India defeated their ar♊ch rivals Pakistan comprehensively by 8 wickets🐠 to top Group A in the ongoing Asia Cup 2018.
It was a great show by the Indian bowlers who first dismissed Pakistan fo🐓r a low total and then chased down the set target with ease.
Pakistan captain Sarfarz Ahmed won the toss and decided to bat first. India got off to a perfect start as Bhuvneshwar Kumar dismissed Imam Ul Haq for 2 and dangerous Fakhar Zaman for 0, re꧅ducing Pakistan to 3 for 2 in the 5th over.
After two early dismissals, Shoaib Malik and Babar Azam came to rescue but Kuldeep Yadav dismissed Azam in the 22nd over of the game. Pakistan couldn’t recover from there as a wonderful bowling display by the Indian bowlers started to take wickets at regular intervals and bowled the opposition out for 162.
Chasing 163, India had a scintillating start as Shikhar Dhawan and Rohit Sharma added 86 runs for the first wicket. The Indian captain, who scored 52 off 39 balls, was dismissed by Shadab Khan in the 14th over. Whilst, Dhawan (46), on the other hand, continued to do ༺the damage. Although he was also soon dismissed by Faheem Ashraf the damage was already done.
Pakistan couldn’t make a comeback as Ambati Rayudu (31 not-out) and Dinesh Karthik (31 not-out) played with consummate ease and went on to finish the game.
Here are the reactions from the cricket fraternity:
Congratulations 🙌 Fantastic team efforts!
— Suresh Raina🇮🇳 (@ImRaina)
Congratulations India on✅ a very comprehensive victory. Wonderful team effort and great contributions from everyone
— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag)
Why do Pakistan always struggle against India ??
— Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan)
Congra🐷tulatꦜions India! 👏🏻👏🏻Overall a great team effort by bowlers and batsmen.. well played! 💪🏻
— Harbhajan Turbanator (@harbhajan_singh)
A resoundin♑g win for India, especially considering playing back to back matches in this heat. The bowlers were brilliant and Rohit led the team brilliantly. Congratulations!
— VVS Laxman (@VVSLaxman281)
Pak’s batting challenge was how well they would play Indian Spin …and…..oops!!!!
— Ramiz Raja (@iramizraja)
That was too easy for India. Will take a lot of confidence from this win.
Kedar Jadhav’s spell was the turning point— Mohammad Kaif (@MohammadKaif)
Congratulations to 🇮🇳 for a wonderful win over Pakistan. Keep at it boys. Wishing a speedy❀ recovery from𝓀 his injury.
— MANOJ TIWARY (@tiwarymanoj)
Congratulations Team India! 🇮🇳 🇮🇳🇮🇳✌️✌️✌️✌️🎉🎊 ᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚ
— Wriddhiman Saha (@Wriddhipops)
Fabulous, overpowering performance from India.
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha)
Thumping victory by team India 👏👏
— Irfan Pathan (@IrfanPathan)
Congratulation team India.Yeh hui na baat maza aa gaya well done boy's ✌️✌️✌️ love you team India 🇮🇳
— 𝕸𝖔𝖍𝖆𝖒𝖒𝖆𝖉 𝖘𝖍𝖆𝖒𝖎 (@MdShami11)
The bowlers stood up when it mattered the most. &ꦿ b🌠olwed an excellent opening spell and the the three spinners maintained the pressure right through the innings. was just superb with his variety of deliveries.
— Vinod Kambli (@vinodkambli349)
Yesterday was a diff ball game n today India win comprehensive🅠ly over Pakistan by 8 wkts !!many congratulations team India 🇮🇳
— Mithun Manhas (@MithunManhas)
A commanding effort by the Indian team to beat Pakistan by 8 wickets. What a start by Bhuvi, he's back in form and so is India. After the Hong Kong game, this was much needed
— Yusuf Pathan (@iamyusufpathan)
Two ODI wins on the same day for India. Who would’ve thought it was possible!!!
Clinical vs Pakistan. It felt as if HK never pushed India to the brink….well played 🇮🇳— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash)
Doesn’t appear it’s same Indn side which was huffing/puffi𒀰ng to beat H’Kong yesterday..but꧅ now steamrolling Pakistan into submission really..no contest n Indo/Pak clash is most disappointing..!No doubt 2 Asian giants shall battle again in this Cup..InshaAllah..!!
— Bishan Bedi (@BishanBedi)
