Asia Cup 2022: Hardik Pandya all-round performance helps Team India to clinch the thriller against Pakistan. They won their first T20I game of this series by 5 wickets at Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai. Now I will share the details of this game match in my way.
Asia Cup 2022 (India Vs Pakistan)
Game Date: 28th August 2022
Details: Team India captain Rohit Sharma won the toss and elected to field first in their 1st game of Asia cup 2022 against Pakistan at Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai. Dinesh Karthik is playing in the place of Rishabh Pant.
Captain @ImRo45 has won the toss and we will bowl first against Pakistan.
A look at our Playing XI for the game.
Live – https://t.co/o3hJ6VNfwF #INDvPAK #AsiaCup2022 pic.twitter.com/O0HQXFQzC4
— BCCI (@BCCI) August 28, 2022
First #TeamIndia player to play 💯 matches across formats 🔝
Go well, @imVkohli 👏👏#AsiaCup2022 | #INDvPAK pic.twitter.com/QkJbaDwEFS
— BCCI (@BCCI) August 28, 2022
Pakistan bowled out for 147 runs in 19.5 overs after batting first. India have taken close to 2 hours to complete the innings but they will be the happier side at this juncture. The high-octane clash got off to an eventful start with a couple of reviews in the very first over both going Pakistan’s way. Captain Babar Azam got off the blocks with a couple of glorious drives but he was bounced out for 10 by Bhuvneshwar. Fakhar Zaman decided to walk after nicking one which wasn’t even appealed by the Indians. Iftikhar Ahmed and Rizwan added 45 runs for the first wicket and just when the former looked to up the ante, he was done in by a Hardik bumper bowled at 142kph. The Indian all-rounder used the short ball to great effort as he picked two more wickets to finish with impressive figures of 3/25. Pakistan kept losing wickets and if not for those late boundaries from Rauf and Dahani, they’d have ended up with a much lesser score. Mohammad Rizwan scored 43 runs of 42 balls and Iftikhar Ahmed scored 28 runs of 22 balls. For India, Bhuvneshwar Kumar picks 4 wickets for 26 runs in his 4 overs quota.
Four wickets from @BhuviOfficial and three from @hardikpandya7 as Pakistan are all out for 147 in 19.5 overs.#TeamIndia chase underway.
LIVE – https://t.co/o3hJ6VNfwF #INDvPAK #AsiaCup2022 pic.twitter.com/V2ftsLBGSa
— BCCI (@BCCI) August 28, 2022
Team India chase the target by scoring 148/5 in 19.4 overs and won the game by 5 wickets. What-a-game! India-Pakistan clashes haven’t had this kind of thrill in recent times but today, both teams ensured that the eternal rivalry got another chapter of entertainment to it. Babar’s men deserve a lot of credit, because 147 was surely below-par despite the two-paced nature of this pitch. But with regular wickets and some smart defensive bowling, they kept hanging in there and ensured that India had to sweat to reach the target. In fact, when Surya fell to Naseem, India still needed 59 off 34 balls and it wasn’t an easy equation in these conditions. But India’s all-rounder duo came to the party with Jadeja initially finding the fence in calculative fashion before Hardik stamped his class at the end through a plethora of jaw-dropping strokes. There was some drama in the final over despite just 7 being needed, as Jadeja fell first ball and then there was one more dot ball to take the equation down to 6 off 3. But Hardik 2.0 simply refuses to be fussed and he put the game to the bed the very next ball. Ravindra Jadeja scored 35 of 29 balls and Virat Kohli also scored 35 runs of 34 balls. For Pakistan, Mohammad Nawaz pick 3 wickets for 33 runs in his 3.4 overs.
WHAT. A. WIN!#TeamIndia clinch a thriller against Pakistan. Win by 5 wickets 👏👏
Scorecard – https://t.co/o3hJ6VNfwF #INDvPAK #AsiaCup2022 pic.twitter.com/p4pLDi3y09
— BCCI (@BCCI) August 28, 2022
Fought hard but fell short in the end 💔
India win by five wickets in the final over of the match 🏏#AsiaCup2022 | #INDvPAK pic.twitter.com/ZsbCWAFpI1
— Pakistan Cricket (@TheRealPCB) August 28, 2022
PAK: 147 all out in 19.5 overs
IND: 148/5 in 19.4 overs
Match Result: India won by 5 wickets
Man of the Match: Hardik Pandya
India seal a tense win in Dubai to beat Pakistan 🙌🏻#INDvPAK | #AsiaCup2022 | 📝 Scorecard: https://t.co/mKkZ2s5RKA pic.twitter.com/5KBNSKwfjL
— ICC (@ICC) August 28, 2022
Stats
– Pakistan have lost only one of the 17 T20Is they’ve played in UAE against Australia in 2021 T20 World Cup semifinal.
– Virat Kohli has struggled for form, but boasts a fine record against Pakistan in multi-team T20I tournaments with scores of 78*, 36*, 49, 55*, 57 since T20 World Cup of 2012.
– Virat Kohli become first Indian player to play 100 games in all three formats.
– 4/26 by Bhuvneshwar Kumar is best bowling performance by Indian bowler against Pakistan in T20I cricket.
– Hardik Pandya vs Pak in Asia Cup T20Is
3/8 (3.3 overs) Mirpur 2016
3/25 (4 overs) Dubai 2022
– India spin vs seam:
Previous T20I (vs WI, Florida): First instance Indian (or any team) spinners taking all ten wickets in a T20I
Today (vs Pak, Dubai): First instance Indian seamers taking all ten wickets in a T20I
– First match featuring all three of Rohit, Rahul & Kohli after T20 World Cup 2021, 38/1 is India’s second lowest Powerplay score in 24 T20I innings in the same period. (behind 34/3 vs Eng in Trentbridge).
A high-octane #AsiaCup encounter for the ages!
Which player caught your eye?#INDvPAK #AsiaCup2022 #ACC #GetReadyForEpic pic.twitter.com/piIYm3UMWG— AsianCricketCouncil (@ACCMedia1) August 28, 2022
Hardik Pandya is adjudged Player of the Match for his excellent all-round show as #TeamIndia win a thriller against Pakistan 👏🎉💥
Scorecard – https://t.co/o3hJ6VNfwF #INDvPAK #AsiaCup2022 pic.twitter.com/D7GnzdFmQf
— BCCI (@BCCI) August 28, 2022
That’s all from the 1st game of India in Asia Cup 2022 and I hope you all will like this information. We will be back with all the details of Team India 2nd game which will be played against Hong Kong at 31st August. For more updates visit my page on Facebook Durgesh Tiwary’s View and website Cricket Movie Website