Pakistan duo Asif Ali and Mohammad Nawaz had been all smiles after defeating India by 5 wickets on Sunday. “Aur kuch sade layak,” mentioned Ali which interprets to “Anything else for us to do?” and Nawaz factors out to him and mentioned, “Remember the name Asif Ali.”
For the uninitiated, this harks again to a time when Ali produced a match successful knock towards Afghanistan within the 2021 T20 World Cup when he hit 4 sixes in an over to steer Pakistan to victory.
After that explosive knock, Ali had taken to Twitter to thank individuals who had been with him throughout exhausting occasions. He tweeted, “Aur koi hukam Pakistan? Shukriya @isbunitedaur woh sub log jinho ne mere per belief rakha mere mushkil waqt mai. #PakistanZindabad” (Any different command Pakistan? Thank You to these individuals who saved their perception in me throughout exhausting occasions).
Shukriya boys 👏#AsiaCup2022 | #INDvPAK pic.twitter.com/U6qOqKxeTl
— Pakistan Cricket (@TheRealPCB) September 4, 2022
After that knock, England’s Ben Stokes had tweeted, “Remember the name Asif Ali,” which is what Sunday’s video was a throwback to.
Aur koi hukam Pakistan? Shukriya @isbunited aur woh sub log jinho ne mere per perception rakha mere mushkil waqt mai. #PakistanZindabad
— Asif Ali (@AasifAli45) October 29, 2021
On Sunday’s Asia Cup tie, Ali scored a whirlwind 16 off simply 8 balls earlier than being caught leg earlier than by Arshdeep Singh whereas left-handed batter Nawaz, recognized extra for his orthodox left-arm spin, performed the decisive knock of the match.
Remember the title @AasifAli2018
— Ben Stokes (@benstokes38) October 29, 2021
His 42 off 20 balls was one thing that India didn’t think about and there was no gameplan for him as Khushdil Shah and Iftikhar Ali accomplished a deserving victory with a ball to spare.
The Rizwan-Nawaz partnership of 73 in simply 6.5 overs within the mid-stage of the innings had the Indians napping.
Yuzvendra Chahal (1/43 in 4 overs) and Hardik Pandya (1/44 in 4 overs), the 2 bowlers who had been sensible final Sunday, had been pedestrian on the day as Nawaz took each of them to cleaners.
The 87 that got here off their cumulative eight overs turned the match in Pakistan’s favour as Nawaz hit six fours and two sixes.
By the time Nawaz was holed out within the deep off Bhuvneshwar Kumar’s bowling, he had inflicted sufficient harm on the psyche of the Indian assault.
