Former Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi was thrilled with the end result of the India vs Pakistan match on Sunday.
On Sunday, India defeated Pakistan by 5 wickets in an exciting encounter on the Dubai Worldwide Cricket Stadium.
Hardik Pandya stands tall in India’s five-wicket win towards Pakistan
Whereas chasing 148, Hardik was unbeaten on 33 off 17 balls and cast a vital partnership with Ravindra Jadeja (35 off 29 balls), the duo added 52 runs for the fifth wicket, a large issue for the Rohit Sharma-led facet within the victory.
Jadeja was promoted up the order within the absence of Rishabh Pant. He and Pandya rigorously navigated the scoring charge after India had been reeling at 89/4 inside 15 overs. It was due to the tight bowling from Naseem Shah (2/27) and Mohammad Nawaz (3/33) that saved India at bay in a single stage.
Hardik Pandya made his presence felt in each innings: Shahid Afridi
Hardik smashed three boundaries off Harris Rauf within the penultimate over to get India nearer to the margin. With seven runs wanted within the final over, Nawaz castled Jadeja on the very first ball.
Nawaz bowled a dot ball to Hardik on the third supply to mount the strain, however the Indian all-rounder, nonchalantly, launched him for a six over long-on to grab the sport with two balls to spare.
“When 2 robust groups play an enormous match and take it all the way down to the final ball, then you already know the followers have received as properly as a result of that’s what we need to see, a battle that’s value watching. @hardikpandya7 made his presence felt in each innings. Good show of expertise by naseem and nawaz,” Afridi wrote on his official Twitter deal with.
Hardik additionally supported senior bowler Bhuvneshwar Kumar (4/26) throughout India’s bowling. Hardik used the bouncer exactly to get his wickets within the center order.
He completed 3/25 and dismissed Mohammad Rizwan, Iftikhar Ahmed and Khushdil Shah as Pakistan had been shot all the way down to 147 in 19.5 overs.
India will play their subsequent match of the Asia Cup 2022 on August 31 towards Hong Kong on the identical venue.
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