Mohammad Nawaz snatched victory from the hands of India, Pakistan beat India by 5 wickets
In the Asia Cup 2022 season, Pakistan has completed its revenge against Team India. In the first match of the tournament, the Indian team won by 5 wickets. Now in the match played on Sunday, Pakistan won the match by 5 wickets and leveled the account.
In the match, the Indian team had given a target of 182 runs. Which Pakistan achieved in the last over with one ball left. The heroes of the match have been Mohammad Rizwan and Mohammad Nawaz. But in this match, there was such a decision of captain Babar Azam, which turned the whole match.
Actually, this decision was to send Nawaz to number four. Captain Babar showed confidence in spin all-rounder Nawaz and sent him to bat in the middle order. Nawaz also did not break this trust and played a quick innings and won the team. Rizwan played a brilliant innings of 71 runs off 51 balls. While Nawaz scored 42 runs in 20 balls. Both shared a partnership of 73 runs in 41 balls for the third wicket.
Revealed the plan to send Nawaz up
After the match, Babar also disclosed about his strategy. He told why Nawaz was sent upstairs. Babar said, ‘We try to keep things simple. There was a lot of joy when our bowlers took wickets in the powerplay. The partnership that Rizwan and Nawaz did during the batting had laid the foundation for victory. There were two leg spinners in the Indian team, we kept this in mind and sent Nawaz up to bat.
Nawaz also made a plan as soon as he landed on the field
At the same time, Nawaz, who was selected as the player of the match, said after the match, ‘As a left arm spinner, I always try to keep things simple. Even when it came to batting, my entire focus was on scoring runs with boundaries. I had made up my mind from the beginning that if the ball came in my area, then I should hit it big and score fast.
Pakistan won the match by 5 wickets
Let us tell you that while batting first after losing the toss in the match, Team India scored 181 runs for 7 wickets. Virat Kohli scored 60 runs in 44 balls. Shadab Khan took the highest two wickets for Pakistan. This match went on till the last over. In this, in response to the target of 182 runs, Pakistan team won the match by losing 5 wickets and scoring 182 runs.
