Asia Cup | After Babar’s dismissal, we didn’t suppose half of Pakistan crew had been dismissed: Bhuvneshwar

Bhuvneshwar Kumar managed his line and size nicely to dismiss Pakistan captain Babar Azam, who was struggling to play India’s new-ball pair, the opposite being Arshdeep Singh.

Babar Azam departed after making solely 10 runs towards India. (AP Photo)

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India pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumar stated that Pakistan’s plans had been disturbed after the dismissal of Babar Azam, however added that his departure did not imply half of the opposition was out within the Asia Cup.

India created dot ball strain and bagged Pakistan’s wickets at common intervals. Bhuvneshwar managed his line and size nicely and dismissed Pakistan captain Babar Azam, who was struggling to play India’s new-ball pair, with the opposite being Arshdeep Singh. On a brief ball, Babar (10) tried to drag however ended up giving a catch at brief high quality leg within the third over.

The brief ball tactic saved on serving to India as Hardik Pandya rattled the center order to dent Pakistan’s batting earlier than Arshdeep Singh cleaned up the tail. Indian pacers bagged all 10 wickets to bundle out Pakistan for 147 earlier than Hardik Pandya impressed India to a five-wicket win on Sunday, August 28.

“Once Babar was dismissed, we did not think that half of the Pakistan team has been dismissed. He is a good player but technically there were 9 other batters still left. As a team, we do not think that if the best batter is out, then half of the team is dismissed. But yes, once he was out, we knew their plans will be disturbed as the batter who plays the role of the anchor was gone,” Bhuvneshwar stated within the press convention.

The victory got here almost after a yr, when Pakistan defeated India by 10 wickets in a bunch match on the ICC T20 World Cup 2021 within the UAE. However, Bhuvneshwar confused that India did not take into consideration the defeat in the course of the Asia Cup match.

“We had forgotten about the match against Pakistan that we lost last year. Honestly, as a cricketer we do not think about the result, I know people can have their expectations. We lose against other teams as well, but we do not talk about them that match as compared to when we lose against Pakistan. We just leave everything behind and keep moving ahead.”

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