivals India by a massive margin of 10 wickets to claim their maiden triumph over the Men in Blue in a world cup game.

The humiliating defeat at the hands of Pakistan and then New Zealand resulted in halting India’s chances to secure a semi-final berth in the tournament.

The Men in Blue, therefore, will now be seeking to avenge their bitter defeat.

India, however, were jolted by an injury scare ahead of Asia Cup 2022 as their ace pacer Jasprit Bumrah was ruled out of the continental event. Whereas, Pakistan also suffered an alike setback in the form of left-arm pacer Shaheen Shah Afridi ruling out due to a knee injury.

The Green Shirts then sustained another blow to their bowling department as Mohammad Wasim Jr also ruled out with an injury. His ouster left Pakistan with a relatively inexperienced fast bowling attack out of which will be a debutant Naseem Shah in a high-voltage clash. The spin attack will be the key point for the side that features Shadab Khan and Mohammad Nawaz.

Despite Bumrah’s unavailability, India still have a rather strong attack, having the likes of Bhuveneshwar Kumar, Ravindra Jadeja, Hardik Pandya, Yuzvendra Chahal, and Ravichandran Ashwin.

Both sides will be heavily relying on their top-order. Pakistan on the trio of Babar Azam, Mohammad Rizwan, and Fakhar Zaman. Whereas, India will be hoping for their top four – Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul, Virat Kohli, and Suryakumar Yadav – to fire.

Before taking the field in a much-anticipated clash India played 22 T20Is in the ongoing year and lost only four out of them. The top-ranked T20 side did not lose any series in the same period.

Pakistan, on the other hand, played only one T20I in 2022, that was against Australia back in April and lost by three wickets.
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Apart from all these factors, another component that holds importance in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) is the toss and due factor. It is often said the side winning the toss in UAE is more likely to win the match as well and the stats too, proved it right last time round in the ICC T20 World Cup 2021.

HEAD TO HEAD RECORD:

Asia Cup: Matches-14, India-8, Pakistan-5, NR-1

DUBAI: Pakistan pacer Naseem Shah is set to make his T20I debut today as Pakistan will lock horns with arch-rivals India in the high-voltage Asia Cup 2022 clash at Dubai International Stadium.

According to the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), the right-arm pacer will play his first T20I match today as he will be the 96th player to represent the Green Shirts in the T20Is.

Naseem Shah had earlier made his ODI debut during the recently concluded Pakistan tour of the Netherlands while he has also represented Pakistan in the red-ball format.

“I feel happy to represent Pakistan in all formats step by step,” said Naseem in a video posted on PCB’s official Twitter account.

🗣️ "Happy to represent Pakistan in all formats"@iNaseemShah will be making his T20I debut today against India 👏#AsiaCup2022 | #INDvPAK pic.twitter.com/cc9IDCEGhk

— Pakistan Cricket (@TheRealPCB) August 28, 2022

 

“Debut match in any format is always very important as it determines what impact you will create in that format” he added.

“We all know, it’s a big match but I’ll try to play it like a normal match and perform well.”

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DUBAI: National Cricket team will be playing its much-anticipated game against the arch-rivals India today wearing black armbands to show solidarity with the flood victims of the country.

According to the details, the Babar Azam-led side will be sporting black armbands in their opening game of the Asia Cup as a gesture of support to the affectees of one of the worst-hit floods in the country.

The team management will also be wearing black armbands along with the players.

Meanwhile, the skipper also announced aid for the flood victims and urged the nation to help the affectees during his press conference on Saturday.

It is pertinent to mention that Pakistan will take on India today in their Asia Cup 2022 opener at Dubai International Stadium as millions of cricket fans of both countries await the greatest rivalry of cricket.  The action will begin at 7:00  PM (PST).

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KARACHI: Administrator Karachi Barrister Murtaza Wahab ordered to telecast the much-awaited clash between arch-rivals India and Pakistan on big screens across different points of the city to raise funds for the flood victims.

Following this, the high-octane match between Pakistan and India will now be aired live on big screens at Karachi Municipal Corporation (KMC) headquarters, Frere Hall, Hill Park, Safari Park, and Urban Forest Clifton and flood relief camps will be set up simultaneously at the announced locations.

According to the details, Administrator Karachi released the order in a bid to raise funds and display solidarity with the flood victims, while requesting the citizens to deposit donations in the flood relief camps.

“We request the citizens to donate to the flood relief camp as there is an urgent need for tents, rations, medicines, firewood and drinking water for the flood victims in Sindh. The Sindh government is providing aid to the victims, but philanthropists should also participate in this charity because we have to help our brothers and sisters in this difficult time,” Administrator Karachi appealed to the masses.

“The match between traditional rivals Pakistan and India in the Asia Cup is also taking place on Sunday, so to mark the occasion, there will be big screens set up at KMC Head Office, Frere Hall, Safari Park, Hill Park and Urban Forest Clifton along with the flood relief camp. The arrangements will be made to telecast this match so that citizens can enjoy the match and do their humanitarian duty by donating to the flood relief fund,” he further added.

It is pertinent to mention here that the high-octane clash between Pakistan and India is scheduled on August 28.

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DUBAI: Pakistan all-format captain Babar Azam met his Indian counterpart, Rohit Sharma, on the sidelines of the training session for the Asia Cup 2022.

Taking to Twitter, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) shared the footage of the two captains’ meet and greet, which received a lot of attention from cricket fans.

©️ meets ©️#AsiaCup2022 pic.twitter.com/OgnJZpM9B1

— Pakistan Cricket (@TheRealPCB) August 27, 2022

 

Pakistan and India captains interacted on Friday night before coming face to face at the toss of the high octane clash, scheduled on August 28.

Earlier, former Indian captain Virat Kohli, current vice-captain KL Rahul, and wicketkeeper batter Rishabh Pant met the injured ace pacer Shaheen Shah Afridi and wished him for his quick recovery as the latter was ruled out of the Asian tournament, owing to a knee injury.

The 15th edition of the Asia Cup will commence on August 27 (today) as the hosts Sri Lanka will take on Afghanistan in a curtain raiser.

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