A great match is being played between India and Pakistan Today in the Asia Cup 2023 tournament. The beginning of this match may not have been good for India, but seeing the way the Indian team made a comeback in the middle overs, it has been decided that the future of Indian cricket is in safe hands.
Talking about this match, Shahid Afridi once again wreaked havoc with his dangerous bowling against the Indian team after winning the toss and took the wickets of Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli. Where Rohit Sharma was dismissed after scoring 11 runs, Virat Kohli also returned to the pavilion on the score of 7 runs. After the dismissal of these two veteran players, it was expected that the pair of Shubman Gill and Shreyas Iyer could handle the Indian team, but both these players could not show anything amazing and became the victim of Haris Rauf. Where Gill When he scored 10 runs, Iyer was out after scoring 14 runs.
After the dismissal of these players, the Indian team was completely in disarray. The Indian team had lost its four important wickets for 66 runs only. Meanwhile, it seemed that the Indian team might not even be able to cross the figure of 150 runs today. The reason for which is that Ishaan Kishan was considered very light before the match, while Hardik Pandya was also not seen in some color in the last series. Regarding which it seemed that the Indian team would get out early today, but the way Ishaan Kishan and Hardik Pandya completely overturned this thought and carried forward the innings, was highly commendable.
Ishan Kishan and Hardik Pandya remained focused on playing aggressively instead of playing under pressure even after 4 wickets fell for 66 runs. Roaring like a lion, where Ishaan Kishan hit a six in the beginning of the innings, Hardik Pandya also made it clear by hitting a four off the very first ball that the Pak team celebrating after 4 wickets will be crying in no time from now. Is. The way these two players shared the innings in the middle overs.
Due to him, Team India was able to cross the score of 200 runs in this match. Both the players made a great comeback for the Indian team in this match by making a partnership of 138 runs in difficult conditions. Of course, both the players may have missed out on scoring a century but both the players made an important contribution in giving a good target for Team India. Ishan Kishan was out on the ball of Haris Rauf after scoring 82 runs, while Shaheen Afridi dismissed Hardik Pandya on the score of 87 runs.
This innings of Hardik and Kishan also matters because when India was in a difficult situation, the Pakistani bowlers were seen to be very arrogant, but these two players broke the pride of the Pakistani players and created such a situation that the Pakistani players Due to panic, the ball also started leaving his hands. Not only this, after seeing the opening innings of India, Pakistan fans started feeling that by winning this match, Pakistan will occupy the top position in the points table, but India crossed the score of 260 on this difficult pitch for batting. It has been decided that victory in this match is not going to be easy for Pakistan. A score of 260 on this pitch is largely enough to register a win. Due to which India’s hopes of victory have also increased.
