India's Hardik Pandya, second left, hugs Pakistan's Shadab Khan after India won the T20 cricket match of Asia Cup against Pakistan, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Sunday, Aug. 28, 2022. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)India vs Pakistan, Highlights: Hardik Pandya’s all-round brilliance powered India to a thrilling five-wicket win over arch-rivals Pakistan in an Asia Cup game on Sunday. Pandya ended with figures of 3/25 in 4 overs while restricting Pakistan to 147 in 19.5 overs and then smashed 33 off 17 balls with the winning six in the last over bowled by left-arm spinner Mohammed Nawaz.
Ravindra Jadeja contributed with 35 off 29 balls. When India bowled, senior seamer Bhuvneshwar Kumar had the best figures of 4 for 26. When India chased, former skipper Virat Kohli scored 35 off 34 balls. Naseem Shah was Pakistan’s best bowler with figures of 2/27.
Brief Scores:
Pakistan: 147 all out in 19.5 overs (Mohammed Rizwan 43, Hardik Pandya 3/25, Bhuvneshwar Kumar 4/26).
India 148 in 19.4 overs (Hardik Pandya 33 no off 17 balls, Ravindra Jadeja 35 off 29 balls).
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“In bowling my plans are simple. It’s important to assess conditions, situations and use the weapons - hard lengths are my strength. I use it wisely, put doubt in the batsmen, ask them to play wrong shots./
In batting over the years I have understood that if I stay calmer, I can execute my plans. Those 50-50 chances I take, if I stay calm, I can do it my way.
I always knew that there was one guy who was making his debut and there was one left-arm spinner. I fancied my chances. Even if there was 15 needed in last over, I would have fancied my chances.
I try to keep my mind clear. I know that bowler is under more pressure bowling the 20th over to me. It’s not ego thing. Just that spinner and all.
We knew that belief was always there in our group. No matter what the situation is we can pull it off. These things can happen often in the game. We can pull off games like that. We believe in quality of players. We want to give enough clarity to what they can do in middle.
It was challenging but I would take wins like this rather than one-sided wins. The bowlers are getting better over last few months. It’s about giving them confidence to deliver what they are expected to do. Yes they were challenged a bit but overcoming them will give confidence.
Hardik Pandya since he has made his comeback, he has been brilliant. He had a great IPL. When he was out of team, he got into fitness regimen, figured what he had to do with his body, hits 140 kmph now and has been brilliant for us.
He has been a lot calmer, quite confident youngster, knows what he want to do. He knows what sort of fields he wants. Very confident. Can bowl quick - the bouncers he bowled today.
It’s about understanding the game -and he does that now. He was calm in taking the team through. High-pressure game, 10 runs per over, and there are times when one could panic but he didn’t.
“We were a few runs short but made a comeback in our bowling. Our fast bowlers were good. Dhani stepped up (with batting) and he also bowled well. Unfortunately we couldn’t finish off.
On the last over bowled by the left-arm spinner: We were trying to take it deep. He bowled well and Hardik finished it well. Naseem was very good, the way he bowled and showed his aggression.
Thank you very much. We wanted to play till the end, they have a very good bowling attack, their fast bowlers don’t give anything away. I could have finished the game - left-arm spinner against left-hander, but Hardik played superbly. He (Pandya) came out and said he was going to play his shots, and happy that he stayed till the end.
Hardik Pandya knows he is a cool cat. At times, he lets people know it too. He hit the match-winning six, accepted a bow from Dinesh Karthik, looked up at the dressing room and signalled a ‘telephone ring’ kind of wiggle. The same wiggle that Shahnawaz Dahani does after taking wickets though perhaps there was no connection between the two here. As it would happen, Dhani was one of the first player he would bump into after that celebration, and there ensued a sweet moment between the two. Smiles and animated happy faces.
But the coolest moment happenned after the third ball of the final over. He had just moved outside leg stump and tried to smash it through the off side but couldn’t beat the infield. He then looked across at Karthik, shut his eyes and nodded his head - the Indian way to say ‘ all is well, hum hain na, it’s all cool, nothing to fret’. And next ball he smashed the orb over the wide long-on boundary. Ravindra Jadeja, who played a screamer of a knock, also raved about Pandya. “He was very clear when he came to bat. He said, I will play my shots no matter what.” (By Sriram Veera)
Mohammad Nawaz takes the wicket of Jadeja. He departs after a fruitful knock for his team. Dinesh Karthik comes in the middle. India are one hit away from victory. Hardik Pandya does it in style. IND 148/5 after 19.4 overs.
After an eventful 18th over which saw Pakistan penalized for slow over-rate, with an extra fielder inside the circle for the rest of the match, Hardik comes out all guns blazing in the 19th taking 14 runs from this one. What a thumping innings he has played. IND 141/4 after 19 overs.
Captains dread over-optimistic wicket-keepers. And Babar Azman has one in the form of Mohammad Rizwan. In Rizwan's utopian world, anything that passes the batter is caught behind and a pad thud is equal to lbw. Plus he also has the acting skills that could get him a role in serious cinema. At least once an over he would break into a victory dance, it is such a convincing act with potential to con the most seasoned of umpires. So when Ravindra Jadeja missed a pull shot and the ball reached Rizwan's hands, as expected the celebrations started behind the stumps. Babar looked confused. Having played with Rizwan for a long time, he knew he needed to be careful. There seemed a seed of doubt in the Pakistan captain's mind but the prospect of getting the wicket of Jadeja was tempting. DRS showed Jadeja hadn't edged. Rizwan was sheepish but he seemed to be indicating the din in the stadium. You can never win with Rizwan. (By Sandeep Dwivedi)
Naseem Shah picks the wicket of Suryakumar Yadav. Great bowling by the youngster!! India are four down now. Hardik Pandya comes to bat. Pandya gets it right on the bat and hits it towards the boundary line. IND: 97/4 after 15 overs
Thus far, this partnership has been smart enough and even though the asking rate has touched 9, it isn’t a cause for much worry if these two can maintain their partnership. What is needed by Pakistan at this moment is a wicket and on cue, Babar brings back pace.
Amid the hullabaloo over Virat Kohli's elongated lean patch, Rohit Sharma's poor form has slipped under the radar a bit. The India captain had a laboured stay in the middle today. Rohit got stuck, had a few close shaves against Naseem Shah and Haris Rauf, attempted an ungainly heave against Shahnawaz Dahani and mistimed a whack off Mohammad Nawaz on the leg-side that landed between two fielders in the deep. He was on six off 15 balls, when the release shot came - a six over long-on against Nawaz. It proved to be a false dawn, as Rohit departed a couple of balls later, falling prey to a miscued lofted drive against the left-arm spinner. The opener made 12 off 18 balls. He has now scored just two half-centuries in his last 11 international innings. (By Shamik Chakrabarty)
In 2017, Pakistan’s left-arm spinner Mohammad Nawaz was suspended for two months after admitting to the charge of failing to report a suspect approach by a bookmaker in Pakistan Super League. "Nawaz was charged with a single violation, on one occasion, which he failed to disclose to the PCB vigilance and security department, full details of the approaches and invitations received by him to engage in corrupt conduct," the PCB had said then.
He married next year to a Diagonistc Radiographer Izdihaar who lives in South Africa. Slowly, his cricketing life to returned to tracks as he made his way to Pakistan team in 2019. Perhaps, his biggest day in international cricket came today, in two balls to be precise, taking out Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli.
He was just hit for a six over cow corner by Rohit but persisted in his teasing trajectory. First Rohit holed out to long-on and off the first ball of his next over, he had Virat Kohli, perhaps trying to go inside-out with spin to a ball from middle and leg, but instead holing out at long-off. (By Sriram Veera)
Jadeja walks down the pitch and hits it hard against Mohammad Nawaz as the ball goes towards the rope. The left-hander is playing well against the spinners. IND: 77/3 after 12 overs
Suryakumar Yadav sweeps it against Shadab Khan and gets a boundary. SKY times it well this time against the wrist spinner and gets the result. IND: 69/3 after 11 overs
Mohammad Nawaz takes the big fish now. Kohli looks to chip the ball over the covers but miscues it. Agony for the Indian team. Pakistan are back in the game now. Jadeja gets a six here. IND: 62/3 after 10 overs
Mohammad Nawaz comes to bowl now. Rohit Sharma slogs it this time and gets a six. Incredible batting by Rohit Sharma. 50 up for India. OMG!! Skipper Rohit Sharma departs. Huge blow!! IND: 50/2 after 8 overs
That's a great shot by Virat Kohli against Haris Rauf. He jabs it well this time and gets the result. Another boundary (leg byes) for India towards the fine leg. IND: 38/1 after 6 overs
Kohli times it well this time against Dahani and gets a boundary. He executes it well towards the cover point and gets the result. IND: 29/1 after 5 overs
Virat Kohli pulls it this time and gets a six against Haris Rauf. He is looking in great touch now. Both the batters are batting well now. IND: 23/1 after 4 overs
Edged a wide one, dropped. Flirted with a well-outside off ball, missed. Inside-edge, missed the stumps. Mistimes a drive, falls just clear of mid-off. That was Virat Kohli’s initial few moments at Asia cup.
After a few months where he was left ruing his luck - once he even threw his head to the skies and cried out, “What else do you want me to do?”, is luck turning his way?
There was one stunning shot in all this iffy play and miss. The first bouncer from a Pakistani bowler, after India had picked so many with them, was eagerly awaited and when Shanawaz Dahani, called “trump card for Pakistan” by Waqar Younis, bounced one short, it didn’t quite rise as much as he perhaps envisaged.
Kohli swivelled into a fiery pull, way in front of the square, and with lot of time on his hands. Would Dahani bounce again at him, and this time a tad quicker and higher, at his head? (By Sriram Veera)
Virat Kohli is in command! Stands tall to the shortish delivery from Dahani and pulls it with confidence. The key here was how Kohli picked the length ever so quickly. Much needed runs for India. IND: 10/1 after 2 overs
Naseem Shah nearly removes Kohli. Sharp chance at second slip but it's dropped. How costly will it be? This is truly a dramatic start.
Rohit and Rahul are at the crease. Rohit is on strike. Naseem Shah will open the attack. And Naseem Shah strikes with his second ball in T20Is... KL Rahul is bowled for a first-ball duck. WOW! What a start!
In an India-Pakistan encounter, if a pace bowler makes an impact, conventional wisdom would suggest it would be through toe-crushing yorkers or lateral movement testing both edges of the bat.
Short-pitched stuff isn’t the vocabulary often used in these contests, especially in matches played in Asia. But even an Indian bowling line-up missing Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Shami was too hot to handle for the Pakistan batsmen. Avesh Khan is known to be nippy, but Bhuvneshwar Kumar and rookie Arshdeep Singh are not considered the quickest. However, all of them found considerable success by digging the ball into a surprisingly-responsive Dubai pitch.
One wonders whether it exposed a technical deficiency in the Pakistan batsmen, known more for their cavalier approach in the format, or they simply didn’t expect such a mode of attack. Their horizontal-bat shots betrayed a sense of desperation as if balls zoning in on the helmet or the ribs are not supposed to be part of the T20 syllabus. The hooks, pulls and cuts attempted rarely came off and they seemed confused when the ball was aimed at their bodies.
There were acclaimed tweakers in Ravindra Jadeja and Yuzvendra Chahal in the side, but it were the pacers that did all the damage. The left-arm spinner got one to grip the surface, turn and bounce alarmingly, but the leggie was the one Pakistan tried to target when he gave the ball some air. (By Tushar Bhaduri)
Arshdeep Singh comes into bowl the last over for India. Dahani again smashes a six, that's a great shot. But Arshdeep has the last laugh as he gets Dahani out on the very next delivery. Pakistan put up a fighting total after late blitz. Time for the innings break! PAK: 147/10 after 19.5 overs
Dahani with a 91m six! Clears his front leg and bludgeons it over the cow corner for a huge hit. WOW
Shadab Khan begins the over with a four-off Bhuvneshwar Kumar but then he cleans him up on the next delivery. Shadab Khan walks back to the pavilion. He takes another one as Naseem Shah is seen out of the field. Dahani gets a six here. India have been penalised for their slow over-rate with one fewer fielder outside the 30-yard circle. PAK: 136/9 after 19 overs
Arshdeep Singh scalps the wicket of Mohammad Nawaz and Karthik makes it look easy behind the stumps and takes a catch. Haris Rauf ends the over with a boundary. PAK: 124/7 after 18 overs
Bhuvneshwar outplays Asif Ali and Suryakumar Yadav takes an easy catch. This is crazy!! Indian bowlers are dominating now. This is insane bowling by Bhuvneshwar. PAK: 114/6 after 17 overs
What a difference a fit Hardik Pandya makes! Ten months ago, the all-rounder was ambling along, not fit enough to bowl and even if he was bowling, Pandya wasn't bending his back. He was picked in India's T20 World Cup squad last year basically as a batsman and mostly on his reputation as a finisher. With Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan making light work of India's frontline bowlers in their World Cup group opener, the team didn't have a sixth bowler to turn to. On Sunday, at the same venue and against the same opponents, a sprightly Pandya, free from his injury woes, bent his back and broke the backbone of Pakistan's batting. An effort ball, a bouncer, accounted for Iftikhar Ahmed. Another short ball in his next over sent Rizwan packing before Khushdil Shah was snapped up a couple of deliveries later. 3/25 off four overs; Pandya's figures read. Pakistan weren't ready for the short-ball burst; the all-rounder going full tilt and at times clocking 140kph. (By Shamik Chakrabarty)
The other day at the training session, Avesh Khan was incensed as he was made to put through an extended spell of catching practice under the searing Dubai sun. After a while, he threw the ball in anger and implored the support staff to give him a break. At one instance, he refused to run for a coach, angering the fielding coach, who put him through further drills. But the effort Avesh put in, though reluctantly, paid off. Not one of the safest catchers in the team, he perfectly judged Mohammed Rizwan’s ramp, kneeling down in sync with the dipping ball and getting his palms and eyes right under the ball. After the catch, he flashed a sheepish grin and gestured towards the Indian dressing room. (By Sandip G)
At the Dubai International Stadium on Sunday was Vijay Deverakonda - the Telugu actor who has taken Bollywood by storm. India-Pakistan games, Gulf venue and film star - its a combination that has a history. Kapoors, Sanjay Dutta, Anju Mahendru, Feroz Khan and others stars would regularly light up the Sharjah sky. And in case you don't agree, check with Dhruv Rathi, the fact checker was also there for the big game. (By Sandeep Dwivedi)
We have seen it in the IPL more often than in other games, the ball outside off stump with a bit of flight tempting the batsman. Yuzvendra Chahal shows his hand when he bowls this one as there is no sorcery to it except his excellent control of the degree of spin. He wants the batsman to see it early and line up for the big shot. But at the last moment the ball turns more than expected and the batsman mistimes his shot. Pakistan's Iftikhar Ahmed is a capable finisher and has enough power in his strokes to clear the boundary on most grounds. Ahmed's eye must have lit up when he saw Chahal's line but he didn't let the hands take over immediately. He waited for a fraction of a second to line up the ball and powered a six. Hardik Pandya, who was manning the boundary, for a moment thought he had a chance but the ball sailed over. The next ball Chahal missed a caught and bowled chance. (By Nihal Koshie)
Pandya continues his short ball streak as he gets another wicket. Rizwan departs and Avesh Khan takes a good catch at the boundary. Huge blow for Pakistan!! Hardik Pandya is on fire as he picks up the wicket of Khushdil also. PAK: 103/5 after 15 overs
Rizwan slams Avesh Khan for a boundary. It's a full toss delivery and Rizwan capitalizes well. The right-hander is playing a good knock for his side. PAK: 96/3 after 14 overs
Hardik Pandya cleans up Iftikhar Ahmed and an easy catch by Karthik does the rest. Pandya astonishes Iftikhar with a bouncer and he miscues it completely. PAK: 90/3 after 13 overs
How quick is Ravindra Jadeja, the fielder. The man with the fastest throw, the man with one of the more accurate throws in the world, the man who hustles between wickets, was up and running like Sonic Boom (what you haven’t seen that kid’s show yet?!). Rizwan had tapped the ball toward silly cover region, and was off. But so was Jadeja, the bowler. He rushed across, swooped on the ball, turned around even as he was doing it, and Rizwan, extremely quick and who loves to punt on these kind of risky runs, was there in front of the stumps at the non-striker’s end and Jadeja had to fire it a touch away. And replay showed that the ball had whizzed past the stumps with Rizwan still short. Of course, had the throw been at the stumps, it would have hit Rizwan anyways. (By Sriram Veera)
Rizwan starts the over with a boundary against Jadeja. That's poor fielding from Avesh Khan at the boundary line. Rizwan seems to be in great touch. PAK: 76/2 after 11 overs
The Spirit of Cricket award was sealed with dignity. It's not yet known how social media tribalism would react to Fakhar Zaman walking off to the dug-out in a clash between the arch-rivals, but the Pakistan batsman stayed true to the gentleman's game and offered rarity. In the 2003 World Cup semifinal against Sri Lanka, Adam Gilchrist walked off to the pavilion despite being given not out by umpire Rudi Koertzen. Given the nature of the India-Pakistan contests, Zaman probably deserves bigger accolades. Only he knew he had faint-nicked an Avesh Khan delivery to Dinesh Karthik behind the stumps. The sound of the tickle got evaporated in a very noisy Dubai International Stadium. The bowler didn't hear a thing and the 'keeper was iffy. For Zaman, it took a lot of courage to do what he did in an India-Pakistan game. (By Shamik Chakrabarty)
Chahal comes in to bowl the 10th over. He keeps on varying his lengths. Clever bowling!! Just 5 runs from the over. PAK: 68/2 after 10 overs
At Dubai International Stadium on Sunday, you can't hear yourself think. At the toss, the captains couldn't hear what Sanjay Manjrekar was asking them. But then Rohit Sharma and Babar Azam have tossed enough coins in international games to know what commentators mostly ask on such occasions. Things didn't improve during the game as the decibel level never came down. The Indians fans brought the roof down when Avesh Khan had Fakhar Zaman nicking behind the stumps. None of the Indians heard it. Thankfully for Indians, two sets of ears heard it. DK who appealed and the umpire raised his finger. (By Sandeep Dwivedi)
Iftikhar Ahmed with a cut shot which was well-timed and that was not good fielding by the Indian team. Chahal is equally disappointed. PAK: 59/2 after 8 overs
No one appealed, except the wicketkeeper Dinesh Karthik little late after the event, feebly putting up his gloved hand. The batsman Fakhar Zaman had begun to walk right away. Avesh Khan was surprised, even touching his ear that he didn’t hear anything. Rohit Sharma too was chuckling away, and enquiring with his fielders. “Did the umpire give it out?” Waqar Younis would wonder on air. Gambhir would focus on the bowler Avesh Khan, who was hit for a six and a four before that wicket from a short ball angling across the batsman. The replays showed that Fakhar had begun to walk as soon as he nicked and the umpire nodded his head and put his finger up. “He can bowl real fast, around 145 kmph. I hope the captain and the management back him to bowl to fast. That’s his strength. I know it’s T20 cricket but he has to back his strength.” (By Sriram Veera)
Fakhar Zaman walks! Yes! Bet you he did! That was a short one from Avesh and the faintest of edge which leads the batter back to the pavillion. A nice gesture of sportsmanship in the biggest rivalry. After conceding 12 runs in the first five balls, Avesh Khan has managed to bounce back. PAK: 44/2 after 6 overs
Avesh Khan joins the attack in the final over of the powerplay. Mohammad Rizwan slams the first maximum of the match. What a shot! Pakistan fans are celebrating across the ground. Will they target the inexperience Avesh ?
That was a loose one by Hardik Pandya, right at the start of his spell. Fakhar Zaman doesn't miss out on that one and spanks it through the extra cover. PAK: 30/1 after 5 overs
High pressure India-Pakistan games can make one a nervous wreck. That assumption isn't true for Bhuvneshwar Kumar. He has been there, he has seen it all. A decade back he made his debut against Pakistan in ODIs. It was a series where he made a habit of taking early wickets. Bhuvi was so good with the new ball that Dhoni, at times, would give him 8 to 9 overs at a stretch. In T20I debut too had the same opponent - Pakistan. Now, 32 he is the Special One, make it Coolest One. Known for his swing, he changed plans today. He got Babar with the one that climbed on him and he mishit a pull. (By Sandeep Dwivedi)
Was there a pre-game plan to bounce Babar Azam? First, Arshdeep Singh went for it in his first over though he got it too high. Next over, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, who loves his bouncers, went for one. This was right on target, at the head of Babar who was late on the attempted pull, and could only top-edge it to short fine-leg. For years now, Bhuvneshwar has been using his bouncers to great effect. He looks like the English seamers from country circuit, linking the ball this way and that. But he possesses one the best bouncers in the circuit. And seems to have a great knack on how and when to use it.
In the past, he has peppered David Warner too with his bouncer-attack, which also led to one of his more famous sledges. He was seen chirping away at Warner and would talk about it later. "When I walked out to bat, Pat Cummins bowled a bouncer and Warner asked me if that was quick. Then I bowled a bouncer to Warner and asked him how quick he thought that was!”
Babar would now know how quick he is, and it would be interesting to see how the two go against each other in the next game at Asia Cup. (By Sriram Veera)
Babar Azam hits one high and is taken by Arshdeep Singh. Bhuvneshwar Kumar with the massive wicket!!!! Went short & Babar's pull shot doesn't come off, he's caught at short fine leg. PAK: 15/1 after 2.4 overs
The high-octane cricket battle started with a mini selection controversy, with Dinesh Karthik edging Rishabh Pant in the Indian playing eleven. Picking 37-year-old Karthik ahead of Pant, 13 years his junior and Indian cricket's poster boy, ostensibly came from a thought process that the veteran 'keeper-batsman has been the team management's preferred choice as a finisher. Also, going ahead, this could be the team combination with an eye to the T20 World Cup, a couple of months down the line. Pant is not a finisher in white-ball cricket, he is a middle-order enforcer, a role that has been bestowed upon Suryakumar Yadav in this Asia Cup fixture. Leaving out Pant surely wasn't an easy choice, and it didn't go down well with Gautam Gambhir. "Now is the time when experiments stop and a settled combination should emerge, as India don't have many more games to play before the World Cup. I think, the Rishabh Pant bit, they got it wrong and he should have played. Also, his inclusion would have meant a left-hander in the middle-order amid a host of right-handers," the former India opener told the host broadcaster. His erstwhile Kolkata Knight Riders colleague and Pakistan legend Wasim Akram concurred. (By Shamik Chakravarty)
On the last ball off the first over, India appealed for a caught behind! He fails to connect and India loses a review after deciding to take it upstairs for caught behind. PAK: 6/0 after 1 over
Babar Azam with the first boundary of the innings! Bhuvi overpitched it on the off. The timing off Babar Azam again... you will love it! PAK: 6/0 after 1 over.
Rizwan and Babar Azam are at the crease. Rizwan is on strike. Bhuvneshwar will open the attack and a loud shout for LBW! And the finger has gone up. Rizwan reviews. Wickets missing! Rizwan survives! Phew! Thats quite a start to the game!
Hardik Pandya has been part of teams led by Virat Kohli and co. but he made a big statement on the eve of the Asia Cup game against Pakistan. He credited the coach Rahul Dravid, and the captain Rohit Sharma for instilling a secure environment. “I have been in and out of the team but they [my team-mates] respect and value me. That helps me perform better. A lot of credit goes to the management and captain. Because of that this team is more secure than any team I've played for,” Pandya told Star Sports. (By Sriram Veera)
Two reasons why DK is valued by Rohit Sharma and Rahul Dravid.
1: He is preferred over Rishabh Pant.
2: He also addressed the team huddle.
Trust Inzamam-ul-Haq to bring down the temperature of an India-Pakistan game and be the voice of reason. Speaking to Aaj Tak, in an intense discussion about the possible playing and the impact of injuries to Jasprit Bumrah and Shaheen Afridi on the high-profile Asia Cup game, Haq gave a fresh perspective. History shows that Indo-Pak high-stakes contests are an opportunity for any youngster to make a mark and be a hero. According to him every player on the field gives his best. 'All these calculations of who is playing and who is injured are relevant to other games not India-Pak,' he said. The players who wouldn't have got a chance to play here if Bumrah and Afridi are Shahnawaz Dahani, Naseem Shah and Arshdeep Singh. Look out for them to step up and make an impact. (By Sandeep Dwivedi)
"We would have also been bowling first, but this is not in our hands. We will look to make a big score and see. Three fast bowlers, two spinners and a debut for Naseem Shah. There are a few new faces, and some old faces in that Indian team. We are trying to give it our best."
Honestly, I don't think the toss is that important, we are just here to play good cricket. We've played here in the IPL, so hopefully the pitch will be good. It was a tough call we had to take between playing Dinesh and Rishabh, Rishabh sadly misses out. And Avesh makes it as the third seamer. This is an important game for us, but as cricketers we don't want to think about the opposition, we just want to correct whatever mistakes we are doing.
Babar Azam(c), Mohammad Rizwan(w), Fakhar Zaman, Iftikhar Ahmed, Khushdil Shah, Asif Ali, Shadab Khan, Mohammad Nawaz, Naseem Shah, Haris Rauf, Shahnawaz Dahani