In the opening match of the Asia Cup, the Indian cricketers also became fans and were forced to appreciate the brilliant performance of the Pakistan cricket team once morest Nepal and the smoky batting of Babar Azam.
Before the Asia Cup and the World Cup, Pakistan had swept the 3-match ODI series once morest Afghanistan and thus Pakistan is currently at the top of the ODI rankings.
Later, Pakistan started aggressively once morest Nepal in the opening match of Asia Cup 2023 played in Multan yesterday (August 30).
The smoky batting of Babar Azam and Iftikhar Ahmed dominated the Nepalese bowlers, Babar Azam scored 151 runs off 131 balls, he hit 4 sixes and 14 fours in his innings while Iftikhar hit 4 sixes and 11 fours.
Pakistan scored 342 runs for the loss of 6 wickets in 50 overs, in pursuit of the target, the entire team of Nepal had returned to the pavilion in 23.4 overs and the entire team might score only 104 runs.
It is also worth mentioning that the Asia Cup 2023 is being jointly hosted by Pakistan and Sri Lanka, this tournament will continue till September 17 while the 10-team World Cup 2023 will be held in India from October 5 to November 19.
Talking regarding the match between Pakistan and India in the Asia Cup, currently the next match will be held in Sri Lanka where the teams of both the countries will clash on September 2.
Seeing the great performance of Pakistan, Indian cricketers were also forced to praise, off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin says that the Pakistan cricket team under the leadership of Babar Azam will prove to be a strong opponent in the Asia Cup and the World Cup.
Ravichandran Ashwin said in his YouTube channel yesterday following the match that if Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan continue to perform consistently in the middle order, then Pakistan can be a very strong team in the Asia Cup and the World Cup. It will be difficult to do.
Ashwin also said that he believes that Pakistan is a truly extraordinary team.
He added that Pakistan will face arch-rivals India in the next Asia Cup match on Saturday, and Pakistan has quite a strong player in the cricket team.
He said that Pakistan has always produced exceptional cricketers, thanks to tape ball cricket they have continuously produced talented bowlers, their batting was particularly commendable in the late 1990s and 2000s.
The Indian cricketer added that ‘But one of the major reasons for the comeback of the Pakistan cricket team during the last 5 or 6 years is that they have played in various Twenty20 leagues, they have also played in the Pakistan Super League (PSL). have played and in the recent Big Bash League (BBL) drafts, there were around 60 to 70 players from Pakistan.
Indian spinner Ravichandran Ashwin also praised Babar Azam’s innings on social platform X and shared clapping emojis.
Former fast bowler of Indian cricket team Irfan Pathan also wrote that ‘Babar Azam once once more showed his skills by scoring a century, when it comes to scoring runs, Babar is skilled in it’.
On the other hand, well-known Indian journalist and commentator Harsha Bhogle, expressing his opinion on X, wrote that the way Babar Azam was playing, it seemed from the beginning that he would score a century and there was no doubt regarding it. That he was enjoying his innings.
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2024-07-09 22:07:39