The Indian cricket group is off to an ideal begin in opposition to Pakistan within the Asia Cup 2023 Tremendous 4 conflict on Sunday, September 10. Indian openers Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill tore aside Pakistan’s in-form tempo assault to assist India rating 61 runs within the first ten overs with out dropping any wickets.
After being pressured to bat first at Colombo’s R Premadasa Stadium, Rohit confronted off left-arm pacer Shaheen Afridi within the first over. Rohit was cautious along with his method within the first over and Shaheen appeared assured to start out the sport with a maiden over. However Rohit ended the over with a six off Shaheen to open his and India’s account in fashion.
Rohit’s six to Shaheen additionally recorded a novel achievement for the Indian captain. He turned the first-ever cricketer to smash a six off Shaheen within the bowler’s first over in ODIs. Shaheen has considerably bowled first overs on 26 events in 41 innings and has by no means conceded a six earlier than in the present day’s sport.
Rohit was assured along with his attacking method in the present day as he scored three fours and one six within the first ten overs. Notably, he did not go for a single run within the powerplay overs and seemed in nice rhythm with areal photographs. Gill additionally took Shaheen within the powerplay overs by smashing him for six fours in two consecutive overs. India’s flying begin added early strain on Pakistani captain Babar Azam who was pressured to introduce tempo all-rounder Faheem Ashraf after six overs of play.
India Enjoying XI: Rohit Sharma (c), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, KL Rahul, Ishan Kishan (wk), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj
Pakistan Enjoying XI: Fakhar Zaman, Imam-ul-Haq, Babar Azam (c), Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Agha Salman, Iftikhar Ahmed, Shadab Khan, Faheem Ashraf, Shaheen Afridi, Naseem Shah, Haris Rauf
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