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Asia Cup 2018 Super Four clash, India vs Pakistan Highlights: Stand-in captain Rohit Sharma and his deputy Shikhar Dhawan continued their red-hot form in white ball cricket with dominating hundreds as India crush arch-rivals Pakistan by nine wickets to register their second straight victory in the super four stage of ongoing Asia Cup 2018. With this emphatic win, the men in blue have stormed into the finals of the continental series, hosted in Dubai and Abu Dhabi.
Interestingly, this is India’s biggest win against traditional rivals Pakistan in terms of the number of wickets lost. Chasing a target of 238, Rohit (111 no off 119 balls) and Dhawan (114 off 100 balls) flayed the Pakistan attack adding 210 runs for the opening stand to seal their second lopsided victory in the tournament in only 39.3 overs.
It was Rohit’s third successive fifty 50 plus score in the tournament with the sequence being 52, 83 no and 111 no.
Dhawan’s is even more impressive with 127, 46, 40 and 114. One of the most fearsome opening pairs in ODI format, Rohit-Dhawan combination were helped by some ordinary bowling from Pakistan with equally sloppy fielding compounding their woes.
Their understanding in 22 yards is exemplary and as Dhawan teed off witha flurry of boundaries, Rohit was ready to hold one end up.
Dhawan, who is comfortable on pitches where there is lack of movement played some lovely drives on the up. He also pulled with ferocity and cut anything wide. Rohit’s first significant shot was a pulled six off rookie pacer Shaheen Shah Afridi.
The southpaw also gave the same treatment to a woefully out of form Mohammed Aamir (0/41 in 5 overs). Dhawan’s 50 came off 56 balls with a pulled boundary while Rohit took 65 balls to reach the mini-milestone.
Squads:
India: Rohit Sharma(c), Shikhar Dhawan, Ambati Rayudu, MS Dhoni(w), Dinesh Karthik, Kedar Jadhav, Ravindra Jadeja, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Yuzvendra Chahal, Lokesh Rahul, Manish Pandey, Deepak Chahar, Siddarth Kaul, K Khaleel Ahmed
Player of the match: @SDhawan25
Well deserved 👏👏👏 pic.twitter.com/ak31h3xKyI
— ICC (@ICC) September 23, 2018
Total domination as #TeamIndia seal a win by 9 wickets #INDvPAK #AsiaCup pic.twitter.com/k6vSgrkaB8
— BCCI (@BCCI) September 23, 2018
Captain Rohit Sharma took the responsibility once again with the bat and made sure the team crosses the line with an unbeaten knock!
Rohit Sharma averages 121.50 in 7 matches as captain in ODIs!#INDvPAK #AsiaCup2018 pic.twitter.com/x4zB0IohVY— AsianCricketCouncil (@ACCMedia1) September 23, 2018
☑️Highest partnership for Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan in ODIs
☑️Highest opening wicket partnership for India against Pakistan in ODIs#INDvPAK #AsiaCup2018 pic.twitter.com/fWlc3VC7d4— AsianCricketCouncil (@ACCMedia1) September 23, 2018
Asia Cup 2018, IND vs PAK Live Score and Updates: Easy-peasy. India have made a mockery of the run chase. Sorry. Dhawan and Rohit have crumpled Pakistan. Their 210-run stand literally did not allow the Men In Green to even think about the win. Everything was not totally rosy though. Dhawan was fluent but Rohit struggled in his initial phase. He survived a dropped chance but then made that count. Once he got to his 50, he assumed a different role altogether. Consider this – he reached his 50 on his 65th ball and in the next 54 balls, he clobbered 61. Overall, it may not be a massive difference but the one who saw the game will understand the progression.
Asia Cup 2018, IND vs PAK Latest Updates: INDIA MOVE INTO THE FINAL! Comfortable 9-wicket win. Their first ever in ODIs against Pakistan. Full and outside off, Rayudu looks to flick but gets a leading edge towards cover. He is halfway down the track but Rohit is looking back to check where the ball is. Still, Rayudu goes for the run and the fielder shows lack of game awareness. Instead of going to Rohit’s end, he goes at the bowler’s end and misses the stumps. India (238/1) beat Pakistan (237/7) by 9 wickets in Dubai. Shikhar Dhawan 114, Rohit Sharma 111*
India beat Pakistan by nine wickets with 10.3 overs to spare.
A convincing win for them in the #AsiaCup.
Re-live the day's action and follow the post-match reaction 👇👇https://t.co/0SqS4ClLWD pic.twitter.com/3ACQUHZkt5
— ICC (@ICC) September 23, 2018
Asia Cup 2018, IND vs PAK Latest Updates: INDIA MOVE INTO THE FINAL! Comfortable 9-wicket win. Their first ever in ODIs against Pakistan. Full and outside off, Rayudu looks to flick but gets a leading edge towards cover. He is halfway down the track but Rohit is looking back to check where the ball is. Still, Rayudu goes for the run and the fielder shows lack of game awareness. Instead of going to Rohit’s end, he goes at the bowler’s end and misses the stumps. India (238/1) beat Pakistan (237/7) by 9 wickets in Dubai. Shikhar Dhawan 114, Rohit Sharma 111*
Asia Cup 2018, IND vs PAK Live Score and Updates: SIX! CRASH! A short ball outside off, Rohit climbs onto it and heaves it massively over mid-wicket! The long hops keep on coming and the balls keep on disappearing. India 237/1 in 37 overs, chase 238 to win vs Pakistan (237/7)
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