Emerging Asia Cup 2023: India beat Pakistan by 8 wickets; Rajvardhan Hangergekar took 5 wickets, Sai Sudarshan scored a century

Under the captaincy of Yash Dhull, India A continues to perform brilliantly in the Emerging Asia Cup 2023. The team beat Pakistan A by 8 wickets on 19 July 2023 (Wednesday). The team topped Group B by winning 3 out of 3 matches. The team did not lose a single match. In the match against Pakistan, Rajvardhan Hangargekar performed brilliantly with the ball and took 5 wickets. While talking about batting, Sai Sudarshan scored a century. The team achieved the target of 206 runs in 36.4 overs. They will face Bangladesh in the semi-finals.

Sudarshan had scored a half-century in the last match. He ended the match by hitting two sixes in two consecutive balls to complete his century in the match against Pakistan. His innings of 104 off 110 included 3 sixes and 10 fours. Apart from this, Nikin Jose played an inning of 53 runs in 64 balls. He hit seven fours during this. Apart from this, Abhishek Sharma remained unbeaten after scoring 20 and Yash Dhull 21 runs. Mubasir Khan and Mehran Mumtaz took 1-1 wickets from Pakistan.

Indian team remained invincible in group stage

Earlier, with the help of Rajvardhan Hungergekar’s 5 wickets and Manav Suthar’s 3 wickets, India dismissed Pakistan for 205 runs in Colombo. Apart from these two, Riyan Parag and Nishant Sandhu took 1-1 wickets. This is the third consecutive win for the team captained by Yash Dhull. They were the only team in the tournament to remain unbeaten in the group stage. They will face Bangladesh in the semi-finals, while Pakistan will face Sri Lanka. Both the matches will be held on Friday.

Best performance by Indian bowlers

After losing the toss, India A bowled brilliantly against Pakistan A batsmen. In the fourth over, Hangekar gave India the first breakthrough by dismissing Sam Ayub. Hangekar then took the wicket of Omair Yousuf in the same over. Sahibzada Farhan and Hasibullah Khan were trying to take Pakistan’s innings forward. However, the Indian bowlers picked up wickets again, this time with Riyan Parag taking the wicket of Sahibzada Farhan. He scored 35 off 36 balls. Pakistan reached beyond 50 runs in the 14th over.

Pakistan’s batsmen struggled to score runs

Pakistan’s batsmen struggled to score runs. They lost two more wickets in the 23rd over when Manav Suthar dismissed Kamran Ghulam (15) and Hasibullah Khan (27). Suthar took his third wicket by dismissing Mohammad Haris (14) after an unsuccessful attempt to hit a slog sweep. Yash Dhull caught at short midwicket.

Pakistan reached 100 runs losing 6 wickets in 28 overs

Pakistan reached 100 runs in 28 overs losing 6 wickets. Mubasir Khan and Qasim Akram added a few runs on the board but their partnership ended at the hands of Mubasir Khan (28) off Nishant Sindhu at full length. He misses the full length ball which hits his pads. Qasim Akram missed his half-century by two runs. In the 46th over, Hangekar took his wicket for 48. India ‘A’ bundled out Pakistan ‘A’ in 48 overs.