#INDvsPAK : Asia Cup , INDIA Won.

India wins 1st round.

Hardik Pandya. Take a bow. 🙌 

33 off just 17 balls - does the job for #India 🇮🇳 vs #Pakistan . A six n 4 fours.

Hardik the Match- winner. OUTSTANDING. 

Hardik 33* off 17. India won by 5 wickets. 

India Chase Highlights:

Need 6 off 3 balls . Hardik Pandya lifts over mid-wicket boundary for 6.

6 off 4 now. Hardik 0.

Dinesh K 1.

7 off 5 now . DK to face left arm spinner. 

Nawaz bowled Jadeja off 1st ball on 35 off 29.

Need 7 off final over ie 6 balls. 141/4 - 19.

Partnership 52* off 32.

Hardik struck  3 fours.

Rauf - 1, 1, Hardik 4 , 4 , 0 , 4.

127/4 - 18 Ov.  RR 10.5 . Need 21 off 12.

Jadeja lifts straight 6. 

Naseem down with cramps before last 2 balls.

Jadeja hits 4 on 1st ball. Naseem physically struggling but traps Jadeja but ball pitched outside leg.

121/4  - 17.4 Ov. RR 11.6. 

Very tight situation. 

116/4 - 17 Ov.  Need 32 off 18 . RR - 10.7.

107 / 4 - 16 Ov. Need 41 off 24 . RR 10.25.

Jadeja 22 ( 19 ) , Hardik 11 ( 6 ).

100/4 - 15.3 .Need  48 off 27 now.

97/4 - 15 Ov. Hardik gets 4.  Need 51 off 30. At 10.2 rpo. Jadeja 19*off 16 . Hardik 7* off 3.

Jadeja joined by Hardik. 

Suryakumar 18  goes cross batted - 89/4 - 14.2.

Pakistan keeping India under control. 

Need 59 off 36 balls ,Naseem Shah back.

Required rate rises 9.8 , 89/3 - 14 Ov. 

83 / 3 - 13 Ov. Need 65 off 42. RR over 9.

77/3 - 12 Overs - RR 8.9.

69/3 - 11 overs - RR 8.9 .

62/3 - 10 Overs. Need 86 off 60 at 8.6 rpo.

Jadeja hits straight six. 98 meters. 

Virat goes on 35 . Nawaz strikes again - on  Hat Trick. 53/3 - 9.1 overs. Suryakumar in.

Ravindra Jadeja promoted joins Virat 33*.

50/2 - 8 Ov. Left arm spinner Nawaz removes Rohit on 12( 18 ) after six .

Rohit too took his time . 50/1  - 7.4 Ov.

38 / 1 - 6 overs - Virat 29*  , Rohit  4*.

Virat bit scratchy at start, bit nervous. Naseem and Dahani kept it very tight. 

India chase starts with disaster :  Rahul drags debutant Naseem on 0. 1/1 on 2nd ball. Virat got dropped on zero and Rohit survive very strong caught behind appeal. In first over only. 3-1.

Target for India 148 at 7.4 rpo.

Indian pacers excellent. Kept striking at regular intervals. Pakistan all down 147 in 19.5 overs as Arshdeep ends innings with yorker.

Last wicket partnership lifts Pakistan a bit. 

Rohit drops a difficult one in last over.

128 / 8 - Bhuvi traps Shadab. N Again - on Hat Trick 128 / 9. Bhuvi's 4th. 4 for 26.

114 / 7 - Arshdeep Singh's 1st.

112/6 - Bhuvi gets his 2nd. 

103 / 5 - 15 overs - Hardik 3/25.

Hardik double strikes again with a well set Rizwan sent back on 43, caught at third man. 96/4. N Short ball again 97/5. 

87 / 3 - 12.1 overs . Hardik strikes with bouncer Iftikar 28 , way over head to DK.

Chahal dropped caught n bowl to Iftikaar 27. 

68 / 2 - 10 Overs . Spinners on. Rizwan 29*.

43 / 2 - 6 Overs. 

Avesh Khan strikes after expensive start to his first over . Fakar Zaman gone on 10.

42 / 2 - 5.5 overs. 

Bhuvneshwar strikes in second over as Babar mistimed bouncer over his head . Big wicket. 

15/1 -2.4 overs. Babar 10. Fakar Zaman in.

14/0 - 2 overs. 

Indian review for caught behind , but no edge on the 6th ball.

Bhuvi striked on second ball but Rizwan gets away with DRS, as ball bounces over the stumps. 

Hardik Pandya recovery n transformation:

Rohit Sharma won the toss and opted to bowl.

Rishabh Pant misses Dinesh Karthik in :

Will Virat silence the external noise? In his 100th T20I? Babar continue to be the run machine he is?

These are the questions before the T20 tie.

Time for the clash between two of the best opening duos in T20I cricket 💥🔥 : 

Babar Azam and Mohammed Rizwan - 1540 runs @ 57.03

Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul - 1535 runs @ 59.03

Time for the clash between two of the best opening duos in T20I cricket 💥🔥

Both teams are missing their premier fast bowlers: Jasprit Bumrah and Shahinshah Afridi , ruled out due to injuries. 

Pakistan's strength is it's weakness:

While Babar Azam, Mohammad Rizwan and Fakhar Zaman have scored 67.5% of Pakistan's T20I runs since the last World Cup, they have faced an incredible 72% of the deliveries.

Sachin Tendulkar has this to say after :

It came down to fitness of the fast bowlers while put under pressure, though both teams’ pacers bowled well upfront.

Crucial knock by Hardik Pandya to stay till the end & get us over the line & ably supported by Ravindra Jadeja & Virat Kohli.

Congrats 🇮🇳 on a nail-biting win.