The much-anticipated Asia Cup conflict between arch-rivals India and Pakistan has been deserted as rain performed spoilsport within the Group A contest between the heavyweights in Sri Lanka.
Pakistan bowled out India for 266 in 48.5 overs to nostril forward within the contest however their chase by no means started as rain saved the gamers off the bottom earlier than the sport was finally deserted.
Babar Azam’s group, who thumped Nepal within the opener, are via to the Super Four stage after sharing factors with India.
Shaheen Afridi has tormented India in current encounters between the edges and it was no completely different on the Pallekele International Cricket Stadium on Saturday.
India captain Rohit Sharma was left to rue his choice to bat first as his facet slumped to 4-66 within the fifteenth over.
Rohit managed 11 earlier than Afridi breached his defence and Virat Kohli departed for 4 after his angled bat deflected the ball onto his stump.
Haris Rauf dismissed Shreyas Iyer and Shubman Gill to pin India on the mat earlier than Hardik Pandya (87) and Ishan Kishan (82) cast a 138-run partnership to arrest India’s slide.
With each trying set, India reached the 200-mark within the thirty seventh over and a 300-plus complete seemed effectively inside their attain earlier than Rauf (3-58) dismissed Kishan.
Afridi (4-35) returned to dismiss Pandya and Ravindra Jadeja in the identical over, whereas his new ball accomplice Naseem Shah (3-36) polished off India’s tail.
The neighbours, who play one another solely in multi-team occasions due to their soured political relations, conflict once more within the Super Four stage supplied India can keep away from an upset in opposition to Nepal on Monday.
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
