Highlights
India gave Pakistan a target of 266 runs.
Haris Rauf created a stir by taking 3 wickets.
New Delhi. A third dose of adventure is being seen between India and Pakistan (India vs Pakistan). Rohit Sharma won the toss and elected to bat before expecting a big score. But the hitmen, Shubman Gill and Virat Kohli, the trio of veterans struggled against Pakistan’s fast bowlers. Pakistan had already instilled fear with its lethal bowling. The effect of which was fully seen in this match. There was also a time when Pakistani fast bowlers made Rohit and Co.’s situation look like Nepal.
Pakistan’s star fast bowler Shaheen Afridi started as usual. But later Pakistan’s speed merchant started wreaking havoc. Shaheen Afridi showed the way to the pavilion to the legendary players like Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Ravindra Jadeja and Hardik Pandya. At the same time, Haris Rauf made young batsmen Shubman Gill, Shreyas Iyer and Ishan Kishan his prey through the pace. Haris Rauf has previously wreaked havoc with his bowling against Afghanistan and Nepal as well.
10 wickets in 4 matches
Even before the Asia Cup, Haris Rauf made his stance clear. Merchant of Speed first ruined Afghanistan. After which he targeted Nepal and now he was seen defeating Team India. Rauf has so far taken 10 wickets in the last 4 ODIs. He first made his debut in the second ODI against Afghanistan. After this, he did not take a single wicket to his account in the next match. At the same time, Rauf took 2 wickets against Nepal and now he has taken 3 wickets against Team India.
Aggressive bowling in the 37th over
In the 37th over, Haris Rauf bowled very lethally. He made set batsman Ishan Kishan a victim of his fiery balls. In this over, Haris bowled at an average of 145 km per hour. Ishan Kishan played a valuable innings of 82 runs. At the same time, Hardik also scored 87 runs, due to which the Indian team managed to take the score to 266 runs. Apart from Haris, Afridi, Naseem Shah also took 3 wickets from Pakistan.
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Tags: Asia Cup, Haris Rauf, India vs Pakistan, Shaheen Afridi, Virat Kohli
First published: September 02, 2023, 20:02 IST