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Pakistan’s young fast bowler Naseem Shah made Indian batters dance to his tunes as he exhibited a brilliant display of swing bowling in the high-octane Asia Cup 2023 clash between the arch-rivals on Saturday at Pallekele International Cricket Stadium.

Pakistani pace bowlers booked India on 266 in the first innings after Ishan Kishan and Hardik Pandya’s half-centuries before persistent rain denied the second innings’ play, hence, washing out the match between India and Pakistan.

Shaheen Afridi led the bowling charts in the first innings of PAK vs IND with figures of 4-35, while Naseem Shah and Haris Rauf shared three wickets each.

Naseem Shah talked to the media after the match and shared his experience of playing his first ODI game against India. Naseem Shah has previously faced India in three T20i games during last year’s Asia Cup which was played in T20i format and T20I World Cup.

“It was a new experience playing an ODI against India, thank God I bowled well,” Naseem Shah said. “ODI is a different format and it requires patience,”

He also shed light on his bowling plan against the Indian batting line-up.

“The bowling was swinging at the start, so I was trying to bowl at the right areas,” he added. “The plan was to not let the Indian batters score runs freely, so they would give wickets,”

Naseem also appreciated his fellow pacers Shaheen Afridi and Haris Rauf, who bowled brilliantly to bowl India out yesterday.

“Shaheen Afridi bowled well in the beginning, while Haris Roof came in the middle and bowled very well,” said Naseem Shah.

While talking about the upcoming Asia Cup Super-Four stage match against either Bangladesh or Afghanistan on September 6 at Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore, Naseem Shah expressed his wish to enjoy and perform well at Lahore.

“As a child, I have played a lot of cricket in Lahore as a kid and I will try to enjoy, and perform well to win the match there,” he concluded.

Pakistan secured their spot in the Asia Cup 2023 Super Four stage as they finished their group-stage campaign with three points in two matches after a dominant victory over Nepal and a washed-out game against arch-rivals India yesterday.

Meanwhile, India next face Nepal on September 4 in a bid to join Pakistan in the Asia Cup 2023 Super 4s.

READ: Pakistan team to reach Lahore today for Asia Cup Super Four match

COLOMBO: The Pakistan cricket team left for Colombo from Kandy by road this morning after playing against India in the ongoing Asia Cup match yesterday, and will reach Lahore from Colombo by a chartered flight today to play the Super Four stage match on Wednesday.

Pakistan team will take off from Colombo at 4:00 PM today, and they will relax on Monday before hitting the nets at Lahore City Cricket Association (LCCA) Ground on Tuesday, September 5 to prepare for the Super Four stage match of the Asia Cup on September 6 at Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore.

Before the start of the training session, a squad member will hold the pre-match press conference.

Pakistan will play either Bangladesh or Afghanistan in the first Super 4 match on Wednesday, September 6, provided they qualify for the next round.

Bangladesh and Afghanistan are squaring off at Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore today. If Bangladesh loses today, they will be knocked out of the Asia Cup, having lost the previous game against defending champions Sri Lanka.

Pakistan on the other side secured their spot in the Asia Cup 2023 Super Four stage as they finished their group-stage campaign with three points in two matches after a dominant victory over Nepal and a washed-out game against arch-rivals India yesterday.

Meanwhile, India next face Nepal on September 4 in a bid to join Pakistan in the Asia Cup 2023 Super 4s.

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 Asia Cup clash yesterday.

Pakistan squad: Babar Azam (captain), Shadab Khan (vice-captain), Abdullah Shafique, Faheem Ashraf, Fakhar Zaman, Haris Rauf, Iftikhar Ahmed, Imam-ul-Haq, Mohammad Haris (wk), Mohammad Nawaz, Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Mohammad Wasim Jnr, Naseem Shah, Salman Ali Agha, Saud Shakeel, Shaheen Afridi and Usama Mir

Traveling reserve: Tayyab Tahir

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KANDY: Cricket fans’ quest to see arch-rivals Pakistan and India going face to face after four years in ODI format on Saturday might get unsettled as dark clouds loom with rain likely to spoilsport in the anticipated Asia Cup 2023 clash.

According to BBC Weather, there is a very high chance of showers, as much as 80 per cent, here on Saturday, September 2.

Moreover, the BBC weather forecasts persistent and heavy rainfall throughout Saturday, meaning that the anticipated clash between arch-rivals could get washed out.

If the game gets washed out there is no reserved day for the match and thus both teams will split the points.

Notably, severe gusts are expected during the match, which may have an impact on the playing conditions and general atmosphere.

Moreover, the temperatures will range between 20 and 24 degrees Celsius during the game.

The Asia Cup 2023 group-stage clash between Pakistan and India will mark Pakistan and India’s first faceoff in the ODI format since the 2019 World Cup, where the Men in Blue emerged triumphant.

However, if the high-octane clash between Pakistan gets washed out on Saturday, cricket fans may get to witness the biggest rivalry of the sport again if the two teams manage to make it to the Asia Cup 2023 Super 4s.

Arch-rivals India and Pakistan are drawn in Group A alongside Nepal while Group B features Afghanistan, Bangladesh and defending champions Sri Lanka.

Squads

Pakistan: Babar Azam (c), Abdullah Shafique, Fakhar Zaman, Imam-ul-Haq, Salman Ali Agha, Iftikhar Ahmed, Saud Shakeel, Mohammad Rizwan, Mohammad Haris, Shadab Khan, Mohammad Nawaz, Usama Mir, Faheem Ashraf, Haris Rauf, Mohammad Wasim Jnr, Naseem Shah, Shaheen Afridi.

India: Rohit Sharma (c), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, KL Rahul, Ishan Kishan, Hardik Pandya (vc), Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohd. Shami, Mohd. Siraj, Prasidh Krishna.

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COLOMBO: The Pakistan squad landed in Colombo on Thursday for their second Asia Cup 2023 group match against arch-rivals India. The team reached Colombo on a chartered flight and then travelled to Kandy by road.

The green shirts will rest today before hitting the nets on Friday at the Pallekele International Cricket Stadium from 6 p.m. to train for the much-anticipated match of the Asia Cup. Beforehand, a squad member will hold the pre-match press conference.

The arch-rivals Pakistan and India will face each other on September 2 in the second Group-A match.

The Asian Giants will come face to face again on September 10 in Colombo if both manage to qualify for the Super 4s.

Pakistan kicked off their Asia Cup campaign with a 238-run victory over the debutant Nepal in the opening game of the tournament.

Pakistan’s bowling unit decimated Nepal in the second innings after captain Babar Azam and Iftikhar Ahmed scored centuries to set a mammoth 342 runs total in the first innings.

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— Pakistan Cricket (@TheRealPCB) August 31, 2023

It must be noted that despite being hosts Pakistan will host only a total of four matches including a Super 4s fixture.

India’s group stage matches including the anticipated clash against Pakistan, scheduled on September 2, will be held in Kandy while the rest of the Super 4s matches, including the final will be played in Colombo.

Pakistan are placed in the same group as arch-rivals India and Nepal while the other group includes defending champions and co-hosts Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Afghanistan.

Pakistan squad: Babar Azam (captain), Shadab Khan (vice-captain), Abdullah Shafique, Faheem Ashraf, Fakhar Zaman, Haris Rauf, Iftikhar Ahmed, Imam-ul-Haq, Mohammad Haris (wk), Mohammad Nawaz, Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Mohammad Wasim Jnr, Naseem Shah, Salman Ali Agha, Saud Shakeel, Shaheen Afridi and Usama Mir

Traveling reserve: Tayyab Tahir

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LAHORE: Pakistan all-rounder Salman Ali Agha has set his sights on giving his best in the highly-anticipated clash between Pakistan and India in the upcoming Asia Cup 2023, scheduled to commence on August 30.

Agha, while talking to the media here on the sidelines of the national men’s team’s ongoing training camp for the ODI series against Afghanistan and this year’s Asia Cup expressed his desire to perform well against arch-rivals India in the continental event.

“I will try to perform at my best against India in the Asia Cup,” said Agha.

Salman Ali Agha was adjudged player of the two-match Test series against Sri Lanka, amassing 221 runs and picking up three wickets, including an unbeaten hundred in the last Test.

However, Agha will now turn his attention to white-ball cricket as Pakistan is scheduled to play a three-match ODI series against Afghanistan in Sri Lanka, before embarking on the Asia Cup journey, which will run from August 30 to September 17.

“I try to play according to the format, and as a player, I try to perform well in every game. ODI format is different [than Test and T20I], and I am trying to adjust myself according to that,” Agha Salman said.

“I will try to perform at my best as I did in test cricket,” he added.

Salman Ali Agha has thus represented Pakistan in 11 ODIs and accumulated 337 runs at an average of 48.14, with the help of three fifties while picking up three wickets.

His last white-ball appearance was against New Zealand in May 2023, where he scored a run-a-ball 57.

Agha then went on to praise Afghanistan’s strength, their spin bowling but expressed his confidence in his team’s world-class batting lineup.

“Afghanistan have quality spinners, but we have a world-class batting,” said Agha.

“The first target is to win the series against Afghanistan and then the Asia Cup,” he concluded.

The three-match ODI series between Pakistan and Afghanistan is scheduled to be played on August 22, 24 and 26. The first two ODI will take place in Hambantota, while the third game will be played in Colombo.

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DUBAI: Pakistan wicketkeeper batter Mohammad Rizwan and Mohammad Nawaz shone in a tense run chase before Asif Ali and Khushdil Shah bolstered the men in green to avenge their group match defeat at the hands of their arch-rivals India in the Asia Cup 2022 Super Fours.

Set to chase 182, Pakistan steered over the line on the second-last delivery of the match as Indian pacer Arshdeep Singh failed to defend seven runs.

The Green Shirts had a dismal start to their run chase as their key batter Babar Azam perished cheaply for 14 in the fourth over.

Following his departure, Rizwan then joined hands with left-handed batter Fakhar Zaman and added 41 runs for the second wicket before the latter perished after scoring a snail-paced 15 off 18 deliveries.

Following the slump, all-rounder Nawaz, who was promoted in the batting order changed the dynamics of the game with a blistering knock of 42 runs off a mere 20 deliveries, laced with six boundaries and two sixes.

The duo of Rizwan and Nawaz added a valuable 73 runs for the third wicket in accordance with the mounting run rate. Nawaz, however, fell victim to a slower ball from Bhuvneshwar Kumar in the 16th over.

In the next over, Rizwan also became the victim of a slower delivery from the struggling Indian pacer Hardik Pandya. The right-handed batter top-scored for the side with 71 off 51 deliveries, laced with six boundaries and two sixes.

Khushdil Shah and Asif Ali then stood up for their team and sailed the ball all over the ground to push India on the back foot. The pair appeared solid and were looking to run away with the victory as Pakistan needed just seven off the last over.

Asif’s dismissal off Arshdeep on the fourth delivery of the final over, however, gave a thrilling late twist to the match and the right-handed batter walked back sorrowly despite scoring a blistering 16 off eight deliveries, laced with two sixes and a boundary.

The twist and India’s comeback into the game, however, was denied by Iftikhar Ahmed, who slammed a full-toss over the bowler’s head to seal a thrilling opening victory for Pakistan in the Super Fours.

Yuzvendra Chahal, Ravi Bishnoi, Pandya, Bhuvneshwar, and Arsheep all managed to pick one wicket apiece.

India, after being put into bat first by Pakistan captain Babar Azam, were off to a flying start as they added 54 runs for the first wicket in just six overs.

The duo appeared solid and were scoring at a rapid pace before Haris Rauf struck in his second over to hand Pakistan a much-needed breakthrough in the form of KL Rahul, who departed after scoring 28 off 20 deliveries, laced with a boundary and two sixes.

Following his departure, Rohit’s stay at the crease also remained brief as he perished in the next over to Shadab Khan, who struck on the first delivery of his brilliant spell. The right-handed batter also scored 20 off 16 deliveries with the help of three boundaries and two sixes.

India’s veteran batter Virat then took the responsibility and held his ground while the rest of the batters failed to score significantly with all-rounder Deepak Hooda contributing the most with his brief knock of 16 runs.

Pakistan bowlers did well to halt India’s march into the game and restricted the defending champions to 181/7 in 20 overs.

Virat top-scored for the side with a magnificent knock of 60 off a mere 44 deliveries, laced with four boundaries and a six.

Shadab was the pick of the bowlers for Pakistan as he returned with brilliant bowling figures of 2/31, while Mohammad Nawaz, Mohammad Hasnain, Naseem Shah, and Haris struck out a batter each.

DUBAI: Pakistan wicketkeeper batter Mohammad Rizwan and Mohammad Nawaz shone in a tense run chase before Asif Ali and Khushdil Shah bolstered the men in green to avenge their group match defeat at the hands of their arch-rivals India in the Asia Cup 2022 Super Fours.

PAK 182-4 (19.5 Overs)

Arshdeep to bowl the final over

PAK 175-4 (19 Overs)

Bhuvneshwar comes to bowl his last

PAK 156-4 (18 Overs)

Bishnoi comes to bowl his last

PAK 148-4 (17 Overs)

Pandya comes to bowl his last

PAK 139-3 (16 Overs)

15.3: Short of length around off, rolled his fingers over it. Nawaz looks to go over long-off but it bounces a little extra and Hooda pouches it calmly at the boundary.

Bhuvneshwar replaces Pandya

PAK 135-2 (15 Overs)

Chahal comes back

PAK 119-2 (14 Overs)

Pandya comes back into the attack

PAK 107-2 (13 Overs)

Arshdeep comes back into the attack

PAK 96-2 (12 Overs)

Bishnoi replaces Pandya

PAK 86-2 (11 Overs)

Chahal comes again

PAK 76-2 (10 Overs)

Pandya replaces Bishnoi

PAK 67-2 (9 Overs)

Chahal continues

PAK 57-1 (8 Overs)

Bishnoi replaces Arshdeep

PAK 51-1 (7 Overs)

Yuzvendra Chahal replaces Pandya

PAK 44-1 (6 Overs)

Arshdeep replaces Bishnoi

PAK 36-1 (5 Overs)

Hardik Pandya comes to bowl his first

PAK 22-1 (4 Overs)

3.4: Tried to jab it through midwicket, but ends up chipping it straight to the man!

Ravi Bishnoi comes to bowl his first

PAK 19-0 (3 Overs)

Bhuvneshwar continues

PAK 11-0 (2 Overs)

Arshdeep Singh to bowl from the other end

PAK 9-0 (1 Over)

Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan come out to bat for Pakistan. Bhuvneshwar Kumar to lead the bowling attack.

PAKISTAN vs INDIA (2nd INNING)

Virat Kohli led the way for India with an astonishing knock of 60 runs after the openers Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul laid a solid foundation but Pakistan bowlers displayed a combined effort to reduce India to 181/7 in the high-octane clash Super 4s clash of the ongoing Asia Cup 2022.

IND 181-7 (20 Overs)

Haris to bowl the final over

IND 171-6 (19 Overs)

Naseem comes to bowl his last

IND 164-5 (18 Overs)

Hasnain replaces Shadab

IND 148-5 (17 Overs)

Haris replaces Hasnain

IND 140-5 (16 Overs)

Shadab comes to bowl his last

IND 135-5 (15 Overs)

Hasnain replaces Naseem

IND 126-4 (14 Overs)

13.5: Another googly from Shadab but this time he bowled it on a length outside leg. Pant went for the reverse sweep but ended up mistiming it straight to the fielder.

Shadab comes back

IND 118-3 (13 Overs)

Naseem comes back into the attack

IND 105-3 (12 Overs)

Nawaz comes to bowl his last

IND 101-3 (11 Overs)

Hasnain replaces Shadab

IND 93-3 (10 Overs)

5.4: Yadav made no attempt to keep that down, and the top edge meant it was straight down Asif Ali’s throat.

Nawaz comes again

IND 88-2 (9 Overs)

Shadab continues

IND 79-2 (8 Overs)

Nawaz replaces Haris

IND 71-2 (7 Overs)

6.1: Shadab strikes off the first ball. Got to the pitch but got neither the power nor the elevation, and Mohammad Nawaz takes a smart catch.

Shadab Khan replaces Nawaz

IND 62-1 (6 Overs)

5.1: It was up in the air for an aeon and Fakhar Zaman and Khushdil Shah bumped into each other and nearly made a hash of it. Khushdil just about clings on – very good catch, really. Sharma’s blitz comes to a close.

Haris continues

IND 54-0 (5 Overs)

Mohammad Nawaz replaces Naseem

IND 46-0 (4 Overs)

Haris Rauf replaces Hasnain

IND 34-0 (3 Overs)

Naseem continues

IND 20-0 (2 Overs)

Hasnain comes to bowl from the other end

IND 11-0 (1 Over)

KL Rahul and Rohit Sharma come out to bat for India. Naseem Shah to open the bowling attack for Pakistan.

PAKISTAN vs INDIA (1st INNING)

DUBAI: Pakistan won the toss and elected to field first in the high-voltage clash against the arch-rivals India in the Super Fours of the ongoing Asia Cup 2022.

PLAYING XIs

Pakistan: Babar Azam (c), Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Fakhar Zaman, Iftikhar Ahmed, Khushdil Shah, Asif Ali, Shadab Khan, Mohammad Nawaz, Naseem Shah, Haris Rauf, Mohammad Hasnain

India: Rohit Sharma (c), KL Rahul, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant (wk), Deepak Hooda, Hardik Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Ravi Bishnoi, Yuzvendra Chahal, Arshdeep Singh

HEAD TO HEAD

Matches-10, India-8, Pakistan-2

DUBAI: Pakistan won the toss and elected to field first in the high-voltage clash against the arch-rivals India in the Super Fours clash of the ongoing Asia Cup 2022.

PLAYING XIs

Pakistan make one change to their line-up as Mohammad Hasnain comes in for Shahnawaz Dahani, while India make three changes as Hardik Pandya, Ravi Bishnoi, and Deepak Hooda come in for wicket-keeper batter Dinesh Karthik, injured Ravindra Jadeja and Avesh Khan respectively.

Pakistan: Babar Azam (c), Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Fakhar Zaman, Iftikhar Ahmed, Khushdil Shah, Asif Ali, Shadab Khan, Mohammad Nawaz, Naseem Shah, Haris Rauf, Mohammad Hasnain

India: Rohit Sharma (c), KL Rahul, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant (wk), Deepak Hooda, Hardik Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Ravi Bishnoi, Yuzvendra Chahal, Arshdeep Singh

HEAD TO HEAD

Matches-10, India-8, Pakistan-2

DUBAI: Cricket fever has reached its zenith as the two arch-rivals and Asia giants India and Pakistan are set to lock horns once again in a span of one week in the high-octane clash of the ongoing Asia Cup 2022 Super Fours.

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

The two sides last met in the Group A fixture of the ongoing Asia Cup 2022 when India edged past Pakistan by five wickets in a final-over thriller.

All-rounders Ravindra Jadeja and Hardik Pandya played the pivotal role in the much-needed victory for the defending champions as the duo put on a match-defining 52-run partnership for the fifth wicket.

India, however, will be missing the services of their last match’s top-scorer against arch-rivals Pakistan as Jadeja has been ruled out of the continental event with a knee injury. Whereas, their right-arm pacer Avesh Khan will also miss the anticipated clash due to fever.

The Green Shirts, however, who seek revenge to their last week’s bitter defeat at the hands of their arch-rivals India, sustained an alike setback as their young right-arm pacer Shahnawaz Dahani has been sidelined from the all-important clash with a side strain.

Despite Dahani’s unavailability, Pakistan still have two right-arm pacers – Mohammad Hasnain and Hasan Ali, who can fill into the Playing XI as suitable replacement.

Following the injuries scare, both sides will now be heavily relying on their top-order despite Babar Azam being out of touch, having managed to amass 19 in two matches.

On the other side, Pakistan will be hoping that their spin department works flawlessly and will be overjoyed if Naseem Shah manages to match his performance from the previous time the two Asian powerhouses met.

Before taking the field in a much-anticipated clash India are currently unbeaten in the tournament with two victories in two matches against Pakistan and Hong Kong respectively.

Pakistan, however, managed to win one game out of their two group fixtures against Hong Kong as they thrashed the associate side by a massive margin of 155 runs. The resounding victory might play a morale booster for the Green Shirts.
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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 from the ongoing Asia Cup 2022.

HEAD TO HEAD

Matches-10, India-8, Pakistan-2

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