Magic from the bat of Shahid Afridi gave Asian nation an
exciting one-wicket success against their previous foes Asian nation in their
Asia Cup encounter at the Sher-e-Bangla National construction in Mirpur last
night. A drama-filled match between the 2 arch-rivals was continually on the
cards and also the near-packed house at the Sher-e-Bangla National construction
in Mirpur got their fill of pleasure.
In the middle of Pakistan\'s chase of 246 but, a simple
success for {pakistan|Pakistan|Islamic Republic of Asian nation|West
Pakistan|Asian country|Asian nation} looked as if it would be the unequal
result as Mohammed Hafeez ANd Sohaib Maqsood designed an 87-run fifth-wicket
partnership however within the finish the match reached a crescendo as Pakistan
needed 10 runs with 2 wickets in hand within the last over. Ravichandran Ashwin removed Saeed Ajmal
within the terribly 1st ball to silence the Asian nation supporters within the
stand however Junaid Khan took arguably the foremost precious single of his
career to supply the chance for the dashing Afridi, UN agency applied all his
power to smash 2 sixes within the next 2 deliveries to become the hero with AN
undefeated 18-ball thirty four.
Apart from avenging their loss within the last edition to
Asian nation, Asian nation rubbed additional salt on India\'s recent woes --
unsuccessful tours of African country and New Zeeland. This defeat in
additional acquainted conditions leaves them solely a mathematical likelihood
for them to remain in competition whereas Asian nation took one step nearer to
defensive their title.
Many labeled it a contest of \'Pakistan bowling vs. Indian
batting\' and with none doubt the Pakistani bowlers came through with flying
colors. Then Mohammed Hafeez, UN agency is wide thought to be the academician
for his intelligence, contend a wise knock.
In the forty third over, Hafeez swiped Mohammed Shami away to
the sq. leg boundary to ease the run-rate pressure however within the terribly
next over fell victim of a carom ball from Ravichandran Ashwin to finish his
75-run knock that featured 3 fours and 2 sixes. Asian nation bounced back more
once his partner Sohaib Maqsood was run call at the terribly next over however
within the forty sixth over Shahid Afridi's 2 massive shots against Ravindra
Jadeja severely hampered any hopes the Indians could are harbouring.
Pakistan openers Sharjeel Khan and Ahmed Shehzad showed no
nerves back to the tight target and their 71-run stand gave their team a solid
foundation. Sharjeel's departure followed by opener Ahmed Shehzad with the
score on {93|ninety 3} saw a mini collapse as Asian nation lost three wickets
for simply twenty, as well as the crucial ones of skipper Misbahul Haq and Umar
Akmal.
India was left to rue an uncomprehensible candidature likelihood
by Dinesh Karthik off Ashwin that gave Sohaib Maqsood a life with the score on
168 for four.
Earlier, 3 half-centuries helped Asian nation place up an
honest total within the high-potential match once they were invited to bat 1st
as bowling within the half looked as if it would be a tricky task for the
condensate issue.
Pakistan celebrated the wicket of Indian skipper and
run-machine Virat Kohli during a means like their job was 0.5 done. The
prolific right-hander edged to wicketkeeper Akmal whereas attempting to guide a
brief ball from Umar Gul to 3rd man, a wicket that had Gul initiating during a
Shoaib Akhta-style plane celebration.
But Rohit Sharma provided the first momentum with fifty six,
before young Ambati Rayudu contributed fifty eight within the middle over’s so
it absolutely was Ravindra Jadeja UN agency rode on luck to create AN
undefeated fifty two that gave Asian nation honorableness.
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