Indians overcame a fiery and sharp blowing spell from Mohammad Amir to chase down a total of 84 which never looked easy at Sher-e-Bangla stadium, which had something for the fast bowlers to beat Pakistan by five wickets in Asia Cup match 3 on Saturday.
India on a green top decided to bowl first and things went according to Ms Dhoni’s Plan to reduce Pak experienced batting lineup to 45 for 6 under the first ten over’s, Pakistani wicket keeper batsmen Sarfraz Ahmed top scored for his team and made 25 runs in a low total of 83.
When Indian openers begin their chase, from ball one it looked that the chase will not be a walk in the park and Amir rattled Indians with early blows, but thanks to modern day great Virat Kohali, who scored 49 runs, which is surely one of his greatest innings with Yuvraj Singh helped India to chase down target with 27 balls to spare.
India skipper Ms Dhoni after the match said” We are a team that loves to play aggressive cricket. But this pushes us to respect the conditions, which will be good going into the World Twenty20“.
Pak Captain Shahid Afridi expressed his concern over his batsmen’s to read the wicket "We have played so much cricket. We should have read the pitch, we did not play according to the pitch," said Afridi.
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