India vs Pakistan at Asia Cup 2018- the story of the match in pictures.
India cruised to an easy victory against Pakistan in their second match of Asia Cup 2018 on Wednesday. Chasing a target to 163 runs, they reached the destination with 8 wickets and 126 balls remaining.
Ambati Rayudu and Dinesh Karthik both remained unbeaten on 31 after Captain Rohit Sharma scored a half century while Shikhar Dhawan added 46 in a strong batting display after bowlers did their job earlier.
Pakistan were bowled out for just 162 runs after opting to bat first.
The Pakistani batsman could not give a solid start to their side as Indian pacer Bhuvaneshwar Kumar sent back their opening batsmen Imam-ul-Haq and Fakhar Zaman for meager scores of 2 and 0, respectively.
Shoaib Malik, along with Babar Azam, built a useful 82-run partnership to support the crumbling batting order of Pakistan, but the same did not last long as Malik returned back to the pavilion after a brilliant direct hit by Ambati Raydu.
None of the other Pakistani batsmen could stand firm on the pitch to keep the scoreboard ticking.
For India, pacer Bhuveneshwar Kumar and spinner Kedar Jadhav scalped three wickets each for the team. While Jasprit Bumrah picked up two wickets, Kuldeep Yadav took one wicket.
India made two changes in the playing eleven, bringing in Jasprit Bumrah and Hardik Pandya for Shardul Thakur and Khaleel Ahmed.
Pakistan picked the same team which played against Hong Kong.
1. India vs Pakistan
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India and Pakistan met on a cricket field after long time in the crucial fixture of Asia Cup 2018 on Wednesday (Image: AFP)
2. Electric Atmosphere
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There was plenty of support for both the team (Image: PTI)
3. India strike early
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India draw the first blood as Bhunevshwar Kumar removed Imam-ul-Haq in the third over with Pakistan 2/1 (Image: AFP)
4. Bhuvneshwar gets Fakhar Zaman too
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Bhuvneshwar then got another wicket as he removed Fakhar Zaman with Pakistan at 3/2 (Image: PTI)
5. Babar Azam-Shoaib Malik rebuild
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Babar Azam and Shoaib Malik then started the rebuilding work and took Pakistan to 80/2 after 20 overs (Image: AFP)
6. Hardik Pandya injured
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Hardik Pandya was injured and stretchered off the field. It was later revealed that he had suffered an acute lower back injury (Image: AFP)
7. Kuldeep strikes
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Kuldeep Yadav broke the stand bowling Babar Azam. Pakistan were 85/3 as Azam fell three runs short of a half century (Image: AFP)
8. Manish Pandey takes great catch
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Manish Pandey took a superb catch to send back Pakistan captain Sarfaraz Ahmed (Image: AFP)
9. Malik run out
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Ambati Rayudu then unleashed a direct hit to send back the set Shoaib Malik for 43 (Image: AFP)
10. Pakistan stumble
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Indian spinners dominated as Pakistan kept losing wickets. They were reduced to 110/6 after 28.1 overs. (Image: AFP)
11. Pakistan kept losing wickets
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Faheem Ashraf and Mohammad Aamir added 37 runs for the 8th wicket to take Pakistan past 150. Bumrah dismissed Ashraf for 21 (Image: AFP)
12. Pakistan 162 all out
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India soon wrapped up the Pakistan innings at 162, Kedar Jadhav took three wickets (Image: AFP)
13. Dhawan-Sharma give great start
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Shikhar Dhawan and Rohit Sharma gave India a great start. Rohit was the more agrressive of the two scoring freely againt Pakistan pacers (Image: AFP)
14. Rohit scores half century
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Rohit got to his half century in just 36 balls. However, he fell soon after for 52 that as Pakistan introduced spin in the form of Shadab Khan (Image: AFP)
15. Shadab Khan gets the wicket
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Shadab Khan foxed Rohit Sharma with a googly to get his wicket. However, he had leave the field in the next over after an injury (Image: AFP)
16. Shikhar falls for 46
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Shikhar Dhawan missed out on a well-deserved half century faling for 46 with India at 104/2 (Image: AFP)
17. India secure easy win
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Ambati Rayudu and Dinesh Karthik, who both remained unbeaten on 31, took India home safely as they secured an easy 8-wicket victory (Image: AFP)
