Asia Cup 2022: India Edge Out Pakistan In Thriller.

In a breathtaking clash, India on Sunday edged out Pakistan by five wickets, during the second match of the Asia Cup 2022 at the Dubai Cricket Stadium in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

Coming to bowl in his second spell, Nasim Shah dismissed Surayakumar Yadav (18 off 18), picking up his second wicket

After a shaky start, Virat Kohli began to play some delightful shorts but was removed by Nawaz on 35 (35 off 34), playing cautiously. While skipper Rohit Sharma was dismissed on 12 (12 off 18 balls) by Nawaz, after he conceded six from Sharma.

Before this, Nasim Shah started the proceedings with the beauty to send KL Rahul (0 off 1) back to the pavilion without troubling the scorecard.

Virat Kohli (who is under pressure) joined captain Rohit Sharma and was dropped on 0 by Fakhar Zaman in the opening over of Shah. Earlier, Pakistan batters have struggled to smoke runs as the Indian bowlers while testing the patience of the Green Shirts crumbled Pakistan to 147 all out.

Pakistan have lost Babar (10 off 9), Fakhar (10 off 6), while Iftikhar (28 off 22) was departed on a bouncer delivered by Hardik Pandya. For India, Bhuvneshwar bagged four, Pandya got three, Arshdeep obtained two, while Avesh took one wicket.

Mohammad Rizwan made his way back to the pavilion after scoring steady (43 off 42) as Pandya removed the 30-year-old batter. Pandya continued to surprise the batting line of Pakistan as he also managed to get rid of Khushdil Shah (2 off 7) with short ball.

The under pressure Pakistan was looking for the 'fireworks' from Asif Ali's bat he could only managed to score (9 off 7) as Bhuvnewshwar bowled...

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