India vs Pakistan Score, Asia Cup 2018: After winning the toss, Pakistan skipper Sarfraz Ahmed decided to bat first in a high-profile game against India. While Pakistan has gone into the match with an unchanged playing XI India made two changes. Hardik Pandya and Bhuvneshwar Kumar are in the side in place of Shardul Thakur and Khaleel Ahmed. Both India nad Pakistan already reached the next round of the tournament but would like to register another win. While Shikhar Dhawan cashed in on the chance against a weaker opposition and Khaleel Ahmed made an impressive debut too, there were more concerns than positives for Rohit Sharma from the Hong Kong match.
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The lower-middle order failed to capitalise on the near-perfect start given by top four and India’s inability to score in the last 10 overs was once again exposed. Another area of concern for the side has been the failure to pick up wickets with the new ball but could be addressed with Jasprit Bumrah’s return to the side.
Here are the playing XIs for the match –
Pakistan: Fakhar Zaman, Imam-ul-Haq, Babar Azam, Shoaib Malik, Sarfraz Ahmed(w/c), Asif Ali, Shadab Khan, Faheem Ashraf, Mohammad Amir, Hasan Ali, Usman Khan
India: Rohit Sharma(c), Shikhar Dhawan, Ambati Rayudu, Dinesh Karthik, MS Dhoni(w), Hardik Pandya, Kedar Jadhav, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Yuzvendra Chahal
Dinesh Karthik hits boundary off the bowling of Fakhar Zaman. India move on to 153 runs. Now need 10 more runs to win., with 8 wickets in hand. While Karthik is at 26 runs, Rayudu is at 27 runs. Together the pair has put on 51 runs partnership.
India: 143/2. Need 20 more runs to win
Dinesh Karthik: 21 runs
Ambati Rayudu: 20 runs
Both Dinesh Karthik and Ambati Rayudu now on 18 runS each. India now need 25 runs to win against Pakistan, with 8 wickets in hand.
25 runs partnership so far between Ambati Rayudu and Dinesh Karthik. Ehile Ruayudu is batting at 13 runs, Dinesh Karthik is at 14 runs. India cruising towards victory with 33 more runs needed to win.
India: 119/2
Dinesh Karthik: 10 runs
Ambati Rayudu: 6 runs
India now need 45 runs to win. While the required run rate is 1.47, the current run rate is 6.1
Shikhar Dhawan out for 46 runs. Caught by Babar Azam off the bowling of Faheem Ashraf. India now 104/2 in 16.4 overs, Need 59 runs to win. Dinesh Karthik is the new batsman at the crease.
India: 98/1
Shikhar Dhawan: 41 runs
Ambati Rayudu: 2 runs
Rohit Sharma goes for 52 runs off the bowling of Shadab Khan. India now 87/1 after 13.1 overs. Ambati Rayudu has come out to bat. Dhawan is at 35 runs. India now need 72 runs to win with 9 wickets in hand.
Rohit Sharma slams half century to take India to 85/0 after 12.5 overs. Dhawan is batting at 31 runs. Men in Blue now need 77 runs to win against Pakistan.
Shikhar Dhawan hits boundary off the bowling of Faheem Ashraf. Moves on to 30 runs. Team India at 80/0. Now need 83 runs to win against arch-rivals Pakistan. Skipper Rohit Sharma batting at 47 runs.
India: 58 runs
Shikhar Dhawan: 18 runs
Rohit Sharma: 38 runs
50 runs come up for India. Openers Shikhar Dhawan and Rohit Sharma at the crease. While Sharma is batting at 38 runs, Dhawan is at 18 runs. india now need 106 runs to win this match.
Rohit Sharma hits a six off the bowling of Usman Khan. India now 4/0 in 7.4 overs. Now need 117 runs to win. Rohit is on 32 runs, while Dhawan is batting at 13 runs.
Skipper Rohit Sharma hits two boundaries off the bowling of the Bowling of Mohammed Aamir. Team India niw 27/0 after the end of 7 overs. Men in Blue now need 136 runs to win. the current run rate is 3.86, while required is 3.16.
Indian openers give a slow but steady start. Dhawan batt on 10 runs of 20 balls while Sharma is on 6 runs off balls. india now need 146 runs to win against arch-rivals.
After 4 overs Team India 15/0. Men in Blue now need 148 runs to win against Pakistan.
Shikhar Dhawan: 10 runs
Rohit Sharma: 5 runs
India: 7/0
Shikhar Dhawan: 2 runs
Rohit Sharma: 5 runs
Team India start their chase. Openers Shikhar Dhawan and Rohit Sharma at the crease. Pakistan have set the target of 163 runs for India to set in this Asia cup league match.
Indian all-rounder Hardik Pandya had to be stretchered off the field during the Asia Cup group league match against Pakistan after sustaining an injury. The incident took place 18th over of Pakistan innings he was bowling his fifth over. During his fifth delivery, Pandya after completing the follow through, felt his lower back and lay on the ground in pain.
Pakistan lost five wickets for 36 runs before Faheem Ashraf (21) and Mohammed Aamir (16) added crucial 37 runs for the eighth wicket to take the total past 150-runs. Asked to bat first , Pakistan were in trouble from the start as Bhuvneshwar landed twin blow removingImam ul Haq (2) and Fakhar Zaman (0) to reduce them to 2 for 3.
Indian batsmen will soon start chasing their target of 163 runs against Pakistan in this important Asia Cup match. For India Bhuvneswar Kumar and Kedar Jadhav took three wickets each while Jasprit Bumrah took two wickets. Kuldeep Yadav took 1 wicket. For Pakistan, while Babar Azam scored 47 runs, Shoaib Malik contributed for his team with 43 runs.
Pakistan lose their 9th wicket as Hasan Ali goes for 1 run. Pakistan 160/9 in 42.2 overs. The last batsman for Pakistan is Usman Khan. Mohammed Amir on the other hand is batting on 18 runs.
Bhumrah strikes as Pakistan lose 8th wicket. Faheem Ashraf goes for 21 runs. He is caught by Shikhar Dhawan off the bowling of Bhumrah. Pakistan tottering at 159/8 in 41.3 overs
Pakistan - 157/7
Mohammad Amir - 15 runs
Faheem Ashraf - 21 runs
Faheem Ashraf and Mohammad Amir are trying to put another strong partnership for Pakistan. Together they have put 35 runs till now for the eighth wicket. Mohammad Amir is batting on 15 runs while Faheem Ashraf is on 15 runs.
Pakistan have now reached 150 runs. They have also lost seven wickets till now. Score at the moment is 150/7 in 38/4 overs. MohaAmir and and Faheem Ashraf are at the crease at the moment.
Kedar Jadhav at the moment is the most successful bowler in this match with 3 wickets. Bhuvneswar Kumar took two wickets, while Kuldeep Yadav took 1. For Pakistan Babar Azam is the highest scored for his team till now with 47 runs. Shoaib Malik scored 43 runs.
Pakistan - 134/7
Mohammad Amir - 6 runs
Faheem Ashraf - 12 runs
Pakistan lose their 7th wicket as Shadam Khan goes for 8 runs. He is superbly stumped by MS Dhoni off the bowling of Kedar Jadhav. At the moment Pakistan is struggling at 121/7 after the end of 33 runs. Mohammad Amir is the new batsman.
India have the upper hand now in their match against Pakistan at the moment. Pakistan have lost six wickets till now for 119 runs. Two new batsmen Faheem Ashraf and Shadab Khan - 6 runs at the crease. It's been a long time since two sides are facing each other on a cricket field.
Pakistan - 117/6
Faheem Ashraf -3 runs
Shadab Khan - 6 runs
Kedar Jadhav strikes as Pakistan lose their sixth wicket. They are now 110/6 at the end of 29 runs. Team India has the upper hand now in the match against their arch-rivals. Shadab Khan and Faheem Ashraf are currently at the crease.
Big wicket for India as Shoaib Malik goes for 43 runs. He was run out by Ambati Rayudu. Pakistan now 100/5 in 27 overs. The new man in is Asif Ali. India is strong position in the match as of now.
100 runs come up for Pakistan at the cost of 4 wickets. Pakistan is currently at the backfoot against India in this important match against India.
Sarfraz goes for six runs. Caught by Manish Pandey off the bowling of Kedar Jadhav. Pakistan 96/4 in 24.5 overs. Shoaib Malik continues to be at crease for 40 runs.
Pakistan 83/2
Shoaib Malik - 35 runs
Sarfraz Ahmed - 3 runs
Kuldeep Yadav strikes as Babar Azam bowled for 47 runs. Pakistan now 85/3 in 21.2 overs. Skipper Sarfraz Ahmed comes to the crease for Pakistan.
Pakistan 83/2
Babar Azam - 46 runs
Shoaib Malik - 34 runs
Both batsmen put on 73 runs partnership till now in this high voltage match between India and Pakistan. Whiled Malik is at 32 runs, Babar is is at the crease on 41 runs.
Pakistan 73/2
Babar Azam - 40 runs
Shoaib Malik - 31 runs