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“Both Teams Tried To Lose The Game”: Shoaib Akhtar On India-Pakistan Asia Cup Match | Cricket News

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“Both Teams Tried To Lose The Game”: Shoaib Akhtar On India-Pakistan Asia Cup Match | Cricket News

[ad_1] Team India defeated Pakistan by five wickets on Sunday© AFPIndia and Pakistan played out a thrilling match on Sunday at the Dubai International Stadium, and it was Rohit Sharma and co that came out on the right side of the result as they defeated their arch-rivals by five wickets in Asia Cup Group A clash. Hardik Pandya was the star of the show as he displayed an all-round performance to help India win the contest. Hardik first took three wickets, and then he played a match-winning knock of 33 runs of just 17 balls to take India over the line with two balls to spare.Former Pakistan pacer Shoaib Akhtar, however, was not impressed by the cricket on display and he went on to say that both teams tried to lose the game and it was a "bad day of cricket"."I want to congratulate both Indi...

India vs Pakistan: All The Matches Between Arch-Rivals In Asia Cup So Far | Cricket News

[ad_1] Asia Cup 2022 is all set to kick off on August 28 in the United Arab Emirates. The continental event will once again see arch-rivals India and Pakistan battle it out against each other. Given that the sides play head-to-head matches only in multi-team tournaments since January 2013, their face-off has become much more valuable in the past decade. While the sides first face each other on August 28 in the upcoming Asia Cup, chances are high that they will square off again in the later part of the tournament, not once but twice.Before the T20I action between the sides kicks off in Dubai International Cricket Stadium, let's recollect all the India vs Pakistan encounters that have taken place in Asia Cup so far.1984: India beat Pakistan by 54 runs in inaugural Asia CupThe low-scoring t...

“Like Facing Spinners”: Virender Sehwag On Third And Fourth Pakistan Pacers In Multan Test | Cricket News

[ad_1] Virender Sehwag used to bring out his best against Pakistan. Out of the all the memorable innings that he played against Pakistan, the triple century that he scored in Multan in 2004 was the first occasion when an Indian batter scored a 300-plus score in Tests. Sehwag scored 309 while Sachin Tendulkar stayed unbeaten on 194 as India declared on 675/5 in the first innings. Pakistan made 407 in the first innings and were made to follow on. They made 216 in the second innings as India win by an innings and 52 runs.Talking about his most favourite memory from an India-Pakistan clash, Sehwag said. "The 309-run knock at Multan is my favourite, because no one expected that a player like Sehwag, an opener could score a triple century. People were saying...the media used to write, the comm...