Asia Cup cricket: Pakistan beat India in thrilling Super 4 finish | Cricket News

Pakistan edge out India off the penultimate ball of the match by 5 wickets.

Mohammad Rizwan top-scored with 71 as Pakistan beat India by 5 wickets of their opening Tremendous 4 recreation on the Asia Cup.

Chasing 182 for victory, a 73-run stand between Rizwan and the left-handed Mohammad Nawaz (42) helped Pakistan obtain their goal with one ball to spare in Dubai on Sunday, the second time the 2 sides met in every week after having not performed for nearly a yr.

Rizwan was out after his second successive half-century within the seventeenth over however Khushdil Shah, together with his unbeaten 14, and Asif Ali, who made 16 off eight balls, made certain Pakistan obtained over the road towards Arshdeep Singh.

Reprieved after Arshdeep dropped a simple catch at brief third man, Asif hit a six and two fours earlier than falling, with two balls left, leaving Iftikhar Ahmed to knock off the remaining two runs.

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Earlier, Virat Kohli’s 60 guided India to 181 for seven after being requested to bat first by Babar Azam.

Kohli, who hit 60 off 44 balls earlier than being run out within the remaining over, helped India survive a middle-order stutter to submit a aggressive complete.

He reached his thirty second half-century in 36 balls with a six off tempo bowler Mohammad Hasnain amid chants of “Kohli, Kohli” at a packed stadium.

Leg-spinner Shadab Khan stood out with figures of two for 31 from his 4 overs.

“It was a high-pressure recreation and you’ll’t let something slip by,” mentioned Indian captain Rohit Sharma after the sport.

“When there was a partnership within the center with Rizwan and Nawaz, we had been nonetheless calm and believed [in ourselves], however the partnership went longer than we hoped and so they performed brilliantly. There might be occasions when issues don’t go to plan however I do consider within the potential of those [younger] guys.

“It was an excellent studying expertise once you play video games like this. Normally, 180 is an effective rating on any pitch however when you don’t take wickets within the center, it can all the time be powerful.”