Asia Cup 2022, IND vs HKG: Suryakumar Yadav said he had "never experienced it" after Virat Kohli bowed down to him after his magnificent knock against Hong Kong.
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India skipper Rohit Sharma said he was lost for words that would appropriately describe Suryakumar Yadav’s 26-ball 68 against Hong Kong in the Asia Cup in Dubai on Wednesday.
Suryakumar smashed six sixes and as many fours in his sizzling knock to lift India to 192 for two, enough to secure a 40-run win and a place in the Super 4 stage of the tournament.
”The kind of innings he played today, the words will be short,” Rohit said at the post-match presentation.
”We have seen that with him every now and then. He comes up with such kinds of knocks. He just comes out and bats fearlessly which is what the team expects from him.
”Some of the shots he played today, those are not written anywhere in the book. It was very pleasing to watch. Shot selection was also crucial. We know he can play all around the park,” Rohit was all praise for Surya.
India were off to a sedate beginning and both their openers Rohit and KL Rahul failed to convert their starts.
But Virat Kohli held the innings together, scoring his first international half-century (59 not out from 44 balls) in more than six months, even as Suryakumar provided the much-needed impetus in the back-10. The duo put together 98 runs in an unbroken third-wicket stand.
Suryakumar batted at No 4, days after Ravindra Jadeja played a match-winning knock after being promoted to the same position.
”We have also informed the group about this (flexibility in the batting order) as well. Most of the guys are ready to take the opportunity and be ready to bat wherever required.
”That’s the flexibility we need. We’ll take those chances. We are going to try and use the right match-ups,” Rohit said.
Asked about his wide range of shots, Suryakumar said some of them were pre-determined.
”Some of them (shots) were pre-determined, this format is all about what you think and how you prepare before you go out to bat,” Suryakumar said after being adjudged player of the match.
”I felt the wicket was a bit slow. My plan was clear. My role was to go in and take the tempo up and just express myself, I just loved it.” On adapting to different positions, he said: ”You (have) got to be flexible, you should be equipped to bat at any number, and I have opened as well. I have batted at all number. I really enjoyed it.”
Meanwhile, Hong Kong skipper Nizakat Khan also appreciated the way Suryakumar batted in his unbeaten knock of 68 off just 26 balls, saying that it was great to watch and rued the slip-ups made by his bowlers in the death overs after electing to bowl first.
“I think the way we started with the ball, we were amazing till 13th over, fielding was good too. But we slipped after that, especially in the death overs, but the way Suryakumar batted, it was good to watch,” said Nizakat in post-match presentation ceremony.
Hong Kong came into the Asia Cup main event after topping the qualifying tournament in Oman, winning all three matches against Singapore, Kuwait and UAE.
“I think it (Asia Cup) was a big opportunity for all the boys. I know we were away for a long time, boys were playing with injuries, credit goes to them, I am very proud of them,” added Nizakat.
India sealing one of the two Super Four spots meant Friday’s match between Hong Kong and Pakistan is a virtual quarterfinal clash for the second and last spot.
“I think we’re going to sit down tomorrow (Thursday), we will look at our death bowling, we will improve in the next game (against Pakistan),” concluded Nizakat.
With PTI inputs
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Dubai: Star batsman Virat Kohli and Suryakumar Yadav hit half-centuries to help India move into the Asia Cup Super Four stage with a 40-run win over Hong Kong on Wednesday.
Kohli made 59 while Suryakumar smashed 68 off 26 balls as the pair put on an unbeaten stand of 98 to steer India to 192/2 after being put in to bat first in the Twenty20 tournament in Dubai.
Hong Kong were limited to 152/5 in reply as India registered their second successive victory to join Afghanistan in the next round of the six-nation tournament, which acts as a tune-up to the T20 World Cup in October-November.
But it was Suryakumar’s batting blitz that stood out as the number four blasted his way to a 22-ball fifty and finished the innings with four sixes in the final over.
Hong Kong, who made the main draw after winning all three of their matches in the qualifiers in Oman, had largely kept India in check before losing their way once Suryakumar started teeing off.
That’s that from our second match at the #AsiaCup2022. #TeamIndia win by 40 runs.
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— BCCI (@BCCI) August 31, 2022
The 33-year-old Kohli, who is going through an extended batting slump and made 35 in his team’s opening win over Pakistan, also got going to complete his 31st half-century in his 101st T20 international.
Skipper Rohit Sharma started cautiously before clubbing Hong Kong medium-pace bowler Haroon Arshad for two sixes and a four in a 22-run third over.
Spinner Ehsan Khan slowed the scoring and seamer Ayush Shukla reaped the benefits in the next over as he took down Rohit with a slow off-cutter. He made 21.
Kohli walked in to loud cheers from a sparse Indian crowd but struggled to play freely against a disciplined bowling attack which kept the runs down.
Kohli finally opened up to get a boundary with a straight drive off leg-spinner Mohammad Ghazanfar and soon found some rhythm as he hit three sixes in his 44-ball knock.
KL Rahul and Kohli kept the score ticking with singles and twos with occasional boundaries to put on 56 runs before Ghazanfar broke through with the wicket of Rahul (36).
Left-arm quick Arshdeep Singh struck early for India with the wicket of Yasim Murtaza but Babar Hayat countered with some attacking shots.
Skipper Nizakat Khan fell to a direct throw from Ravindra Jadeja, who then removed Hayat for 41 with his left-arm spin.
Kinchit Shah (30) and Zeeshan Ali (26 not out) also played useful knocks to reduce the margin of defeat.
Bangladesh and Sri Lanka will battle it out for a Super Four spot from Group B in a do-or-die match on Thursday after Afghanistan moved clear with two wins.
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The win against Hong Kong in Asia Cup 2022 was not even a consideration and once India ended up scoring so over 190 runs, it was just for the records. This group has in any case been set up to ensure that India and Pakistan make it to the Super Four and Hong Kong is one match that would ensure enough points for the team finishing second to also make the grade.
This was a match where everyone in question would be expected to get some serious match practice and score some runs that would make those who were a little hesitant about their form to get that sense of security.
India duly won the match and topped Group A to make it to the Super Four. But even as a few wrinkles were ironed out in some manner, some interesting questions did crop up. While questions will always come, in every match, these were pertaining to things to do with the matches to come.
Was Rishabh Pant inclusion wasted?
There is an interesting one. Who among Rishabh Pant and Dinesh Karthik is the choice for the T20 World Cup? If the match with Pakistan is any indication, Karthik seems ahead, which is a little surprising and inconceivable, given that Pant has been the favourite for long and he is now also beginning to get comfortable in white-ball cricket.
Also, if the change in the line-up does not merit a little bit of experimentation, why make any change at all? India’s winning combination against Pakistan just had that one change – Pant instead of Hardik Pandya – in the Hong Kong match. So, if Pant is in the side, surely, he needs to get a bat. If there is a change in personnel and no change in the batting order, especially in a match where no way all the top seven batters were going to get a hit, then why was the new player included?
No other match will be as easy, irrespective of whoM you play. As it turns out, India have two big ones back-to-back in the Super Four, against Pakistan and then Afghanistan, on September 4 and 6 respectively, and definitely you need all your potential players to get a hit. In fact, all the reserves could have been fielded in the Hong Kong match, but that would be expecting too much.
So, if tomorrow India need to play Pant in the XI against one of these matches, he will go in without any batting in the tournament. May not be a major issue, but could well become one.
KL Rahul fails to convince
After Rahul’s first-ball duck against Pakistan, there was a lot of trolling of social media, saying that whatever he did in the Hong Kong match, he’d be in a corner. That, to an extent, is true.
Rahul was nothing more than cautious in this match as well. He scored at a good pace, but at no stage looked convincing. In fact, at times he was positively straggling.
Rahul too is surely in the World Cup consideration, so how he fares is important. He has so far looked quite unsure. One wonders if he has been brought back without being totally fit. Or is it just a mental thing?
Playing spin bowling
There was one stage during the Indian innings, with Rahul and Virat Kohli at the crease when one was left wondering, “if they are not being able to deal with these spinners, how will they fare against the better bowlers”?
Both the batters found it difficult to get the spinners away, especially the slow left-arm Yasim Murtaza. Neither of them was able to deal with the slow pace and was unable to alter the normal game of stepping out and hitting him over the top. Rahul was not comfortable even against the leg-spin of Mohammad Ghazanfar. He did hit him for a six, and as Gautam Gambhir correctly observed in the commentary box, he didn’t go for another big shot even though it was merited, in the same over.
Compare that with how Suryakumar Yadav dealt with Murtaza and the rest. A swept four off the first ball, another off the very next ball and by the time the Hong Kong bowlers realised what was going on, the scoring had gone through the roof.
It was an easy win but little will be easy in the Super Four. Imagine getting stuck against Rashid Khan and the other Afghan bowlers. Even Bangladesh or Sri Lanka will pose a challenge and we are not even mentioning Pakistan.
Big teams come good when it matters the most but these are questions that could still crop up, especially the spin issue. Will be interesting indeed to see how it all goes.
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Virat Kohli made 59 while Suryakumar Yadav smashed 68 off 26 balls as the pair put on an unbeaten stand of 98 to steer India to 192-2. Hong KOng Managed 152/5 in 20 overs
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Bangladesh stifled Afghanistan in the run chase before Najibullah Zadran's belligerent 43 not out off 17 balls, comprising six sixes, got his team over the line in 18.3 overs.
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Rashid Khan now has 115 wickets in 68 T20Is. The leading wicket-taker in T20Is is Bangladesh all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan (122).
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Afghanistan continued their winning run in the Asia Cup 2022 after beating Bangladesh in Sharjah on Tuesday. Chasing a target of 128, the Afghan side went over the line by 7 wickets in the penultimate over of the innings.
Afghanistan had lost wickets at regular intervals and were 62/3 when Ibrahim Zadran and Najibullah Zadran joined hands and provided the resistance to the side before Najibullah went all guns blazing in the final phase of the innings. He remained unbeaten at 43 off 17. Ibrahim on the other side, also made an important contribution as he returned not out for 42 in 41 deliveries.
What a win! 🙌
Things went right down to the wire but AfghanAtalan led by the Zadran duo of @iamnajibzadran 43* (17) & @IZadran18 42* (41) hold their nerve to beat @BCBtigers by 7 wickets 👏🔥
With this win, we are into the top four teams 🏆🏏#AfghanAtalan | #AsiaCup2022 pic.twitter.com/vkO8xaD2jL
— Afghanistan Cricket Board (@ACBofficials) August 30, 2022
Afghanistan becomes the first team to qualify for the Super-4. 👏👏
Ibraham Zadran is such a wonderful player to watch. Technically solid. And Najibullah deserves an IPL gig. Should bat higher in this AFG team too #AfgvBan #AsiaCup— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) August 30, 2022
3 Zadran’s @iamnajibzadran @Mujeeb_R88 @IZadran18 played out class and also Shinwari mama @rashidkhan_19 Absolutely class 👏🏼👏🏼
Brilliant performance #AfghanAtalan against @BCBtigers in #AsiaCup2022
🎉🎉 pic.twitter.com/ywXaohE73P— Gulbadin Naib (@GbNaib) August 30, 2022
Najibullah Zardan’s 4️⃣3️⃣* from 1️⃣7️⃣ powers 🇦🇫 to the Super Four stage of the Asia Cup ‘22#MIemirates #OneFamily @ACBofficials @iamnajibzadran pic.twitter.com/1vmIFaZkil
— MI Emirates (@MIEmirates) August 30, 2022
4️⃣-0️⃣-2️⃣2️⃣-3️⃣ vs 🇧🇩
Just @Rashidkhan being Rashid Khan, as 🇦🇫 qualifies for the Super Four stage of the Asia Cup ‘22#OneFamily #MIcapetown @ACBofficials pic.twitter.com/3IClFulspj
— MI Cape Town (@MICapeTown) August 30, 2022
Earlier, in the day, Mujeeb and Rashid Khan rattled the Sri Lankan batting unit. The two bowlers scalped three wickets a piece as the Lankan side was restricted to 127/7 in 20 overs. It was Mosaddek Hossain for Sri Lanka who got some runs and scored 48* off 31. Afghanistan became the first team to qualify for the Super 4s with this win.
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The Asia Cup 2022 got underway in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) with the opening match between Afghanistan and Sri Lanka on 27 August. Afghanistan won the tournament opener by eight wickets. The final will be played on 11 September.
The Asia Cup 2022 is being held in Dubai and Sharjah and consists of six teams including India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Afghanistan and Hong Kong.
We take a detailed look at the format and the different stages of the tournament.
What is the format of Asia Cup 2022?
The Asia Cup 2022 consists of three stages — the group stage, Super 4 and the final.
Six teams have been divided into two groups with each group consisting of three sides.
India, Pakistan and Hong Kong have been drawn into Group A while Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Afghanistan are part of Group B. The teams will face off one another once in the group stage with the top two from the groups qualifying for the Super 4 stage.
The top two teams from the Super 4 stage will then take part in the final.
What is the Super 4 stage?
Four teams (A1, A2 from Group A and B1, B2 from Group B) will be part of the Super 4 stage. The Super 4 stage will have all the teams playing against each other once. The top two teams from this stage will play in the final on 11 September.
The Super 4 stage will in total consist of six matches and will run from 3 to 9 September.
Will India play Pakistan again in Asia Cup 2022?
India won their campaign opener against Pakistan by five wickets on 28 August. Both teams can once again play against each other given they qualify for the Super 4 stage. They can also face off in the final if they finish as the top two sides in the Super 4 stage.
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The match will be a campaign opener for Bangladesh while for Afghanistan, it will be their second game after they thrashed Sri Lanka by 8 wickets
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With Pakistan giving a good fight, India took the game deep and clinched the Asia Cup 2022 campaign opener with Hardik Pandya hitting a six in the last over. India and Hardik Pandya’s strategy to take the game till the last over and complete a successful chase had the MS Dhoni stamp all over it.
After the match, Hardik Pandya, who scored 33 not out from 17 balls, spoke on how he took inspiration from Dhoni to pull off the chase against Pakistan in Dubai.
Watch: Hardik Pandya recalls injury-forced exit in 2018 Asia Cup
“I try to keep it as simple as possible. That’s what I saw in Mahi Bhai (MS Dhoni). Whenever I played with him, I just observed and asked questions as well. Not only him but whosoever I played with, I tried to learn as much as possible. Even in life, if you want to make a decision and if you are calm and are able to assess the situation better, then you can decide better,” Hardik Pandya told Star Sports.
“I try to implement the same thing in my batting, to analyse the available options and play accordingly. This game started for me from the 15th over. I knew the death bowler in on debut, there would be a bit of up and down in his execution. So, even if there is a dot ball, it won’t be a problem because there’s a left-arm spinner and they were already lagging in the over-rate. So, all these factors were in my mind, and I thought of taking it to the end and looking for the better options,” he added.
What was going through @hardikpandya7's mind during the chase?
Listen from the man himself 👇 & get ready to watch him in #INDvHKG on Aug 31.
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— Star Sports (@StarSportsIndia) August 29, 2022
Hardik Pandya also took three wickets in the match and was declared the Player of the match as India won against Pakistan by five wickets.
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India will now take on Hong Kong in their next fixture on Wednesday.
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After the victory against the arch-rivals, Hardik Pandya spoke on the challenges presented by the Babar Azam-led Pakistan in the game.
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These may be early days at the 2022 Asia Cup in the United Arab Emirates, but Afghanistan showcased what they could do on their day with both bat and ball, with their eight-wicket win over Sri Lanka in the tournament-opener on Saturday.
Three days later, on Tuesday, Mohammad Nabi-led Afghanistan meet Shakib Al Hasan’s Bangladesh as the Asia Cup caravan heads to Sharjah.
This will be Bangladesh’s opening game of the tournament, and Tuesday’s match will be followed by another group game against Sri Lanka, on Thursday.
Against Sri Lanka, it seemed as though Afghanistan were the most superior side who were on top of the game. Although spinner Rashid Khan failed to register himself among the wicket-takers, he was very economical, ending with figures of 0/12 from four overs.
Fazalhaq Farooqi stole the show for Afghanistan with the new ball, registering figures of 3/11 from four overs against Sri Lanka, which is his best figures in T20I cricket. Spinners Mohammad Nabi and Mujeeb Ur Rahman too delivered their full quota of four overs, returning with figures of 2/14 and 2/24 respectively. Pacer Naveen-ul-Haq did his part, with figures of 1/23 from three overs.
In Afghanistan’s reply, Hazratullah Zazai (37*) and Rahmanullah Gurbaz (40) shared an 83-run stand for the first wicket before the latter departed, but still it was quite a comfortable chase for the Afghans with eight wickets and 59 balls remaining.
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— Afghanistan Cricket Board (@ACBofficials) August 29, 2022
For Afghanistan, that was their second-biggest win as far as balls remaining are concerned. Sure, Afghanistan will ride high with full of confidence, but it will be interesting to see what kind of approach Bangladesh will take.
Bangladesh are coming off a difficult tour of Zimbabwe, where they lost both the T20I and ODI series by 2-1 margins. But, that was without the likes of Shakib-al-Hasan and Mushfiqur Rahim. Both the players return to the national setup, and their presence in the dressing room and on the field will be a massive boost for Bangladesh.
Shakib would be hoping to provide balance to the misfiring Bangladesh batting, and would also be eyeing significant returns with the ball.
Pacer Mohammad Saifuddin too features in the Tigers’ squad, having last featured for Bangladesh in a T20I against Sri Lanka in 2021 last year, during the T20 World Cup.
Liton Das and Nurul Hasan did showcase some positive form with the bat in T20Is for Bangladesh, but they will be missing out on the continental tournament due to injuries. Sabbir Rahman and Mohammad Naim replace the two players respectively. Both Sabbir and Naim would be confident enough to take on Afghanistan, with both of them having played notable knocks in the recent unofficial ODI series between Bangladesh A and West Indies A in the Caribbean.
Both the batters shone in the second unofficial ODI, with Naim slamming a century (103), while Sabbir scored 62.
Afghanistan’s Fazalhaq Farooqi could be a threat to Bangladesh, and it would be fair to note that Farooqi in fact registered figures of 3/18 against Bangladesh in a T20I in Mirpur earlier this year. That was his previous best bowling figures in a T20I until he bettered that with 3/11 against Sri Lanka on Saturday. So far, Farooqi has scalped five wickets in two T20Is against Bangladesh.
History might signify in favour of Afghanistan, who hold a 5-3 lead as far as their head-to-head in T20Is is concerned, but with a Bangladesh lineup that consists of Shakib, Mushfiqur, and Saifuddin, one cannot write the Tigers off in this contest.
Also, there’s a milestone alert. Tuesday’s match will be Shakib-al-Hasan’s 100th T20I for Bangladesh. The 35-year-old will become the third Bangladesh cricketer to achieve the feat, after Mahmudullah and Mushfiqur.
Squads:
Bangladesh: Shakib Al Hasan (c), Anamul Haque, Mushfiqur Rahim, Afif Hossain, Mosaddek Hossain, Mahmudullah, Mahedi Hasan, Mohammad Saifuddin, Mustafizur Rahman, Nasum Ahmed, Sabbir Rahman, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Taskin Ahmed, Ebadot Hossain , Parvez Hossain Emon, Mohammad Naim
Afghanistan: Mohammad Nabi (captain), Najibullah Zadran, Afsar Zazai, Azmatullah Omarzai, Farid Ahmad Malik, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Hashmatullah Shahidi, Hazratullah Zazai, Ibrahim Zadran, Karim Janat, Mujeeb ur Rahman, Najibullah Zadran, Naveen ul Haq, Noor Ahmad, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Rashid Khan, Samiullah Shinwari. Standby: Nijat Masood, Qais Ahmed, Sharafuddin Ashraf.
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India’s well-planned bowling attack was almost derailed by a spirited Pakistan bowling but a brilliant effort from Hardik Pandya with the bat was the difference as India managed to pull off a five-wicket win to give them the match, the first for both teams in Asia Cup 2022. After a near-perfect bowling display by India, some fiery bowling from the Pakistani fast bowlers ensured that they pushed India till the end before that crucial fifth-wicket stand between Jadeja and Pandya decided the issue. Well, almost.
India were threatened with some last over brain freeze in both innings. Arshdeep Singh was somehow bowling short of length to the Pakistan tail-enders, resulting in 19 extra runs, while Ravindra Jadeja almost let it go with a hoick off the first ball 20th over of the Indian inning. But Pandya was as poised as he has been through the year and put the icing on a cake that was threatening to melt.
India were phenomenal in their bowling and fielding approach and that was what put them in a strong position.
Instead of getting drawn into the intense pressure that every such match brings, the Indian bowling unit played to a plan with calm heads, leaving them with a very viable chase.
The Pakistan batters were taken by surprise as the Indian bowlers used the short ball with telling effect. All of the top-order, from Babar Azam downwards, were found struggling when all the Indian seamers, not the fastest, were tellingly accurate with their short stuff.
Not just short of length. They went for the ball that rises towards the helmet and the leading shoulder of the batter, leading to several miscued shots, be it a pull or the hoist on the off-side.
Babar was held at short fine-leg playing a hook off a Bhuvneshwar Kumar delivery that took off from short of length.
The pattern continued even when the second line of bowlers came into the fray. Avesh Khan snared Fakhar Zaman with another rising ball and Hardik Pandya too struck to the gameplan and was rewarded with the wickets of Iftikhar Ahmed, Mohammad Rizwan and Khushdil Shah in essentially the same fashion, with minor variations.
There were some glitches, which made the effort that much more difficult, but the plans were by and large met. The seamers did lose the plot a little in the last two overs with the experienced Bhuvneshwar and Arshdeep allowing the Pakistan tail-enders, particularly Shahnawaz Dahani, to get under the ball with the straight full-length ball was need of the moment. That difference of 128/9 to 147 all out definitely pressurised India.
The spinners were not in the game for India, in sharp contrast with Pakistan, which was something they will need to address in the next few games. Yuzvendra Chahal was ordinary and Jadeja isn’t really a frontline spinner.
As for India’s batting effort, at the risk of a little hindsight, one wonders if KL Rahul is the best option as opener. He wasn’t too convincing against the modest Zimbabwe attack in One-day Internationals and has not played even one T20 International this year. Yes, he was unlucky with his dismissal, but this may still be an issue to consider through this tournament and beyond.
That the Pakistan bowlers would come at the Indian batters all guns blazing wasn’t surprising. Debutant Naseem Shah was fiery but India were distinctly lucky when Virat Kohli was dropped early on. Two wickets in the first over would have been a disaster.
Kohli looked something like his old self while he was around, but India’s plan to attack from the beginning didn’t really work out. Rohit Sharma was struggling to time the ball and India were always a little behind.
That invariably brought about some extravagant shots against the innocuous left-arm spin of Mohammad Nawaz, as he snared Sharma and Kohli off consecutive deliveries off almost identical shots.
The batting was never too comfortable and somehow, they didn’t manage to find the fence frequently enough to put the pressure back on the Pakistani bowlers.
All that changed once Pandya joined Jadeja in the middle. He was in some other zone and took on the bowlers as only he can. A bowling spell of 3/25, an unbeaten 33 off 17 deliveries and a 52-run fifth-wicket stand with Jadeja. One really couldn’t ask for more.
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India beat Pakistan in a cracker of a game with just two balls to spare – as the Indian all-rounders showed why they are the best doing the rounds in world cricket – ensuring a five-wicket win on Sunday at the Dubai International Stadium.
While Indians will have a better night than their neighbours, the fans could have not asked for a better match, as their nails must have been chewed in the last few overs of the match.
Asked to bat first after losing the toss, Pakistan managed a total of 147 and were all out with one ball to spare. Thanks to Mohammed Rizwan’s slow but steady 43 of 42 balls and a late flurry of boundaries from Shahnawaz Dahani gave an impetus to the Pakistan scorecard.
Spinner Mohammed Nawaz was brilliant with the ball as he scalped the important wickets of Virat Kohli, and Rohit Sharma, and more importantly, bowled Ravindra Jadeja in the last over just when India seemed to cruise away with the win.
However, India ended on the winning side, with Kohli and Jadeja ending up as the leading run-scorers for the side in the match.
Here are five talking points from the match –
India’s short bowling strategy
India were clinical with the ball right throughout the first innings as they never allowed the Men in Green to settle themselves with the bat.
India used the short ball strategy to their advantage as they scalped the wickets of skipper Babar Azam, anchoring batter Mohammed Rizwan, and several others in the line-up.
Interestingly, Bhuvneshwar Kumar scalped three of his four-wicket bowling short-length deliveries. Hardik Pandya as well troubled the batters with short deliveries and bagged all three of his wickets on short deliveries.
The short-pitched deliveries took the batters by surprise as they threw their wickets to leading edges and some unorthodox shots.
As many as six wickets fell to short of good length and short-pitched deliveries from Indian pacers, as the Pakistan batters struggled to get a steady partnership.
While Bhuvi was a success as ever, Pandya ended up with scintillating figures of 3/25 in his spell of four overs. The all-rounder has come of age and stood up to the occasion whenever India has needed him.
Mohammed Rizwan’s silent innings
Before Rizwan got out to Pandya’s short ball, he seemed in good touch and was anchoring the Pakistan innings, though not in an aggressive manner.
Rizwan scored 43 runs – in what turned out to be run-a-ball innings – in 42 deliveries. He hit four 4s and a solitary 6 in his steady-looking innings.
The batters kept revolving around Rizwan till the 15th over and were choked for runs by the Indian bowlers.
Pakistan managed only 68 runs in 10 middle overs – 7th to 16th overs to be specific, losing three wickets in the process.
Virat Kohli – Rohit Sharma’s partnership and needless shots
The two senior-most India batters stood long on the crease, but it seemed like Rohit had forgotten the approach he has talked about since he became the captain in shorter formats.
Kohli, who looked sloppy at the start and also got a couple of lifelines – a drop in the slips, inside edge going over the stumps, and a miscue over mid-off fielder – settled with a Kohliesque pull shot of Haris Rauf.
Kohli seemed to have found his lost touch as he played some exciting shots and kept the strike rotating. Rohit on the other hand was choked for runs as he scored only four runs of the first 11 balls.
The skipper finally seemed to have settled when he hit a six off Mohammed Nawaz. However, a ball later he again tried to go for a maximum, but could only find the fielder at long off.
An over later, Kohli got out in a similar fashion to the same bowler, as he too aimed for a loft over long-off but was caught in the deep, giving Nawaz a hat-trick opportunity.
The two batters getting out in a span of eight deliveries only resulted in pressure on the middle order and dampened India’s chances of a comfortable victory.
Naseem Shah’s fiery debut
Naseem Shah had a scintillating debut as he lit up the ground as well as the stadium in India’s first over itself. Shah started with a wicket of the second ball as KL Rahul chopped an inside edge onto the stumps.
A delivery later, he got Kohli to edge in a traditional outside off stump full-length delivery but was dropped at the second slip.
To add to the drama, Rohit Sharma was beaten on the last ball of the over, but the Pakistan fielders thought there was an edge and appealed in unanimity. However, the umpire denied the appeal.
Shah also bagged the wicket of Surya Kumar Yadav in the 15th over, disturbing the furniture, as he was beaten for pace.
Despite Shah having cramped his legs towards the fag end of the innings, he continued to bowl but was punished with a four and a six in the 18th over.
Hardik Pandya’s all-round show
The all-rounder Hardik Pandya has been brilliant in recent times and once again showed why he is the best all-rounder in world cricket.
While he bowled well sticking to the short-pitch strategy, his moment came in the second innings as he ensured an India victory in an edge of the sit ending.
Pandya hit three 4s in the 19th over and put one foot in the victory door, leaving just seven runs to win in the last over. Nawaz, however, ensured that India didn’t walk home easy and got the well-settled Jadeja’s wicket. Pandya, however, was as calm and nonchalant as anyone could be and smacked a maximum over long-on to end the match in India’s favour.
Earlier, he got the important wicket of Mohammed Rizwan (43) after sending back Iftikhar Ahmed (28), both of short-pitched deliveries.
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Afghanistan began their Asia Cup 2022 campaign on a positive note as they thumped Sri Lanka by 8 wickets in the first encounter of the tournament in Dubai. Chasing a total of 106, the Afghan team went over the line in 10.1 overs. Hazratullah Zazai and Rahmanullah Gurbaz provided a brisk start as they put up 83/0 in the first six overs.
Earlier, Afghanistan bowlers pushed the Lankan Lions on the back foot and bowled them out for 105.
Afghanistan skipper Mohammad Nabi lauded the side and said that the players have gained a lot of confidence after such a performance.
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“The boys played really well, especially the fast bowlers. When we decided to bowl first, they used the pitch so well. We were just discussing to hit the right lines, and if we get a bit of swing it will be of use for us. We have a lot of confidence after such a game, hopefully we can do well next game as well,” Nabi said in the post-match presentation.
Sri Lanka captain Dasun Shanaka admitted that the side could have done better but also added that they can bounce back in the next game.
🚨 RESULT | AfghanAtalan WIN BY 8 WICKETS@RGurbaz_21 (40) and @zazai_3 (37*) followed their incredible bowling effort with an electrifying batting display as they chased down the 106-run target with 9.5 overs to spare.
Congratulations to everyone!#AfghanAtalan | #AsiaCup2022 pic.twitter.com/YAKL18G1z4
— Afghanistan Cricket Board (@ACBofficials) August 27, 2022
“There are two ways to think about the toss, it would have been a bit easier if we were bowling first with two youngsters playing for the first time. There was too much grass, there wasn’t too much in it for the spinners but still our world-class spinners should have done better. I think in T20 cricket anything can happen, we can bounce back in the next game,” Shanaka said.
Afghanistan will now play Bangladesh on Tuesday while Sri Lanka will face the Bangladesh side on Thursday in their respective games.
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Sri Lanka were outplayed in the opening game of Asia Cup 2022 after they suffered an eight-wicket defeat to Afghanistan at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium on Saturday.
Winning the toss and opting to field, Afghanistan restricted the Lankans for 105, bowling them out in 19.4 overs.
Sri Lanka endured a disastrous start after being put into bat, losing three early wickets inside the first two overs. Fazalhaq Farooqi dismissed Kusal Mendis and Charith Asalanka before Naveen-ul-Haq struck in the second over to get rid of Pathum Nissanka. Bhanuka Rajapaksha (38), who forged a 44-run stand with Danushka Gunathilaka for the fourth wicket ended up as Sri Lanka’s top-scorer.
Wickets at regular intervals kept hurting Sri Lanka but it was a 30-run stand for the final wicket between Chamika Karunaratne and Dilshan Madhushanka that helped Sri Lanka surpass 100. Farooqi picked three wickets, Nabi and Mujeeb two wickets a piece and Naveen-ul-haq scalped one as they bundled Sri Lanka for a low total.
In Afghanistan’s reply, Hazratullah Zazai and Rahmanullah Gurbaz forged an 83-run stand for the first wicket before the latter was dismissed for 40. Ibrahim Zadran (15) walked in at number three but he was run-out in the 10th over. However, Zazai (37*) and Najibullah Zadran (2*) sealed the match for the Afghans with eight wickets and 59 balls to spare.
Let’s check out some interesting statistics from the Sri Lanka vs Afghanistan match:
—This was Afghanistan’s first win over Sri Lanka in T20Is. This was just the second meeting between the two sides in T20Is. The last time Afghanistan and Sri Lanka faced each other was at the 2016 T20 World Cup in India, when the Lankans emerged victorious by six wickets after Tilakaratne Dilshan’s unbeaten 83.
—83/0 was Afghanistan’s highest-ever powerplay total. Their previous highest totals in the powerplay are 74/3 against Ireland at Abu Dhabi in 2013 and 68/2 against Scotland in Sharjah in 2013.
—Their total of 105 is Sri Lanka’s 13th lowest total score in T20Is. With this, their lowest-ever total in T20Is remains 82 against India in 2016.
—Their victory in this match with 59 balls to spare was Afghanistan’s second-largest as far as balls remaining are concerned. Afghanistan had beaten Ireland at the same venue in 2017 with 73 balls to spare.
—Fazalhaq Farooqi’s figures of 3/11 in this match was his best in T20Is for Afghanistan. His previous best of 3/18 also came this year, against Bangladesh.
—This was Afghanistan’s landmark 100th T20 international.
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Day 2 report: Ben Stokes and Ben Foakes hit centuries on Friday to help England establish a commanding first-innings lead over South Africa after two days of the second test at Old Trafford.
Stokes made 103 for his first century as England full-time test captain, and Foakes weighed in with 113 not out — his highest international knock — as they shared a sixth-wicket partnership of 173.
Foakes was still there when England declared on 415-9, with a first-innings advantage of 264 runs.
South Africa openers Dean Elgar (11) and Sarel Erwee (12) negotiated nine overs before stumps to close on 23 without loss. The Proteas were rolled over for 151 on day one after opting to bat in Manchester.
South Africa leads the three-match series 1-0 after an innings win at Lord’s last week.
Stokes marked the release date of the new documentary about his turbulent career with a timely piece of marketing, hitting his 12th test century, while wicketkeeper Foakes made his second hundred after one on debut in Sri Lanka in 2018.
For much of his first summer in charge, Stokes has been more concerned with making a statement at the crease than a score, driving his team’s ultra-aggressive agenda but selling his wicket cheaply at times.
He struck a more mature balance here, clearing the ropes on three occasions and adding six fours, but also showing durability and diligence to score at a strike-rate of 63.19.
Foakes was even more considered, reaching three figures in 206 deliveries. Between them, the pair got their priorities exactly right, cementing England’s position in the match and laying the foundations for tying the series.
South Africa was four runs in front when Stokes and Foakes came together at 147-5, with Anrich Nortje having taken out the overnight duo of Jonny Bairstow (49) and Zak Crawley (38) in a fiery first spell after the English resumed on 111-3.
Bairstow was first to succumb when he nicked a reverse-swinging delivery to the wicketkeeper before Crawley followed in Nortje’s next over.
The opener won generous praise for grinding out 17 in 77 balls on the first evening but was vulnerable from the outset here. He opened his account with an edge through the cordon and was lucky to see a leading edge land safe before he eventually feathered Nortje behind for 38.
Stokes safely negotiated the remainder of Nortje’s opening burst and rewarded himself by slog-sweeping his first ball from spinner Simon Harmer for six.
A dashed single on 16 left him wincing in pain, his troublesome left knee once again causing discomfort, but a visit from the physio put him right and it was not long before he was punching Lungi Ngidi down the ground for four.
Foakes offered solid support, overturning an lbw decision on 28 before clubbing a no-ball for four just before lunch to take England’s runs for the session past 100.
Nortje was surprisingly held back at the restart in favor of spin at both ends, a decision which played to Foakes’ strengths against slow bowling and allowed Stokes to assert himself again. He reached fifty by smashing Harmer for six on the charge and never looked back. Nortje returned for two further spells but could not recreate his previous menace.
Aiden Markram made a game attempt to pull off a wonder catch when Stokes hammered one in his direction just before tea and the captain reached the break two short of his ton.
Stokes fell six balls after celebrating his century with a familiar gesture in honor of his late father, Ged, whose final days are touchingly captured in the new film. Foakes held up his end to finish unbeaten.
A breakthrough with the ball would have capped a superb day for England, but a hopeful lbw referral from James Anderson was as close as the hosts came before stumps.
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Though he is set to miss the Asia Cup in UAE, Shaheen Afridi made sure he didn't miss the opportunity to meet his Indian opponents.
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India will take on arch-rivals Pakistan in their first Asia Cup match on Sunday at the Dubai International Stadium.
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Asia Cup 2022: The Pakistan Cricket Board has posted a video on Instagram in which two Indian cricketers can be seen meeting Afridi and inquiring about his injury.
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Part of what makes Ben Stokes such a remarkable talent is his ability to grasp a situation, often just as things are looking a little hopeless for his side, and seemingly bend it to his own will. From the latter stages of the World Cup and that innings at Headingley to practically any time England are in the dirt and in desperate need of a wicket, Stokes so often has that special knack of delivering just at the right time.
So it proved once again on Day Two at Old Trafford, England’s skipper notching the 12th Test century of his career and ensuring there would be no wobble from his side as they batted themselves into a position of vast superiority in the match.
Stokes entered the fray inside the first six overs of the day, England four wickets down and still trailing by 17, a more perilous position than you might first assume – given the relative length of England’s tail – after 13 wickets on Day One, the Test was continuing to move at pace.
Anrich Nortje was bowling ferociously, he had seen off Jonny Bairstow to bring in Stokes and removed Zak Crawley in his next over – 90mph plus bowling, swinging through the air and seaming off the pitch – this was cricket with the difficulty turned up to expert level.
Two brilliant centuries to help us to a strong first innings total 🙌
🏴 #ENGvSA 🇿🇦 pic.twitter.com/nV4vmymjOS
— England Cricket (@englandcricket) August 26, 2022
But this was the day Amazon released a feature-length documentary about Stokes and with his aforementioned ability to grab a moment, realistically it was only ever going to have one leading man – although Ben Foakes did manage to make a star turn of his own in an exemplary best supporting role.
Since taking over the Test captaincy earlier in the summer, Stokes with the bat has been something of a curious beast. He has treated every innings not as an opportunity to improve his personal statistics but as a chance to show his teammates the sort of freedom he wants them to play with – the first berserker through the breach, the corpse of El Cid strapped to a horse, Stokes has been ideology first, results second with the bat, a living embodiment of the new style he wants his side to adopt.
As policies go, with regard to inspiring and shaping the fortunes of his side it has been a great success – the four consecutive victories England rattled off earlier in the summer were forged in the very image of Stokes – from a personal success point of view it has unsurprisingly been less successful, the inevitable sacrifice of one for the other.
Here though England needed not inspiration but action, so that is what Stokes delivered. If Stokes’ innings this summer have been defined by outlandish strokeplay and a general lack of care for the sanctity of his own wicket, here the situation was largely reversed.
Naturally, there was the odd Stokesian flourish – see Simon Harmer’s first ball to him immediately dumped over the boundary for six – but for the most part this was a lesser seen side of his batting, just nine boundaries in total, the careful application and accumulation that the situation required, the early part of his Headingley innings rather than its explosive crescendo.
Together with Foakes, he batted South Africa into submission, by the time he departed, to about the only really loose shot he played all day, England were 169 runs ahead – they would eventually declare with a lead of 264, yet another day shaped indelibly by Benjamin Andrew Stokes.
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Indian players caught up with their Pakistani counterparts during a training session in Dubai ahead of the Asia Cup, and the interactions between both sets of players has since gone viral on social media, especially that between modern-day batting greats Virat Kohli and Babar Azam.
Pakistan head coach Saqlain Mushtaq, meanwhile, has hailed the interaction between both sets of players as yet another example of how sport can bring nations and people together even in times of political tensions, according to a report on Hindustan Times.
Mushtaq cited the example of the ‘Cricket All Stars’ tour of the United States in 2015 — which involved teams led by Sachin Tendulkar and Shane Warne comprising legendary names from the 1990s and 2000s — as one where the Indo-Pak camaraderie was at its peak, especially among the fans.
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“A few years ago, I went to play Cricket All-Stars and over there, 25 of the biggest names played cricket. Sachin and Warne had called us all and there too, I had tweeted – it has been 6-7 years now – that Pakistan and Indian fans were all that we had in the USA. And fans from both countries had stitched both nation’s flags into one.
“Then in the next match, more fans did the same, which is why I had tweeted that this is not just cricket or entertainment. This was a culmination of several things which were depicting that cricket is bringing humanity together. Yes, we play matches, there are different angles and emotions involved but this sends a message for love and humanity as well.
“Yesterday’s pictures summed up all of this very well,” Mushtaq was quoted as telling reporters.
The Pakistan spin legend added that the upcoming set of clashes between the two nations, as emotionally-charged and hyped as they may be, should ultimately be treated as just games of cricket.
Besides Kohli and Babar, Pakistan speedster Shaheen Shah Afridi — who has been ruled out of the tournament due to a knee injury — was spotted chatting with Yuzvendra Chahal and Rishabh Pant at the sidelines of a training session.
The 2022 Asia Cup begins with Sri Lanka taking on Afghanistan on Saturday, 27 August. That will be followed by the marquee clash between India and Pakistan the following day in Dubai.
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England vs South Africa, 2nd Test: Centuries from Ben Stokes and Ben Foakes helped England finish with a 241-run lead at Stumps on Day 2.
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Toss: South Africa won the toss and opted to bat first in the second Test.
Playing XIs:
England XI: Alex Lees, Zak Crawley, Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Jonny Bairstow, Ben Stokes (c), Ben Foakes (w), Ollie Robinson, Stuart Broad, Jack Leach, James Anderson
South Africa XI: Dean Elgar(c), Sarel Erwee, Keegan Petersen, Aiden Markram, Rassie van der Dussen, Kyle Verreynne(w), Simon Harmer, Keshav Maharaj, Kagiso Rabada, Anrich Nortje, Lungi Ngidi
Preview: England fast bowler Ollie Robinson will make his first Test appearance since January after being selected for the second match, having proved his fitness to England captain Ben Stokes following a string of niggling injuries.
“He’s in the team and he’s playing this week. So everything that’s gone on in the past is something that he’s obviously grown from, and he’s learned a lot from about himself. Not just as a person but as a player,” Ben Stokes said on Ollie Robinson.
Robinson will replace Matt Potts in England’s only change for the Old Trafford Test. With no other opener in the squad, Zak Crawley was retained in the team but he will go into the match with the pressure firmly on him, with his average this summer having dropped to 16.40 across 10 test innings.
Meanwhile, South Africa, who won the first Test by an innings and 12 runs and have a 1-0 lead in the two-match series, have promised attacking brand of cricket in the second Test match.
“Our hunger was up there and our hunger’s still here. It’s not going to go anywhere. We really want to play a brand of cricket that everyone loves back home, and hopefully, the rest of the world enjoys,” Proteas skipper Dean Elgar said.
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On Wednesday, Virat Kohli was seen interacting with Pakistan captain Babar Azam ahead of the India-Pakistan group stage match in Asia Cup.
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England ended day one of second Test on 111 for three, trailing South Africa by 40 after bowling out the Proteas on 151 at the Old Trafford Cricket Ground in Manchester
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International sportsmen are never big on outwardly regretting decisions, but you suspect Dean Elgar might return to his hotel tonight quietly rueing, even if only to himself, his decision to bat at the toss.
After a welcomingly slack bowling performance by England in the series’ opening Test at Lord’s last week, South Africa decided to reciprocate here with their own act of generosity, inserting themselves under cloudy Manchester skies and letting England’s bowlers have a good go at them.
In truth the South African spirit of generosity began before the toss, the decision to drop Marco Jansen in favour of second spinner Simon Harmer seeming particularly curious, given the former’s performance at Lord’s and the success of the tourists’ seam attack there in general.
South Africa’s decision to play two spinners no doubt influenced their decision to bat first, hoping for an advantage bowling last in the Test. On the evidence of the first day, they have not been a judicious pair of choices.
England’s batters looked a little shell-shocked after their humbling at Lord’s, the Bazball balloon well and truly burst by the pace of Anrich Nortje and the precision of Kagiso Rabada, so they must have been delighted to find themselves in the field at the start of play, pouching catches behind the wicket and watching opposition batsmen forlornly trudge off the pitch instead of themselves.
An outstanding performance with the ball!
All 🔟 South Africa first innings wickets to fall.
🏴 #ENGvSA 🇿🇦 pic.twitter.com/GwEPILweYx
— England Cricket (@englandcricket) August 25, 2022
Reprieved from having to immediately humiliate themselves with the bat, England were as magnificent with the ball as wasteful they had been in the last Test, James Anderson striking inside the first five overs and the side never really looking back from that moment.
Data crunchers CricViz calculated that 44% of the deliveries England bowled in the first eight overs drew a false shot from South Africa, the most at that stage of the innings in any Test so far this summer – and with the recalled Ollie Robinson combining brilliantly, albeit lucklessly, with Anderson, the tourists faced an extremely tricky morning.
In fact, Robinson should have had Elgar excellently caught at short leg by Ollie Pope, but he sloppily overstepped, one of the three no balls he bowled in an otherwise excellent return to the side. Even with Robinson’s efforts largely unrewarded, England still found ways to prosper with the ball, Stuart Broad seemingly not smarting from the decision to take him off new ball duties – picking up the wickets of Elgar and Keegan Petersen coming in as the first change, to reduce South Africa to 40/3 inside the first 15 overs.
A team’s spinner getting the token last over before lunch is a well-worn cricketing trope, although here, South Africa managed to put a new and from their point of view almost certainly unwelcome twist on it, with Simon Harmer finding himself out in the middle with his pads on having to bat the last over of the session.
South Africa were 77/5 at Lunch, and brief Rabada resistance aside largely continued in that vein afterwards, all out for a paltry 151. England’s crumbly top order still found time for a wobble of their own – only serving to reinforce the idea that South Africa choosing to bat first was madness – but by the close, they were 111/3, only 40 behind and returning home forever grateful for Elgar’s decision in the morning.
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The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has announced the India ‘A’ squad for the series against New Zealand ‘A’. The New Zealand ‘A’ side is touring India for three four-day matches and as many one-day games.
The India ‘A’ team for the four-dayer matches will be led by Priyank Panchal. Rajat Patidar who showed brilliant form in the IPL and the Ranji Trophy earlier this year and Sarfaraz Khan who has been scoring heaps of runs in the domestic circuit got some rewards as they both have included in the side while pacer Umran Malik has also found a place for himself in the squad.
“The All-India Senior Selection Committee has picked India A squad for the four-day matches against New Zealand A starting next month. New Zealand A will tour India for three four-day matches and as many one-day games,” the BCCI said in a statement.
The first clash between the two sides will begin on 1st September in Bengaluru.
“The red-ball matches will be held in Bengaluru and Hubli. Squads for the white-ball games to be played in Chennai will be announced later,” it added.
Some of the prominent names in the team include Abhimanyu Easwaran, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Rahul Chahar, Prasidh Krishna and KS Bharat.
India A squad for four-day matches: Priyank Panchal (Captain), Abhimanyu Easwaran, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Rajat Patidar, Sarfaraaz Khan, Tilak Varma, KS Bharat (wk), Upendra Yadav (wk), Kuldeep Yadav, Saurabh Kumar, Rahul Chahar, Prasidh Krishna, Umran Malik, Mukesh Kumar, Yash Dayal, Arzan Nagwaswalla
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The selectors also took into consideration performances of those players who fared well in the domestic season
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Rohit Sharma-led Team India landed in Dubai on Tuesday (23 August) ahead of the Asia Cup 2022, scheduled to start on 27 August.
In a video posted on the BCCI’s official Twitter handle, members of the Indian cricket team can be seen hitting the training nets on reaching Dubai.
Hello DUBAI 🇦🇪
Hugs, smiles and warm-ups as we begin prep for #AsiaCup2022 #AsiaCup | #TeamIndia 🇮🇳 pic.twitter.com/bVo2TWa1sz
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In the video, some players can also be seen meeting their Pakistan and Afghanistan counterparts. While Hardik Pandya and Yuzvendra Chahal were seen chatting with Afghanistan’s Mohammad Nabi, Virat Kohli could be seen talking with Rashid Khan.
Later on, in the 35-second video, former India skipper Virat Kohli is seen shaking hands with Pakistan skipper Babar Azam with smiles on both of their faces. Kohli will be hoping for a turnaround at the Asia Cup after a string of low scores during India’s tour of England earlier in the summer.
Subsequently, in the nets, Kohli was seen taking on spinners quite efficiently, using his backfoot to play aggressively. Kohli was the first to hit the nets in India’s training session.
An international century has eluded Kohli for almost three years now, his last ton having come against Bangladesh during a Test in November 2019. In 2022, Kohli has managed just 81 runs off four T20Is, with a highest score of 52. India will need Kohli’s consistency to return at the Asia Cup, which acts as a build-up tournament for the T20 World Cup in Australia later in the year.
Sri Lanka take on Afghanistan in the opening clash of the Asia Cup on 27 August, Saturday.
The marquee contest between India and Pakistan will take place on 28 August, Sunday in Dubai.
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Gill not only wreaked havoc with the bat, but he also caught Zimbabwe centurion Sikandar Raza, who was threatening to give the home side a shock victory
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His heart was racing when he moved to the 90s and the fear of losing out on getting that elusive hundred did grip his mind but Shubhman Gill was determined to make it count this time, especially after getting a bit of "schooling" from his father.
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UAE vs Singapore, Asia Cup Qualifier: Batting first, UAE scored 160/8 in 20 overs. Singapore were all out for 113 in 18.3 overs.
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India held their nerves to pull off a 13-run win in the third ODI and complete a series sweep in Harare on Monday
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Team India pacer Deepak Chahar ‘Mankaded’ Zimbabwe opener, Innocent Kaia, at the non striker’s end but held back the appeal and let the batter go with just a warning during the third ODI in Harare on Monday (August 22).
Zimbabwe, who came out to chase 290-run target, could have lost the wicket on the very first ball of their innings as Chahar ran in and before delivering the ball he removed the bails with Kaia way out of his crease.
However, Chahar refused to appeal for the wicket and let Kaia go with just a warning, thus forcing the umpire to signal a dead ball. Notably, Chahar removed Kaia for 6 in his second over by trapping him in front of stumps.
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It is worth mentioning that the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) in March of this year made a number of revisions to the existing rules of play and one of the major amendments was moving the running-out of non-striker from ‘Unfair Play’ to Law 38, which concerns ‘Run Out’.
Talking about the match, Sikandar Raza's lion-hearted effort took Zimbabwe on the cusp of a famous victory before India held their nerves to pull off a 13-run win in the third ODI and complete a series sweep.
The final game of the series too was heading India's way until Raza (115 off 95 balls) brought Zimbabwe back into the contest with the support of Brad Evans (28 off 36).
The duo shared a 104-run stand of 77 balls for the eighth wicket to raise hopes of a memorable result against their mighty opponents. However, Raza fell to a brilliant catch by Shubman Gill in the penultimate over, as India scraped through.
It was Gill who had set up the game for India as he smashed his maiden international hundred to take the visitors to 289 for eight. Zimbabwe's innings ended at 276 in 49.3 overs.
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His heart was racing when he moved to the 90s and the fear of losing out on getting that elusive hundred did grip his mind but Shubhman Gill was determined to make it count this time, especially after getting a bit of ''schooling'' from his father.
The 22-year-old, who made his International debut in an ODI in 2019, scored 130 off 97 balls as India posted 289 for eight against Zimbabwe and completed a 3-0 clean sweep of the hosts with a 13-run win.
''My heart was beating when I got into the 90s. I had got out in the 90s thrice before and never got a hundred in International cricket. It's always special to get a hundred,'' Gill said at the presentation ceremony.
Gill also topped the run chart in the series with 245 runs at an average of 122.50 to be adjudged both the man-of-the-match and man-of-the-series.
''My father has been my primary coach. I got a bit of schooling the day before yesterday when I was out 33. So this one is for my dad.''
Gill further said he would save the bat.
''The bat was pretty good and that's why I changed it after my fifty as I wanted to save it,'' he added.
Asked whether he was targetting any particular bowler, he said: ''(Sikandar) Raza, (Brad) Evans were bowling well and it was crucial to target the (other) bowlers.'' ''I was just trying to minimise my dot-ball percentage. I just tried to time the ball and not hit it hard,'' he said about his knock.
KL Rahul asserts that he is "tired of coming back after a couple of months"
After winning the first series as a captain, KL Rahul said, “Fielded about 120 overs, got some time out in the middle with the bat. I am tired of coming back after a couple of months. But this is what we all want to do, playing for India."
"Feels good, we came here with good ideas. We wanted to be out in the middle and use this time. They have been very professional, very happy with the result. They took the game deep, we would have liked to finish the game earlier. The bowers were tested and they held their nerves."
Notably, it was also a comeback series for Rahul who underwent a sports hernia surgery post-IPL where he led debutants Lucknow Super Giants to a last-four finish.
Meanwhile, Rahul also praised Gill and said, ''I've not seen him over-confident and that requires composure. To show that kind of temperament despite not having played a lot of Internationals is really good. He has batted well throughout the series and did well in the West Indies and the IPL.”
“It's pleasing to the eye when he bats and good to see him use his form and score runs,'' he added.
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