Asia Cup 2023 Live Score, IND vs PAK: Rains in Sri Lanka played a spoilsport today as the much-awaited match between India and Pakistan had to be abandoned due to weather issues. Hardik Pandya and Ishan Kishan orchestrated a remarkable rescue mission for India, enabling them to conquer a fierce opening spell by Shaheen Shah Afridi and ultimately post a robust total of 266 in their showdown against Pakistan.
Kishan, scoring 82 runs from 81 deliveries, and Pandya, contributing 87 runs from 90 balls, formed a resilient partnership of 138 runs for the fifth wicket, coming together after Pakistan’s fast bowlers Afridi, who dismissed Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli early on, and Haris Rauf combined forces to leave India struggling at 66 for 4 in just 14.1 overs.
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The rains have led to the match being called off. With this, Pakistan has reached the Super 4 stage whereas India will play against Nepal on Monday.
Although the rain has ceased, it appears that we might experience a delay due to potential adjustments in overs.
The covers are back. It's raining hard in Kandy. Hardik Pandya and Ishan Kishan orchestrated a remarkable rescue mission for India, enabling them to conquer a fierce opening spell by Shaheen Shah Afridi and ultimately post a robust total of 266 in their Asia Cup showdown against Pakistan.
Kishan, scoring 82 runs from 81 deliveries, and Pandya, contributing 87 runs from 90 balls, formed a resilient partnership of 138 runs for the fifth wicket, coming together after Pakistan's fast bowlers Afridi, who dismissed Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli early on, and Haris Rauf combined forces to leave India struggling at 66 for 4 in just 14.1 overs.
India settle at 266 runs as Pakistani bowlers shine in the first half of the game. Now it's turn for Indian bowlers to make the going difficult for the opponents.
Kuldeep Yadav walks back to pavilion after adding four runs to the total. This was Naseem Shah's second wicket of the match. IND 262/9 (48.3)
Shaheen Afridi has brought relief in the Pakistani camp by dismissing Hardik Pandya and putting an end to his solid 87-run innings. In the same over, Afridi also picked Ravindra Jadeja's wicket on the last ball. These were Afridi's third and the fourth wickets of the match. India 242/8 (44)
This over belonged to Pandya. The batter hit three boundaries in Rauf's 40th over. Hardik Pandya is playing at 80 runs and there are now 10 more overs to go. IND 221/5 (40)
Haris Rauf has bagged his third wicket of the match in the form of Ishan Kishan and put an end to a very crucial partnership of 138 runs between him and Pandya. Finally, Pakistan gets a breakthrough it was looking for from quite a few spells. Ravindra Jadeja comes in to play. IND 204/5 (38)
The Indian side makes a solid comeback with Ishan Kishan (81) and Hardik Pandya (65) leading the return. Pakistan is looking at its bowlers for answers. IND 203/4 (37)
Pakistani bowlers are now on the receiving end as Hardik Pandya and Ishan Kishan's partnership takes the scoreboard forward. Pandya scored 50 in 62 balls. The bowling team is now aiming at breaking this partnership as soon as they can. IND 183/4 (35)
Ishan Kishan hits a half-century (54 balls). Kishan is responsible for bringing some stability in the team's performance after some quick falling of wickets. IND 141/4 (28.2)
Hardik Pandya sets up perfectly for a good boundary on Shaheen Afridi's delivery. IND 127/4 (25)
Finally a partnership comes on the chart. A partnership of 50 runs off 52 balls between Ishan Kishan and Pandya is taking the team ahead on the scorecard. IND 117/4 (23)
Ishan Kishan is nearing his half-century as he takes the team ahead along with Hardik Pandya. Pakistani bowlers keep the pressure up for opponent team's batters. IND 112/4 (22)
Ishan Kishan hits two boundaries in spinner Shabad Khan's over. IND 83/4 (16)
Haris Rauf strikes once again. For his second wicket, he dismissed Shubman Gill. Hardik Pandya comes to the crease and gets a boundary due to misfield. India 71/4 (14.4)
Shadab Khan bowls a tight over by giving away just three runs. Gill and Kishan are trying to keep their ground and take the score ahead. IND 66/3 (14)
Ishan Kishan and Shubman Gill are eyeing for a good partnership to take India's total further ahead. Pakistan's bowling attack has so far been successful in creating the pressure on the other side.
Gill hits the first sixer of the inning. IND 58/3 (12)
Third time! Rain has again resulted in pausing the game. The pitch has been covered. IND 51/3 (11.2)
India lose its third wicket in the form of Shreyas Iyer. With this wicket, the top order seems to crumble half way through the match. IND 48/3 (10)
Shreyas Iyer takes the baton. Hits two boundaries in Haris Rauf's over. IND 42/2 (8)
Shortly after taking down Rohit Sharma, Shaheen Afridi sends Virat Kohli walk to pavilion. This is a major loss for the Indian side. IND 28/2 (6.3)
Virat Kohli has got to work. Pulls a nice boundary on the fifth delivery of the over. IND 26/1 (6)
Shaheen Afridi takes excellent advantage of the pitch after the rain and takes down Rohit Sharma on the last ball. Virat Kohli has come in to play next. IND 15/1 (5)
The rain has stopped, and the covers have come off, The players are on the field again. The next part is starting after almost 30 minues.
Rain has once again disrupted the game. So far, we are witnessing high-quality cricket from both the teams and for more excitement we will have to wait a bit more. India 15/0 (4.2)
Gill is off too a slow start and Naseem has bowled a fantastic third over. IND 15/0 (4)
Fantastic use of wrists by skipper Rohit Sharma and the ball goes for a boundary. But there's no stopping Shaheen too. A good quality game from both sides. IND 14/0 (3)
This is seamer Naseem Shah's first match against India. The bowler delivered a tight second over giving way just two runs. IND 9/0 (2)
Rohit Sharma sends the second delivery through the boundary after fielder misses his catch. India 6/0 (1)