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DUBAI : A timely break away from the game and a friendly dressing room have helped Virat Kohli rediscover his love for cricket, the star batsman said after showing fresh sign of his resurgence at the ongoing Asia Cup.
Rohit Sharma's biggest takeaway from his team's five-wicket loss against arch-rivals Pakistan in the Asia Cup Super 4 match is learning about the mindset required to defend tricky totals under pressure. Pakistan beat India by five wickets as they chased down the target of 182 with a ball to spare. The Indian captain said that a total of 181 was always a good one and he didn't think that they were 10-15 short. "It's a good learning for us. I thought it was a good score. Any pitch, any conditions when you get 180 it's a good score," Rohit said after the match.
Virat Kohli was back to his best on Sunday as he hit a second successive half-century in the Asia Cup with a 60-run knock against Pakistan. The former Indian cricket team captain reached the half-century mark in just 36 balls. For the Indian cricket fans, it was a welcome sight as Kohli had been battling lean patch of late. Kohli now has the most fifty-plus scores in the history of T20I cricket. His knock included four boundaries and a six. This was his 32nd half-century in T20Is. Kohli reached the half-century mark with a six off Mohammad Hasnain.
Asia Cup. While this has been long and tough phase for him, he declared that he found genuine support only from former India captain MS Dhoni. “I’ll tell you one thing. When I quit Test captaincy, only one person who I played with messaged me. That is MS Dhoni. A lot of people have my number. People give suggestions on TV. People have a lot to say. But all those who had my number didn’t message,” Kohli made the revelation after the match against Pakistan here on Sunday. According to him, the sense of security between him and Dhoni stood out during the last eight months. “When you have respect for someone and that’s genuine, then it looks like that because there is a sense of security on both sides. Neither does he need anything from me nor do I need anything from him. I was never insecure of him neither was he,” Kohli added with a straight face.
There was a lot of talk around Virat Kohli's form before the Asia Cup, but a one-month rest has done wonders for the former skipper as he is back in full form in the ongoing sub-continental tournament. In the three matches so far, the right-handed batter has scored 154 runs with his highest score being 60 which came in the Super 4 stage against Pakistan on Sunday. Team India lost the contest in a thriller by five wickets and they will now square off against Sri Lanka on Tuesday at the same venue.
India-Pakistan Super 4 match in the ongoing Asia Cup on Sunday lived up to its hype as both sides played out a thriller and in the end, it was Babar Azam's side that prevailed by five wickets and now India must win their matches against Sri Lanka and Afghanistan if they want to make it to the final. However, the biggest talking point of the game came in the 18th over of the innings as young seamer Arshdeep Singh dropped a relatively easy chance off the bowling of Ravi Bishnoi, and as a result, Asif Ali got a life.
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates: Mohammad Rizwan smashed his second successive half century and Mohammad Nawaz made 42 off just 20 balls to set up Pakistan’s highest successful run-chase in a Twenty20 against archrival India in their Asia Cup Super 4 match on Sunday. Rizwan scored 71 runs off 51 deliveries while Nawaz hit six fours and two sixes to dominate the middle overs as Pakistan reached 182-5 with a ball to spare in the five-wicket win.
A key partnership between Mohammad Rizwan and Mohammad Nawaz set up a thrilling five-wicket win for Pakistan in their opening Super Four game against India in the Asia Cup on Sunday.