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Defending champions India entered the 2022 Asia Cup in the United Arab Emirates after back-to-back wins in the league round but lost to Pakistan and Sri Lanka in a tense Super 4 round, leaving their chances of reaching the finals at 99%. That remaining 1% chance was in Afghanistan’s hands when they faced Pakistan in a crucial Super 4 match yesterday, September 7th. Batting first, Afghanistan struggled in the allotted 20 overs and scored only 129/6.
Hazratullah scored 21 runs and Ibrahim Jadran scored 35 runs while Harish Raoob took the maximum 2 wickets for Pakistan. Chasing an easy target of 130, Pakistan was expected to win easily, but key players such as Muhammad Rizwan 20, Baqar Zaman 5, Ahmed 30, Shatab Khan 36 failed to score big runs and lost wickets at regular intervals. The Indian fans had blind faith that luck was on India’s side as Afghanistan bowled so well.
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But in the last over when Pakistan needed 11 runs to win, the Indian fans were a bit happy as Pakistan had lost 9 wickets, but Farooqui, who bowled the last over, tried to throw a yorker and bowled a full toss. Naseem Shah hit it in a flurry of successive sixes to give Pakistan a 1-wicket win. So the team, which had already defeated India in their first match in the Super 4 round, qualified for the grand final on September 11 with this victory.
On the other hand, Afghanistan, who struggled despite India’s win, were eliminated from the series as they had already lost to Sri Lanka. Likewise, defending champion India, who suffered successive defeats against Pakistan and Sri Lanka, is ready to return to the country after today’s match in Afghanistan without retaining the trophy.
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Chasing just 130 runs earlier in the match, captain Babar Azam shocked Pakistan with a golden duck out in the first over and got an easy victory. However, he has performed brilliantly in the recent past and is shining as the world’s number one T20 batsman. In this Asia Cup, he has scored only 33 runs in 4 matches such as 10, 9, 14, 0. This is giving Pakistan a setback.
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Due to the same reason, he has also lost the number 1 position in the ICC T20 batsmen rankings and has been relegated to the 2nd position. Although another Pakistani batsman Muhammad Rizwan took the top spot, the country’s fans who were shocked by Babar Azam’s activities are taking to social media to say what if India’s arch-rival Virat Kohli goes to you.
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Because Virat Kohli, who was the number one batsman before him for many years, faced severe criticism for not scoring a century after 2019. At that time, Babar Azam had expressed his support by tweeting last month, “Be strong that this too shall pass.”
Transferred his bad form to Babar Azam, while getting good form from him.
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In that situation, Virat Kohli thanked Babar Azam directly for his support during net practice in this Asia Cup.
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A lot of fans are excitedly reporting on social media that Virat Kohli and Sumar Parm, who were modest on that day, have now handed over to Babar Azam. After that, Virat Kohli, who has recovered from the slump after Babar Azam’s collapse, has returned to form and started to perform well in response to the criticism of 35, 59*, 60, 0.
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