New Delhi: In the high-voltage match between India and Pakistan, Pakistan's team was all out for 241 runs while batting first. The slow innings of the Pakistani batsmen was heavy on the team. Saud Shakeel scored a half -century, but the team could not cross the 250 mark. Earlier, Pakistan has lost its first match to New Zealand, now it will have to defend 242 runs against India.
In this match in Dubai, Pakistan won the toss and decided to bat first, which did not prove to be effective. Captain Babar Azam appeared in a good rhythm but returned to the pavilion after scoring 23 runs. Imam-ul-Haq could also score only 10 runs. After falling two wickets for 47 runs, Saud Shakeel and Mohammad Rizwan took over the team and shared a 104 -run partnership. Shakeel played an important innings of 62 runs.
Mohammad Rizwan scored 46 runs, but for this he played 77 balls. His slow batting in the T20 cricket era put the team in trouble. This is the reason that Indian bowlers got a chance to return to the match. In the end Khushdil Shah scored an innings of 38 runs, causing the team to reach the respectable score.
Kuldeep Yadav bowled well in the middle overs for the Indian team. He took 3 important wickets for 40 runs in his 9 -over spell. He first dismissed Salman Agha, the batsman Salman Aga, who was in excellent form. He then sent Shaheen Afridi to the pavilion on the first ball and took the third wicket of Nasim Shah, who scored 14 runs. Apart from him, Hardik Pandya took two wickets for India, while Harshit Rana, Akshar Patel and Ravindra Jadeja also took one wicket each. Read also: Pakistan beat India in the begin
