Dhaka: India trounced bitter rivals Pakistan by five wickets in a one-sided affair at the Asia Cup Twenty20 tournament in the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka on Saturday.
Hardik Pandya claimed a career-best 3-8 as India bowled out Pakistan cheaply for 83 runs in 17.3 overs before reaching 85-5 with 27 balls to spare.
Virat Kohli made 49 runs for India while Mohammad Amir claimed 3-18 for Pakistan.
SCOREBOARD
Pakistan
Mohammad Hafeez c Dhoni b Nehra 4
Sharjeel Khan c Rahane b Bumrah 7
Khurram Manzoor run out 10
Shoaib Malik c Dhoni b Pandya 4
Umar Akmal lbw b Yuvraj 3
Sarfraz Ahmed b Jadeja 25
Shahid Afridi run out 2
Wahab Riaz lbw b Jadeja 4
Mohammad Sami c Raina b Pandya 8
Mohammad Amir b Pandya 1
Mohammad Irfan not out 0
Extras (lb4 w11) 15
Total ( all out; 17.3 overs) 83
Fall of wickets: 1-4 (Hafeez), 2-22 (Sharjeel), 3-32 (Khurram), 4-35 (Malik), 5-35 (Akmal), 6-42 (Afridi), 7-52 (Wahab), 8-70 (Sarfraz, 9-83 (Sami), 10-83 (Amir)
Bowling: Nehra 3-0-20-1 (w3), Bumrah 3-2-8-1, Pandya 3.3-0-8-3, Yuvraj 2-0-11-1, Jadeja 3-0-11-2 (w3), Ashwin 3-0-21-0 (w5)
India
R. Sharma lbw b Amir 0
A. Rahane lbw Amir 0
V. Kohli lbw b Sami 49
S. Raina c Wahab b Amir 1
Y. Singh not out 14
H. Pandya c Hafeez b Sami 0
MS Dhoni not out 7
Extras (b1 lb3 w8 nb2) 14
Total ( five wickets; 15.3 overs) 85
Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Sharma) 2-2 (Rahane), 3-8 (Raina), 4-76 (Kohli), 5-76 (Pandya)
Did not bat: R. Jadeja, R. Ashwin, J. Bumrah, A. Nehra
Bowling: Amir 4-0-18-3 (w6), Sami 4-0-16-2, Irfan 4-0-16-0 (nb1 w1), Riaz 3.3-0-31-0 (nb1, w1)
Toss: India
Result: India won by five wickets
Umpires: Ruchira Palliyaguruge (SRI) and Sharfuddoula Ibne Shahid (BAN)
TV umpire: Enamul Haque (BAN)
Match referee: Jeff Crowe (NZ)
AFP
