India smash Pakistan by eight wickets with superb all-round display

[Shafi]

Its a 300 runs pitch and our batsmen showed how rubbish they are. India will win by 30 overs.
I hope Afghans will not humiliate us as well.

 

[Madplayer]

Get Hasan Ali in and lets see how many he goes for. Indian batting just proving how great it is. Even without Kohli or pandya.

 

[babajee]

Ufff

 

[ManFan]

It’s over.

 

[jeeteshssaxena]

Seems repeat of CT.India wins first game and we drop some deadwood and then.....

Aur kitna deadwood giraoge bhaiya?
Meanwhile Hitman giving a phainta to both pak bowlers and pp posters

 

[theariezman]

What is happening

Izzat

 

[nextover666666]

We deserve this loss our players and fans got over confident

 

[Dios]

India weren't going to tuk-tuk for too long.

 

[theariezman]

I feel sarfaraz is exposed here badly.

 

[Usman Chadda]

Fine leg inside the circle and you proceed to bowl two short deliveries on the body Tbh you can’t blame these guys, they have tried their best but the batters have royally screwed them.

 

[jeeteshssaxena]

Seems repeat of CT.India wins first game and we drop some deadwood and then.....

Aur kitna deadwood giraoge bhaiya?
Meanwhile Hitman giving a phainta to both pak bowlers and pp posters

 

[troodon]

Izzat

Zillat.

 

[daytrader]

This game is done and dusted. IA we got the next 2

 

[Gullycricket]

Generator is here

 

[theariezman]

But they were patient while we were not.

India weren't going to tuk-tuk for too long.

 

[Snowflake]

Now we know that Shinwari is quite a brainless bowler. Bowling short pitch when you have fine leg up? Bowling a length ball from around the wicket on a free hit?!

Absolutely no game awareness

 

[Justcrazy]

Azhar Mahmood needs to work with bowlers before second round

 

[Dios]

India should look to mentally scar Pakistan here before the next encounter. Chase the target down in under 25 overs.

 

[B_Positive]

Sarfaraz is pressurizing his bowlers unnecessarily.

 

[Arham_PakFan]

Sharma is a pleasure to watch once set. Just not so fun when it's against your team

 

[nextover666666]

India should look to mentally scar Pakistan here before the next encounter. Chase the target down in under 25 overs.

Your Bangladesh will lose to India in 15 overs

 

[Gullycricket]

Shinwari wanted 5 wickets against india.This is what he gets

 

[MMHS]

Anything less than a 10 wicket win for India should be a loss. No swing no seam and Mickey/Sarfraz with their genius selections of 4 fast bowlers in uae, this should be a thrashing.

I thought, people were happy to see 6 FAST bowlers for Asia Cup in UAE.

 

[jeeteshssaxena]

Yaar aaj to pehle batting aani chahiye thi ,sharma in 200 wala mood

 

[Snowflake]

But they were patient while we were not.

They were also looking for singles from the first ball! I don't understand our batsmen's obsession of playing everything with a dead straight bat! They just don't look to maneuver the field at all.

 

[Bhaag Viru Bhaag]

This is good stuff from Sharma ji.

 

[Gullycricket]

India should look to mentally scar Pakistan here before the next encounter. Chase the target down in under 25 overs.

Cornered tigers

 

[B_Positive]

Ah its hurting too bad now....

 

[Plumb]

Sharma ji 'll take all the revenge today

 

[Pete Rose]

5.2 m on Hotstar

 

[Rayyman]

Pak. didn't play well at all today. We deserved to lose. Need to win the next one.

 

[ExpressPacer]

Bring in Faheem. He's going to take pace off the ball which is required and for the love of God, take a wicket guys.

 

[Yoddha]

Pakistan fans are lucky india pak don't play often these days.

 

[Usman Chadda]

Hopefully this is the only bad game of the tournament for Pakistan.

 

[Balthazar]

What's up with Pak? I am truly confused if they are even a good team. Surely, this is not the same team that won CT.

 

[Snowflake]

Yaar aaj to pehle batting aani chahiye thi ,sharma in 200 wala mood

I don't think it works like that. Indian openers took their time, settled in and are now cashing on it because they knew they were chasing a meager total. The approach would have been entirely different if you were batting first.

 

[barah_admi]

Bowling too short on a tiring pitch. Need to bowl at a good length and most importantly, get the spinners in.

 

[troodon]

Pak batsmen failed their bowlers.

This looks like a 250 pitch minimum. Once the batsmen get their eye in, they can score big.

 

[DeadBall]

Rohit's belly in slow mo is something I wish I can un see.

 

[Justcrazy]

111 required only , Pakistan need to make sure they pick up few wickets , and not loose by 10 or 9 wickets

 

[theariezman]

No way we are going to win thid match even if Rohit and Dhawan is gone.

 

[Madplayer]

Faheem better than Pandya and equal to Klusener bowling now.

 

[Yoddha]

Bring in Faheem. He's going to take pace off the ball which is required and for the love of God, take a wicket guys.

bring in whoever you like...

 

[DRsohail]

[MENTION=79064]MMHS[/MENTION] everything you were saying for an year has been exposed. Micky love for fast bowlers, imam and sarfaraz as specialist bat with Babar weakness against spin. I agree.and will keep on counting.

 

[theariezman]

Bhai Wasim Waqar ko na lay ayeen

Bring in Faheem. He's going to take pace off the ball which is required and for the love of God, take a wicket guys.

 

[Imran Hasan]

Its looks like Afghanistan is going to win this Asia cup!

 

[Madplayer]

"Championship mindset" being discussed in the com box deano had to bring it up.

 

[cricketindiafan]

5.1 millions viewers on HotStar, word of a likely Indian win spreading and adding to viewership

 

[Yoddha]

Oh my god... The gap between the two sides.

 

[Justcrazy]

Imam and Asif Ali are the two spots Pakistan need to think about next WC .

 

[Plumb]

5.1 millions viewers on HotStar, word of a likely Indian win spreading and adding to viewership

it will drop once couple wickets down

 

[Justcrazy]

Its looks like Afghanistan is going to win this Asia cup!

If there batsmen can get them to 250 consistently , they can surprise big teams on these tracks. They have 30 overs of quality spin.

 

[Usman Chadda]

Oh my god... The gap between the two sides.

We have one, possible two more, matches coming up. This is Pakistan at their worst.

 

[shortbread]

Bring on the spinners and suffocate the batsman. Let Shadab do his stuff here, a breakthrough is crucial before the target is under 100.

 

[nextover666666]

I do think Pakistan will bounce back Sunday and be better prepared

 

[theariezman]

Doesn't matter they have earned whatever they wanted to.

it will drop once couple wickets down

 

[warcry]

relax. pakistan is clearly playing the long game. give the indians a false sense of security. this loss was needed. playing useless teams like zimbabwe and sri lanka have inflated batting averages.

our batsmen are still inexperienced, it showed in our openers. a couple of maidens and the pressure got to them, our middle order is also inexperienced, hopefully many players have learned a few lessons by the end of the game.

also drop amir,play shaheen instead. Hafeez would have been a better choice than asif ali at 6, bowling and batting wise, but it is important to give asif ali a fair chance.

 

[cricketindiafan]

5.2 m on Hotstar

Was around 3.5 million for most of Pakistan innings. Now more Indians tuning in

IPL had average 5-6 mil viewership, not bad at all.

 

[Madplayer]

At least Pakistan wont be the worst team in the tournament. Thanks to Srilanka

 

[Tyler Durden]

Shinwari was bowling rubbish and I was surprised to see Sarfaraz being all calm, why is he not running to bowlers screaming and shouting for every ball?

 

[shortbread]

Rohit's belly in slow mo is something I wish I can un see.

Now that Sarfraz's fitter, Rohit must be the fattest player in this game!

 

[theariezman]

Missing 2W's badly

Sadly

 

[Hitman]

6 by Dhawan.

 

[castortroy]

If Fakhar doesn't perform this batting line up is toast. Too much reliance on him

 

[Madplayer]

Shinwari was bowling rubbish and I was surprised to see Sarfaraz being all calm, why is he not running to bowlers screaming and shouting for every ball?

Because he knows its a lost cause.

 

[Yoddha]

India >>>>>>>(2*Pakistan + 2.5*Bangladesh +3*Afghanistan +4*SL +5*Nepal)

 

[alized]

That means Pakistan opponent will be Afghanistan in Super 4 since we didn’t top the table??? Blessing in disguise!! We will SMASH these Afghani!!!

 

[castortroy]

Easy 3-0 for india in this competition

 

[TNAmarkFromIndia]

Pakistan making even the worst Indian team look good.

 

[Tyler Durden]

Because he knows its a lost cause.

Oh come on! I saw what he did in the HK match even for a simple misfield.

 

[MMHS]

Shinwari was bowling rubbish and I was surprised to see Sarfaraz being all calm, why is he not running to bowlers screaming and shouting for every ball?

He is practicing meditation for anger management, his batting is also keeping him calm & cool.

 

[Adnan_Ilyas]

god knows if we can beat afghanistan the way we are playing is awful

 

[Yoddha]

Sadly

Indian C team missing no one.

 

[pillionrider]

Cmon Hasan let's see that celebration. )

 

[Dios]

India should look to smash a halwa puri bowler like Ashraf for 20 an over to make a statement.

 

[Adnan_Ilyas]

my god will someone atleast get a bloody wicket

 

[Madplayer]

Oh come on! I saw what he did in the HK match even for a simple misfield.

Because that was not a lost cause.

 

[Snowflake]

I am surprised that despite playing on these pitches for years, our batters haven't understood the requirement to play on these pitches.

Rohit and Dhawan have been playing everything with an open-faced bat and trying to work the angles whereas our batsmen are hellbent on playing everything with a straight bat!

 

[Shafi]

I told India will win by 30 overs looks like they will win even before 24 overs. Our batsmen are worst but bowlers are not that good either.
Lucky India did not bat earlier otherwise they would have score 350+.

 

[Imran Hasan]

If there batsmen can get them to 250 consistently , they can surprise big teams on these tracks. They have 30 overs of quality spin.

Their bowler would have defend 220 but of course they would love to see 250 on board! Perhaps a loss for Pak in this match will do good in the super four.