1: India vs Pakistan: India beat arch-rivals Pakistan by 5 wickets in a thrilling encounter to open the Asia Cup with a win, the team chasing 148 runs to win with 2 balls to spare as India lost 5 wickets. At one time, the Pakistan team is giving an equal match. Skipper Babar Azam's few catches and Kohli's dropping of catches heavily burdened the Pakistani team. Know what mistakes Pakistan made against India?
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India defeated Pakistan by 5 wickets in their first match of Asia Cup. With this win, India has avenged the defeat in the T20 World Cup 2021. Batting first, the Pakistan team was all out for 147 runs. India won the match with two balls to spare thanks to Hardik Pandya's half-century partnership with Ravindra Jadeja. At one point, the Pakistan team was on the verge of victory, but the match slipped from their hands.
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Pakistan team is down to three batsmen in their top order. Apart from Babar Azam Muhammad Rizwan, quite a lot of Fakhr Zamans. Recently, it has been seen that when their three wickets fall early, the Pakistani team immediately gets on the backfoot. Left-handed batsman Fakhar Zaman had the onus to lead the team after Babar Azam, but Dinesh Karthik was caught behind the brilliant wicket of Avish Khan.
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Mohammad Rizwan is known for playing long innings in T20 cricket. Rizwan played a very slow innings . Due to this, there was pressure on the Pakistani batsmen standing at the other end. Mohammad Rizwan got out after scoring 43 runs in 42 balls. He delivered only five balls outside the boundary line. Apart from this, Iftikhar Ahmed, Khush Dil Shah and Asif Ali failed on occasion
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Virat Kohli dropping the catch also cost Pakistan heavily. Naseem Shah made a memorable debut for Pakistan. He bowled India's opening batsman KL Rahul on the very second ball to put India under pressure. Then on the fourth ball, Virat Kohli edged, but Fakhar Zaman dropped his catch at slip. After that, Virat Kohli played an innings of 35 runs
5:Pakistan bowlers gave India 14 runs easily. Indian bowlers gave only 5 extra runs. There, Pakistan bowlers bowled 9 wide balls. At one point, India needed to score 51 runs in the last 5 overs. Team India could easily be pressured at that time. But Shahnawaz Durham and Haris Roof bowled a wide ball. Both times India managed to get two runs with the wide. It fell heavily on Pakistan.
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