In the Asia Cup 2023, rain disrupted the Super 4 encounter between India and Pakistan. Now, the third match will be played on the reserve day tomorrow.
Rain Disrupts IND vs PAK Asia Cup Clash, Match Rescheduled to Reserve Day
In the third match of the Super 4 in the Asia Cup 2023, rain played spoilsport. The Indian opening batsmen were performing exceptionally well. However, after losing two wickets at 147 runs in 24.1 overs, rain interrupted the game. The match had to be stopped in the 25th over due to the weather.
After a while, the rain stopped, and it took quite some time for the ground staff to dry the outfield. The umpires scheduled an inspection at 8:00 AM. As soon as the field was ready, rain returned. In the end, the umpires decided to shift the match to the reserve day. India will be playing a One Day International (ODI) match on the reserve day for the first time since the 2019 World Cup semi-final.
Regarding the Indian team’s score when the match was halted at 24.1 overs with two wickets down and 147 runs on the board, at that time, Virat Kohli was batting at 8 runs, and KL Rahul was at 17 runs. KL Rahul replaced the injured Shreyas Iyer in the playing eleven.
For India, captain Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill had started the innings aggressively. These two players formed a partnership of 121 runs for the first wicket. Rohit scored 56 runs off 49 balls, including four boundaries and a half-century. Meanwhile, Gill played a brilliant knock, scoring 58 runs off 52 balls, hitting ten boundaries. Pakistan’s bowlers Shadab Khan and Shaheen Afridi took one wicket each.
India’s Playing XI: Rohit Sharma (Captain), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, KL Rahul, Ishan Kishan (Wicketkeeper), Shardul Thakur, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammad Siraj, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja.
Pakistan’s Playing XI: Fakhar Zaman, Imam-ul-Haq, Babar Azam (Captain), Mohammad Rizwan (Wicketkeeper), Faheem Ashraf, Shaheen Afridi, Naseem Shah, Harris Rauf, Agha Salman, Iftikhar Ahmed, Shadab Khan.
