IND vs PAK, Asia Cup 2022: Hardik Pandya and Jadeja Stars as Team India defeated Pakistan in thriller

India’s Most Valuable Player Hardik Pandya and Ravindra Jadeja Stars as India defeated arch rivals Pakistan by 5 Wickets in close encounter at Dubai International Stadium on Sunday.

Hardik Pandya scored 33 runs from 17 balls, Jadeja scored 35 and Kohli score 35 on his 100th T20I game.

Pakistan Spinner Mohammad Nawaz takes 3 wickets. Pacer Naseem Shah took 2 wickets.

By Winning the Toss India decided to Bat First and off to a very good start. Bhuvneshwar Kumar dismissed Babar Azam for 11 in third over soon after Avesh Khan gets Fakhar Zaman. Pakistan are 68 for 2 in 10 overs. Mohammad Rizwan was the top scorer of the Pakistan Innings. Other Batters didn’t get enough time to settle as Hardik Pandya and Bhuvneshwar Kumar gets breakthrough after regular intervals.

Hardik Pandya took 3 for 25 in his 4 overs and Bhuvneshwar Kumar gets 4 for 26 in 4 overs spell. Arshdeep Singh also gets 2 Wickets.

Rizwan scored 43 runs and Late hitting from Dhani takes Pakistan to 147 but they didn’t managed to bat full overs. Pakistan bundled out on just 147 in 19.5 overs.

By Chasing 148, India off to a horrible start, KL Rahul who playing First T20I game in 2022 dismissed for a Golden duck as Debutant Naseem Shah bowled him. Virat Kohli walks off who is playing his 100th T20I game.

He gets a life on 2nd Ball as ball takes an edge and gone to wide of second slip but fielder didn’t manage to take it. Virat Kohli scored 35 Runs and Rohit Sharma only score 12 from 18 balls as Mohammad Nawaz gets both.

Surya Kumar Yadav and Jadeja try to build partnership but Surya falls for 18 as Naseem Shah gets his second. Hardik Pandya joined Jadeja in the middle and he made his intentions clear.

He started playing aggressively but along the ground. Pandya and Jadeja kept their Neves calm and take the game to last over where India required 7 from 6 balls. Spinner is bowling the last and Nawaz bowled Jadeja on first ball of the over. Karthik takes single on the second balls. Hardik Pandya tried to hit the ball into the gap but didn’t find it and when equation is 6 from 3 Hardik Pandya hits six over long on and finishes the game in the Style.

He Scored 33 Runs from just 17 balls and also picked 3 fer. He wins player of the Match award.

Brief score: Pakistan 147 (Mohammad Rizwan 43, Iftikhar Ahmed 28; Bhuvneshwar Kumar 4-26) vs India 148/5 (Ravindra Jadeja 35, Hardik Pandya 33*; Mohammad Nawaz 3-33).