PremiumInd vs Pak, Asia Cup 2023 Highlights: With the help Kuldeep Yadav's 5 wickets, India defeated Pakistan by 228 runs. The victory is dubbed as the biggest victory of India against their arch rivals Pakistan. Virat Kohli (122) and KL Rahul (111) helped Team India to put a big score of 356 on the scoreboard and Pakistan just collapsed chasing the high score.
Jasprit Bumrah, who is making a comeback after 10 months started with a bang as he dismissed Imam-ul-Haq (9) and keeping Pakistan batters under tight leash. Mohammed Siraj is also bowling well from other end. Pakistan skipper Babar Azam is on crease with Fakhar Zaman.
After some rain disruption, the players are back on the ground. Shardul Thakur provided India with another wicket as Mohammad Rizwan (2) walked back to pavilion. Earlier, Hardik Pandya provided India with biggest breakthrough as he dismissed Babar Azam (10).
After some rain disruption, the players are back on the ground. Shardul Thakur provided India with another wicket as Mohammad Rizwan (2) walked back to pavilion. Earlier, Hardik Pandya provided India with biggest breakthrough as he dismissed Babar Azam (10).
Virat Kohli and KL Rahul led India's innings to a massive score of 356 against Pakistan. After a good opening partnership, Virat Kohli (122) and KL Rahul (111) punished Pakistan bowlers to score the highest runs against Pakistan in ODI cricket.
The rains disrupted another India vs Pakistan thriller as India dominated the Pakistan pacers on Sunday. The match was interrupted when Pakistan bowlers were trying to make a comeback against mighty Indians. After several rounds of pitch inspection and efforts by the ground staff, rains returned and the match was called off for the day.
India have made two changes to their playing XI, injured Shreyas Iyer has been replaced by KL Rahul while Jasprit Bumrah takes his place back in the Indian side.
India will also be confident of their chances after inflicting a 10-wicket defeat upon Nepal in their last encounter. However, the Rohit Sharma-led side will try to approach the game a little differently from the last time, when India had trouble dealing with the Pakistani pacers and were struggling at 66 for the loss of four wickets at one stage before Ishan Kishan and Hardik stabilised the innings with a 100-run-plus partnership to take the team to a 250-run-plus target.
While it was earlier predicted that rain could play spoilsport in the latest encounter between India and Pakistan, the weather seems to have improved in Colombo now.
Key highlights of Ind vs Pak, Asia Cup 2023 so far:
1. Indian openers Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill started with a bang and gave a wonderful start to India. Shubman Gill kept up the pressure from one end, while Rohit Sharma treated cautiously.
2. Slowly, both players started opening their arms and punished every Pakistan bowler brutally. Shubman Gill and Rohit Sharma smashed their respective 50s and placed Team India in a great position.
3. The first breakthrough for Pakistan came as Shadab Khan dismissed Rohit Sharma (56). Soon, Shubman Gill (58) also walked back to pavilion as Shaheen Afridi dismissed him.
4. The rain disrupted the India vs Pakistan match and the pitch is covered. Even after several rounds of pitch inspections, the umpires were not satisfied with the playing conditions. The ground staff tried many things but eventually the rains returned and the match was called off. The game will begin from same point tomorrow where it left.
5. The game began after much delay on reserve day due to the rains and Virat Kohli, KL Rahul took some to set. But, soon KL Rahul started the onslaught against Pakistan bowlers and Indian scorecard started moving fast.
6. KL and Virat Kohli punished Pakistan bowlers left and right and both completed their respective half centuries. The players targeted Pakistan bowlers initially, but during the ending overs, even pacers were not spared.
7. KL Rahul (111) and Virat Kohli (122) soon completed their respective centuries and Kohli even reached 13,000 ODI runs. Virat Kohli ended the innings in style with a massive SIX and India scored highest runs against Pakistan in ODI format.
8. Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Siraj started the India's bowling attack well. Pakistan openers were very cautious and then Jasprit Bumrah dismissed Imam-ul-Haq (9).
9. Hardik Pandya provided India with biggest breakthrough as he dismissed Babar Azam (10). After some rain disruption, Shardul Thakur provided India with another wicket as Mohammad Rizwan (2) walked back to pavilion.
10. But then came Kuldeep Yadav who just crushed Pakistan batting single handedly. He clinched 5 wickets wonderful wickets and played a massive role in India's 228-run victory.
Ind vs Pak Live Updates: The live updates to this blog is over, stay tuned with Livemint for latest updates.
India
Rohit Sharma (c) 56 (49)
Shubman Gill 58 (52)
Virat Kohli 122 (94)
KL Rahul 111 (106)
Pakistan bowling
Shaheen Afridi 1/79 (10)
Naseem Shah 0/53 (9.2)
Faheem Ashraf 0/74 (10)
Haris Rauf 0/27 (5)
Shadab Khan 1/71 (10)
Iftikhar Ahmed 0/52 (5.4)
Pakistan
Fakhar Zaman 27 (50)
Imam-ul-Haq 9 (18)
Babar Azam 10 (24)
Mohammad Rizwan 2 (5)
Salman Ali Agha 23 (32)
Iftikhar Ahmed 23 (35)
Shadab Khan 6 (10)
Faheem Ashraf 4 (12)
Shaheen Afridi 7 (6)
India bowling
Jasprit Bumrah 1/18 (5)
Mohammed Siraj 0/23 (5)
Hardik Pandya 1/17 (5)
Shardul Thakur 1/16 (4)
Kuldeep Yadav 5/25 (5)
Ravindra Jadeja 0/26 (0)
Ind vs Pak Live Updates: Pakistan's innings was over in just 8 runs as Naseem Shah and Haris Rauf didn't come to bat due to injuries.
Ind vs Pak Live Updates: India has defeated the Pakistan team by 228 runs as Kuldeep Yadav took 5 wickets.
Ind vs Pak Live Updates: Shaheen Afridi shows some batting skills and hit a massive SIX against Kuldeep Yadav.
Ind vs Pak Live Updates: Shardul Thakur is introduced from the other end now, good decision from Rohit Sharma.
Ind vs Pak Live Updates: The hopes of all Pakistan fans are crashing down because of one man- Kuldeep Yadav has been absolutely phenomenal today.
Ind vs Pak Live Updates: Ravindra Jadeja is also keeping up the pressure from one end, while Kuldeep Yadav grabs wicket from the other.
Ind vs Pak Live Updates: Kuldeep Yadav is showing exceptional bowling as he dismissed Shadab Khan (6).
Ind vs Pak Live Updates: Kuldeep Yadav never fails to impress with his bowling and his style has made a mark today.
Ind vs Pak Live Updates: Pakistan has somehow crossed the 100 run mark and Indian bowlers have completely dominated the game for now.
Ind vs Pak Live Updates: Another magical delivery by Kuldeep Yadav and Salman Ali Agha is walking back to pavilion.
Ind vs Pak Live Updates: Indian spinners are keeping the bowling very tight even as Pak batters are attempting big shots.
Ind vs Pak Live Updates: For a while now, Pakistan batters are looking to accelerate the innings and are attempting big shots.
Pakistan
Salman Ali Agha 15 (23)
Iftikhar Ahmed 3 (6)
India bowling
Jasprit Bumrah 1/18 (5)
Mohammed Siraj 0/23 (5)
Hardik Pandya 1/17 (5)
Shardul Thakur 1/14 (3)
Kuldeep Yadav 1/4 (2)
Ravindra Jadeja 0/4 (1)
Ind vs Pak Live updates: Salman Ali Agha attempts to sweep Ravindra Jadeja's delivery, but ball hits his face instead. The doctors are attending him at the moment.
Ind vs Pak Live Updates: 20 overs are complete and now even if the rain washes out the match completely, the decision of the match will come from DLS.
Ind vs Pak Live Updates: Kuldeep Sharma delivers a beautiful delivery to dismiss Fakhar Zaman (27)
Ind vs Pak Live Updates: With one boundary per over, Pakistan batters are slowly increasing the run rate.
Ind vs Pak Live Updates: The spin is launched from one end, but Rohit Sharma has kept Hardik Pandya's pace from other end.
Ind vs Pak Live Updates: Kuldeep Yadav is leading India's spin attack and he is known to look for wicket from first ball.
Ind vs Pak Live Updates: Hardik Pandya is delivering very tight bowls and Pakistan batters have no option but to leave.
Ind vs Pak Live Updates: Pakistan batters are attempting some big shots now in an attempt to release pressure.
Ind vs Pak Live Updates: Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Siraj started the India's bowling attack well. Pakistan openers were very cautious and then Jasprit Bumrah dismissed Imam-ul-Haq (9).
Hardik Pandya provided India with biggest breakthrough as he dismissed Babar Azam (10). Shardul Thakur provided India with another wicket as Mohammad Rizwas (2)
Ind vs Pak Live Updates: Hardik Pandya continues to the attack from other end and very tight bowling by India.
Ind vs Pak Live Updates: Another blow for Pakistan, Shardul Thakur departs him from game at just 2 runs.
Ind vs Pak Live Updates: Shardul Thakur is continuing the attack the India and Fakhar Zaman is on crease with Mohammad Rizwan.
As of now no overs are lost and Pakistan will get full 50 overs to chase down the target of 357 runs
Match to resume at 21.20 IST, Umpires convey message to both teams
We have started to lose overs as we have lost more than 1 hour and 40 minutes since the start of play as groundsmen bring sheets to cover the field
Ind vs Pak Live Updates: Some bad news for cricket fans are covers are back on the ground following light rains.
Ind vs Pak Live Updates: Umpires and groundsmen are on ground and some intense discussions are on around the playing conditions.
Ind vs Pak Live Updates: As soon as Virat Kohli became the fastest man to score 13,000 runs, fans went gaga on the internet. Social media platforms flooded with wishes and messages for ‘King Kohli’.
Soon after completing the century, Virat Kohli's wife, Anushka Sharma posted his screenshot on his Instagram. Read Full Report
Ind vs Pak Live Updates: Umpires are around the boundary line and waiting for their chance to inspect the grounds.
Ind vs Pak Live Updates: Nothing much to update, groundsmen are working on the ground with covers.
Ind vs Pak Live Updates: Rains seem to have stopped as ground staff is removing covers from sides of the ground.
Ind vs Pak Live Updates: Possible DLS targets for Pakistan as per Hindustan Times
200 in 20 overs
216 in 22
230 in 24
244 in 26
Ind vs Pak Live Updates: 1. Indian openers Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill started with a bang and gave a wonderful start to India. Shubman Gill kept up the pressure from one end, while Rohit Sharma treated cautiously.
2. Slowly, both players started opening their arms and punished every Pakistan bowler brutally. Shubman Gill and Rohit Sharma smashed their respective 50s and placed Team India in a great position.
3. The first breakthrough for Pakistan came as Shadab Khan dismissed Rohit Sharma (56). Soon, Shubman Gill (58) also walked back to pavilion as Shaheen Afridi dismissed him.
4. The rain disrupted the India vs Pakistan match and the pitch is covered. Even after several rounds of pitch inspections, the umpires were not satisfied with the playing conditions. The ground staff tried many things but eventually the rains returned and the match was called off. The game will begin from same point tomorrow where it left.
5. The game began after much delay on reserve day due to the rains and Virat Kohli, KL Rahul took some to set. But, soon KL Rahul started the onslaught against Pakistan bowlers and Indian scorecard started moving fast.
6. KL and Virat Kohli punished Pakistan bowlers left and right and both completed their respective half centuries. The players targeted Pakistan bowlers initially, but during the ending overs, even pacers were not spared.
7. KL Rahul (111) and Virat Kohli (122) soon completed their respective centuries and Kohli even reached 13,000 ODI runs. Virat Kohli ended the innings in style with a massive SIX and India scored highest runs against Pakistan in ODI format.
8. Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Siraj started the India's bowling attack well. Pakistan openers were very cautious and then Jasprit Bumrah dismissed Imam-ul-Haq (9).
9. Hardik Pandya provided India with biggest breakthrough as he dismissed Babar Azam (10)
Ind vs Pak Live Updates: For the struggling Pakistan, rains are good news as they played 11 overs, not 20 overs which is the minimum limit for the DLS to come in place.
Ind vs Pak Live Updates: Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Siraj started the India's bowling attack well. Pakistan openers were very cautious and then Jasprit Bumrah dismissed Imam-ul-Haq (9). Hardik Pandya came to deliver the 11th over and departs Babar Azam on the second ball. India was over the moon as Babar is very dangerous batter.
Ind vs Pak Live Updates: The cutoff time for over reduction is 90 minutes and let's hope the rain goes back before that time.
Ind vs Pak Live Updates: India had tight control over the match when rain gods decided to interrupt again. Covers are back on the ground.
Ind vs Pak Live Updates: Beautiful delivery by Hardik Pandya and he dismissed the strongest batter of Pakistan Babar Azam (10).
Ind vs Pak Live Updates:
Pakistan
Fakhar Zaman 14 (22)
Babar Azam 10 (20)
India bowling
Jasprit Bumrah 1/18 (5)
Mohammed Siraj 0/23 (5)
Ind vs Pak Live Updates: Jasprit Bumrah is bowling really well against Pakistan skipper Babar Azam.
Ind vs Pak Live Updates: India looses one DRS review as Mohammed Siraj misses Fakhar Zaman by just inches.
Ind vs Pak Live Updates: Once again, Virat Kohli, proved his mettle in the cricket world by becoming the fastest cricketer to score 13,000 runs in ODIs. He achievved his 47th century in One-Day Internationals and reached his ton in 84 balls against Pakistan in the Super 4 stage of the Asia Cup on Monday.
As soon as Virat Kohli became the fastest man to score 13,000 runs, fans went gaga on the internet. Social media platforms flooded with wishes and messages for ‘King Kohli’. Read Full Report
Ind vs Pak Live Updates: With wonderful bowling, India is showcasing exceptional fielding skills, not giving much space to Pakistan batters.
Ind vs Pak Live Updates: Wicket-maiden over from Jasprit Bumrah, India is witnessing another great comeback after KL Rahul.
Ind vs Pak Live Updates: Jasprit Bumrah started with bang as he dismissed Imam-ul-Haq (9). Pakistan skipper Babar Azam on crease.
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