Hardik Pandya scripted an incredible comeback from the 2018 Asia Cup to encourage India to beat Pakistan by 5 wickets within the 2022 version. He took three wickets and hit a quickfire 33 off 17.
Hardik Pandya shakes hand with Pakistan gamers after taking India residence. (AP Photo)
HIGHLIGHTSIndia quick bowlers took all 10 wickets to bundle out Pakistan for 147 runsHardik Pandya was named Player of the Match for taking 3 wickets and hitting 33 runsHardik Pandya stitched a match-winning 52-run partnership with Ravindra Jadeja
BCCI President and former cricketer Sourav Ganguly heaped reward on India for exhibiting “a lot of composure” within the Asia Cup match in opposition to Pakistan.
India defeated Pakistan by 5 wickets within the group match on Sunday, August 28. The victory got here after almost a yr when Pakistan defeated India by 10 wickets within the T20 World Cup 2021 group match.
“Good result for india at the start of Asia cup ..lot of composure in a tight situation,” Ganguly tweeted.
Good end result for india to start out off..lot of composure in a decent scenario ..@bcci @ImRo45
— Sourav Ganguly (@SGanguly99) August 29, 2022
India quick bowlers took all 10 wickets to bundle out Pakistan for 147 runs after placing them into bat. Bhuvneshwar Kumar struck early to get the essential wicket of Pakistan captain Babar Azam, who tried to tug on a brief ball however ended up giving a catch to Arshdeep Singh at quick advantageous leg.
A smooth dimissal of Fakhar Zaman then led to a flurry of wickets as Hardik Pandya rattled the center order, whereas Arshdeep continued to create dot ball stress. Towards the top, India have been penalised for sustaining a gradual over-rate and Shahnawaz Dahani took benefit of it to tug Pakistan to 147.
In reply, India suffered an early blow as Naseem Shah cleaned up KL Rahul and almost noticed the again of Virat Kohli, who was dropped at third slip in his one hundredth T20I match. Kohli appeared rusty in his return to motion, however performed an important function to maintain the scoreboard ticking. When the match was nonetheless evenly poised, Ravindra Jadeja and Hardik Pandya fashioned a match-winning 52-run stand. With seven runs wanted off the ultimate over, Hardik performed one over the long-on for a most to take India residence.
Hardik, who suffered a again damage in opposition to the identical opponent through the 2018 Asia Cup, remarked: “The comeback is greater than the setback”.
The Player of the Match Hardik, within the submit match presentation, mentioned: “You always plan over-by-over. I always knew that there is one young bowler and also one left-arm spinner. We only needed 7 off the last over but even if we needed 15, I’d have fancied myself. I know the bowler is under more pressure than me in the 20th over. I try to keep things simple.”
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