Pakistan defeated India by five wickets in a thrilling Asia Cup Super-4 match. Mohammad Nawaz got man of the match for his blistering innings of 42 runs in just 20 balls. He also took three catches and got one wicket for just 25 runs in 4 overs.

In Pakistan’s Super 4 encounter against India, Mohammad Nawaz stunned India with the bat after helping in restricting opponents with the ball following a blistering start.

Mohammad Nawaz’s Exceptional Performance

Pakistan had a left-handed specialist in the middle order, but they promoted Nawaz after Fakhar got out. They may have felt the need for a low-cost hitter to keep the asking rate in check because it was so high. Nawaz has also had success with big shots; he did it in both the PSL and domestic cricket.

Pakistan defeated India by five wickets in a thrilling Asia Cup Super-4 match — Pakistan defeated India by five wickets

Nawaz might have been in good hitting form in the nets if he hadn’t come out and began batting average, removing Rizwan of some of the load. The next six overs scored were 9, 10, 10, 11,12, and 16.

Mohammad Nawaz played a blistering inning of 42 runs in just 20 balls. He also took three catches on the field. He bowled a beautiful spell and got one wicket for just 25 runs in 4 overs.

Toss

Early on Pakistan won the toss and decided to bowl first. Hasnain comes in for Dahani.

For India, Hardik comes back. Deepak Hooda and Ravi Bishnoi are also in. Karthik misses out, apart from Jadeja and Avesh.

Teams

Pakistan: Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Babar Azam (capt), Fakhar Zaman, Iftikhar Ahmed, Khushdil Shah, Shadab Khan, Asif Ali, Mohammad Nawaz, Haris Rauf, Mohammad Hasnain, Naseem Shah

India: Rohit Sharma (capt), KL Rahul, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant (wk), Deepak Hooda, Hardik Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Ravi Bishnoi, Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal

India Batting

India batted extremely aggressively in the first half of their innings, aware of the historical advantage for chasing teams in Dubai.

However, they kept losing wickets, forcing Virat Kohli, who made significant progress toward his best with a 44-ball 60, to play a little more cautiously in the second. Despite the strong start, Pakistan only gave up 88 runs in the final 10 overs.

Indian middle order failed in the match. Suryakumar Yadav 13 (10), Rishabh Pant 14 (12), and Hardik Pandya’s two-ball duck put India at least 20 runs short.

Pakistan Batting

Pakistan got a shaky start when Babar Azam 14 (10) was removed by Ravi Bishnoi in the fourth over. Fakhar Zaman also failed to make an impression as Yuzvendra Chahal dismissed him with a score of 15 (18).

After that, Rizwan and Mohammad Nawaz formed a key partnership and scored 73 runs together for the third wicket. Rizwan 71 (51) and Nawaz 42 (20) were both bowled quickly one after the other by Hardik Pandya and Bhuvneshwar Kumar, respectively.

Bhuvneshwar let the contest slip away from India as Pakistan needed 26 runs off the final two overs and he gave up 19 runs in the penultimate over.

The final over was also interesting as Arshdeep got the wicket of Asif Ali. Finally, Iftikhar played the winning shot and Pakistan won by 5 wickets with one ball to spare.

Also, read that Virat Kohli praised Pakistani skipper Babar Azam

Scorecard

India Innings

BATTING		R	B	4s	6s	SR
KL Rahul	c Mohammad Nawaz b Shadab Khan	28	20	1	2	140
Rohit Sharma (c)	c Khushdil Shah b Haris Rauf	28	16	3	2	175
Virat Kohli	run out (Asif Ali)	60	44	4	1	136.36
Suryakumar Yadav	c Asif Ali b Mohammad Nawaz	13	10	2	0	130
Rishabh Pant †	c Asif Ali b Shadab Khan	14	12	2	0	116.66
Hardik Pandya	c Mohammad Nawaz b Mohammad Hasnain	0	2	0	0	0
Deepak Hooda	c Mohammad Nawaz b Naseem Shah	16	14	2	0	114.28
Bhuvneshwar Kumar	not out	0	0	0	0	–
Ravi Bishnoi	not out	8	2	2	0	400

Extras	(b 4, w 10)	14
TOTAL	20 Overs (RR: 9.05)	181/7

Did not bat: Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal

Fall of wickets: 1-54 (Rohit Sharma, 5.1 Overs), 2-62 (KL Rahul, 6.1 Overs), 3-91 (Suryakumar Yadav, 9.4 Overs), 4-126 (Rishabh Pant, 13.5 Overs), 5-131 (Hardik Pandya, 14.4 Overs), 6-168 (Deepak Hooda, 18.4 Overs), 7-173 (Virat Kohli, 19.4 Overs)

Pakistan Bowling

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON
Naseem Shah	4	0	45	1	11.25
Mohammad Hasnain	4	0	38	1	9.5
Haris Rauf	4	0	38	1	9.5
Mohammad Nawaz	4	0	25	1	6.25
Shadab Khan	4	0	31	2	7.75

Pakistan Innings (Target: 182 runs from 20 overs)

BATTING		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Mohammad Rizwan †	c Yadav b Pandya	71	51	6	2	139.21
Babar Azam (c)	c Sharma b Ravi Bishnoi	14	10	2	0	140
Fakhar Zaman	c Kohli b Chahal	15	18	2	0	83.33
Mohammad Nawaz	c Hooda b Kumar	42	20	6	2	210
Khushdil Shah	not out	14	11	1	0	127.27
Asif Ali	lbw b Arshdeep Singh	16	8	2	1	200
Iftikhar Ahmed	not out	2	1	0	0	200

Extras	(lb 2, w 6)	8
TOTAL	19.5 Overs (RR: 9.17)	182/5

Did not bat: Shadab Khan, Haris Rauf, Mohammad Hasnain, Naseem Shah

Fall of wickets: 1-22 (Babar Azam, 3.4 Overs), 2-63 (Fakhar Zaman, 8.4 Overs), 3-136 (Mohammad Nawaz, 15.3 Overs), 4-147 (Mohammad Rizwan, 16.5 Overs), 5-180 (Asif Ali, 19.4 Overs)