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    Twitter Erupts As Pakistan Beats India In Round 2 Of The Asia Cup 2022 Face-off

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    Twitter Erupts As Pakistan Beats India In Round 2 Of The Asia Cup 2022 Face-off

    Twitter Erupts As Pakistan Beats India In Round 2 Of The Asia Cup 2022 Face-off: Round 2 of the 2022 Asia Cup series was between the Indian national cricket team and the Pakistan national cricket team. The face-off kicked off on Sunday, September 4. The venue for this face-off was the Dubai International Cricket Stadium.

    Twitter Erupts As Pakistan Beats India In Round 2 Of The Asia Cup 2022 Face-off: Round 2 of the 2022 Asia Cup series
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    Pakistan defeated India by 5 wickets in an overwhelming match. This was Pakistan’s third win over the Indian team in 11 T20I outings.

    Previously, Pakistan won the toss and invited India to bat first. The Men In Green saw one change in playing XI and Mohammad Hasnain replaced Shahnawaz Dahani.

    On the other hand, Team India saw three major changes in playing XI for the blockbuster encounter. Hardik Pandya, Deepak Hooda, and Ravi Bishnoi replaced Dinesh Karthik, Ravindra Jadeja, and Avesh Khan respectively.

    Performances of the two teams

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    Openers KL Rahul and Rohit Sharma had a good start and they looked excellent in form. Pacer Haris Rauf had his breakthrough in the 6th over and sacked skipper Rohit Sharma. Rohit Sharma scored 28 runs with a strike rate of 175. This left India at 62/1 at the end of the power play.

    Shadab Khan bagged the second wicket of the match and dismissed KL Rahul. KL Rahul went out for 28 in the 7th over. Mohammad Nawaz sent Suryakumar Yadav back to the pavilion for 13 in the 10th over.

    Young wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant made not much of an impression and Shadab Khan sacked him in 14th place.

    Deepak Hooda scored 16 runs off 14 balls and stepped out in the 19th over. Virat Kohli scored an incredible 60 runs off 44 balls and stepped out in the 20th over. Leg spinner Ravi Bishnoi hit 2 fours on the last two balls of the innings and helped India reach 181/7.

    On the other hand, Pakistan lost the wicket to Babar Azam early in the innings. The Pakistani captain was sent away by Ravi Bishnoi in the 4th over. Fakhar Zaman performed poorly with 18-ball 15 and Yuzvendra Chahal sacked him in the 9th over.

    Mohammad Nawaz performed marvelously with 42 runs off 20 balls. His hits included 6 fours and 2 sixes but Bhuvneshwar Kumar sacked him in the 16th over. Mohammad Rizwan’s outstanding 71-point knockout came to an end by Hardik Pandya in the 17th over.

    Khushdil Shah and Asif Ali destroyed the Indian bowling unit and helped Pakistan reach the finish line.

    Twitter’s reaction to the Asia Cup clash between India and Pakistan

    RK

    @RK_sports

    Well played Pakistan. For India – I know we can and will discuss a lot of things around this game but I think the big point is the balance that Jadeja lends to this team. He was missed. #INDvsPAK2022 #INDvsPAK #INDvPAK

    Prasenjit Dey

    @CricPrasen

    Brilliant performance here by Pakistan. But 181 was never going to be enough on this batting track. 

    India lost Jadeja but they could have still played Dinesh Karthik. Hooda’s 16(14) in Karthik’s role was simply not good enough.

    #INDvsPAK

    Saj Sadiq

    @SajSadiqCricket

    Brilliant run chase that from Pakistan. A morale-boosting win especially with no Shaheen Afridi and without a big contribution from Babar Azam #AsiaCup #INDvPAK

    Shahid Afridi

    @SAfridiOfficial

    Outstanding win!! Great contributions by Rizwan, Nawaz, and finishing by Asif. India-Pakistan cricket once again at its absolute best. The greatest sporting event in the world.

    Gaurav Kalra

    @gauravkalra75

    India beat Pakistan by 5 wickets in 19.4 overs

    Pakistan beat India by 5 wickets in 19.5 overs

    Fun two games! 

    #INDvsPAK #AsiaCupT20

    Junaid Khan 83

    @JunaidkhanREAL

    Congratulations team Pakistan. Nail biting finish. Well bowled @76Shadabkhan

    Well played @iMRizwanPak

    A great all-round performance @mnawaz94 @TheRealPCB #PAKvIND #AsiaCupT20

    Gurkirat Singh Gill

    @gurkiratsgill

    Very good bowling this by Arshdeep. After being hit for a four on an attempted yorker by Asif Ali, when he went deep inside the crease, Arshdeep just pulled his length off the yorker slightly back and targeted the stumps. And got the wicket. Excellent awareness.

    Mufaddal Vohra

    @mufaddal_vohra

    This Asia Cup has been a blockbuster – a thrilling tournament!

    Johns.

    @CricCrazyJohns

    Pakistan beat India by 5 wickets in the Super 4, terrific run chase.

    HH12

    @Hip_hop_india12

    Inshallah boys actually played well

    Nostalgia Merchant

    @varun477

    Regulation catch dropped at crucial stage of the game.

    Main bowler ghosting 

    All-rounder clowning with bat and ball

    Lead spinner getting hammered 

    But still, one man’s tactical genius Captaincy took the game to nail-biting last over. The GOAT captain ever. Rohit Sharma

    Harsha Bhogle

    @bhogleharsha

    The fielding has given way in the last overs. As it did in the earlier innings…

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