The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) President Sourav Ganguly praised the Indian captain Rohit Sharma for his calm behavior in a tense situation during the India-Pakistan match on Sunday.
Taking to Twitter BCCI president said, “Good result for India to start off.. a lot of composure in a tight situation @bcci @ImRo45.”
Good result for india to start off..lot of composure in a tight situation ..@bcci @ImRo45
— Sourav Ganguly (@SGanguly99) August 29, 2022
Earlier the veteran left-handed batsman talked about Virat Kohli’s form and said Kohli not only needs to score runs for the team but “for himself”.
The second match of Asia Cup 2022 was played between India and Pakistan at Dubai International Stadium on Sunday. Pakistan defeated India badly in the last match of the T20 World Cup 2021.
India avenged that previous defeat by defeating Pakistan by 5 wickets in this match. In this match, India won the toss and invited Pakistan to bat first.
Pakistan’s team was bundled out for just 147 runs in 19.5 overs. Chasing the target, India won the match by 5 wickets and started their Asia Cup 2022 tournament with a win.
Meanwhile, chasing the target, India’s team started very poorly. Vice-captain KL Rahul was clean bowled on the very first ball and returned to the pavilion. After this, captain Rohit Sharma and former captain Virat Kohli took charge of India’s innings and there was a partnership of 49 runs between the two.
Unfortunately, they both also returned to the pavilion one after the other. Jadeja, who came to bat after him, took charge of the innings and shared a 36-run partnership with Suryakumar Yadav. After this, Surya also lost his wicket.
After that Pandya came and there was a 50 runs partnership between Jadeja. But Jadeja was also dismissed after scoring 35 runs in the last over of the innings. But Hardik hit a six and with his winning shot, India won the match by 5 wickets. Pandya has also adjudged the player of the match.
However, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah also congratulated team India on its win over Pakistan in the opening match of Asia Cup 2022.
