The 2023 Asian Cup begins on August 30th. This time the Asian Cup will be held in Pakistan and Sri Lanka. The first match of the tournament will be played between Pakistan and Nepal. At the same time, Team India will play their first game against Pakistan on September 2nd. This time the Asia Cup will be played in ODI format. In 2012, when the Asia Cup was held in ODI format, Shahid Afridi single-handedly dominated Team India.
In that game in Mirpur, Pakistan defeated Team India by one wicket. Afridi won a losing game for his team by scoring two sixes against Ravichandran Ashwin in the final set. After starting first in that game, India had scored 245 runs for 8 wickets in 50 overs. In response, Pakistan won the game by a margin of one wicket just two balls before.
After the first game, Indian team Pakistan had just 246 runs on target. Rohit Sharma played an inning of 56 runs for India. Virat Kohli’s racket, on the other hand, didn’t work. Kohli was only able to score five runs in this match. In the end, Ambati Rayudu scored 58 points and unbeaten Ravindra Jadeja scored 52 points, bringing the team’s total to 240.
Pakistan followed India’s target of 246 runs and got off to a great start, but Team India made a comeback in the middle overs and won the game by hand. Pakistan’s first wicket fell at 71 runs, but then the second wicket fell at 93, third at 96 and fourth wicket at 113 runs.
Pakistan then returned to the game and lost the fifth wicket at 200. However, after this, Team India again shocked Pakistan. But Shahid Afridi continued to hit stormy on one side. Afridi won his team by scoring an unbeaten 34 points in just 18 balls. Two fours and three sixes came out of his racket.