IND vs PAK 2023: End of 1st Inning, India finished at 266/10, Hardik and Ishan crushed Pakistani Bowlers despite the top-order failure | Asia Cup 2023: India and Pakistan are playing the third match of Asia Cup 2023 at Pallekele International Cricket Stadium in Kandy, Sri Lanka. India scored 266 runs on the scoreboard after the failure of the top order.
Hardik Pandya played a wonderful game and scored 87 runs in 90 balls, whereas Ishan Kisan scored 82 runs in 81 balls. Both the players shifted the game’s momentum in India’s favor, and Now, Team India gave a good target to Pakistan, which will be difficult for Pakistan to chase.
Pakistan bowlers showed fantastic cricket in the starting 15 overs of the first inning as they took four wickets, but after that, Ishan and Hardik made a partnership. They didn’t give a single chance to Pakistani bowlers to put pressure on them. The Fielding of Pakistan could have been better in this match.
Pakistan’s pace bowlers Shaheen Afridi and Haris Rauf shattered Team India’s top order, picking up four early wickets. Shaheen dismissed Indian captain Rohit Sharma in the fifth over and then removed Virat Kohli in the seventh. Shaheen took four wickets whereas Haris and Naseem took three wickets each.
IND vs PAK 2023: Ishan and Hardik scripts history with record partnership:
Ishan Kisan and Hardik Pandya’s partnership saved India from collapsing as They were four wickets down in just 15 overs. Ishan and Hardik played patiently and kept rotating the strike so that Pakistani bowlers couldn’t build pressure on them.
The partnership between Ishan Kisan and Hardik Panyda was 238 runs for the fifth wicket. This partnership scripts history as this was the highest partnership for the fifth wicket in the Asia Cup for Team India.
Ishan Kisan made 82 runs in 81 balls with nine fours and two sixes; the inning by Ishan will be memorable for him as he played fantastically in the pressure game and saved his team.
Hardik Pandya scored his 11th fifty in ODI cricket, and his inning supporting Ishan from the other end was very important for Team India. Hardik made 87 runs in 90 balls with seven fours and one sixes.
IND vs PAK 2023: Playing 11 of Both Teams:
India Playing11: Rohit Sharma (C), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Ishan Kishan (wk), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj.
Pakistan Playing11: Fakhar Zaman, Imam-ul-Haq, Babar Azam (C), Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Agha Salman, Iftikhar Ahmed, Shadab Khan, Mohammad Nawaz, Shaheen Afridi, Naseem Shah, Haris Rauf.
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