Asia Cup 2022: Heartbreak for India as the team lost to Pakistan by 5 wickets

India met Pakistan again in the Super 4 league stage of the Asia Cup but this time the tables turned around as India got defeated by 5 wickets at Dubai International Stadium.

India vs Pakistan, Super 4 stage: Match Highlights

The day started on a good note for Pakistan as skipper Babar Azam elected to bowl. The fans are finally happy to see Virat Kohli regain his form as the skipper mustered 60 runs in just 44 balls that helped India post a total of 181 runs in 20 overs. However, he got dismissed by Asif Ali. Indian openers Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul had a strong start scoring 54 runs in the first five overs. India lost a lot of wickets in the mid-overs. Ravi Bishnoi had hit two boundaries and India ended the game on a good note.

Pakistan was chasing 182 runs and their batter Rizwan hit 71 runs off 51 deliveries that helped Pakistan with their five-wicket victory against India. However, the team didn’t have a good start as Babar Azam could score only 14 runs and got dismissed in the fourth over by Ravi Bishnoi. Fakhar Zaman didn’t make a good impression in today’s match as he could muster only 15 runs. Rizwan and Nawaz’s partnership added 84 runs unless both were dismissed on 41 runs. In the last two overs, Pakistan needed 26 runs in two overs and Bhuvneshwar Kumar gave out 19 runs and that’s when the victory started to slip from India’s hands. Asif Ali almost made Pakistan win the match after Arshdeep Singh dropped a dolly off him. Arshdeep did dismiss him with two balls and two wickets to spare. The batters then ran hard and took two runs in the next ball to script the victory by 5 wickets.

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