After Pakistan’s defeat against India, here’s another bad news forPakistan. Due to a significant drop in the run rate, Pakistan’s nationalteam could fall short of reaching the Asia Cup final. According to details,Pakistan faced its worst defeat at the hands of India in the Asia Cup Super4, chasing a target of 357 runs. Pakistan could only manage 128 runs. Toreach the tournament final now, Pakistan must defeat Sri Lanka.
In the match played in Colombo, Pakistan scored 128 runs for the loss of 8wickets while chasing a target of 357 runs.Due to injuries to Nasim Shahand Haris Rauf, Pakistan couldn’t perform well in batting. Fakhar Zamanremained the top scorer for Pakistan with 27 runs, and Kuldeep Yadav fromIndia took 5 wickets. So, Pakistan faced its biggest defeat in history atthe hands of India, losing by 228 runs. Earlier, India had set a target of357 runs for Pakistan.
The match between Pakistan and India in the Reserve Day was scheduled tostart at 4:10 PM local time. Virat Kohli and KL Rahul initially playedcautiously and then aggressively. KL Rahul completed his century on 100balls, while Virat Kohli scored his century on 84 balls. Pakistan’s bowlersstruggled to get KL Rahul and Virat Kohli out.
Consequently, India scored 356 runs for the loss of 2 wickets in thestipulated 50 overs. Pakistani fast bowler Haris Rauf did not play againstIndia in the Reserve Day because he had suffered a side strain. On theprevious day, the Indian team played 24.1 overs, and openers Rohit Sharmaand Shubman Gill were dismissed after scoring 56 and 58 runs respectively.Virat Kohli scored 8 runs, and KL Rahul scored 17 runs and remained at thecrease. Pakistan’s captain, Babar Azam, had decided to field first afterwinning the toss.
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Pakistan’s XI included Babar Azam, Fakhar Zaman, Imam-ul-Haq, Salman AliAgha, Mohammad Rizwan, Shadab Khan, Faheem Ashraf, Nasim Shah, Shaheen ShahAfridi, and Haris Rauf.
India’s XI comprised Rohit Sharma (captain), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli,Ishan Kishan, KL Rahul, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur,Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, and Mohammed Siraj.
