Asia Cup 2022: Here are the reasons behind India's five-wicket loss to Pakistan in the Super Four clash

For the second time in seven days an IndiaPakistan match went down the wire in Asia Cup 2022 For the second time in the multination event the outcome of an IndiaPakistan match was decided in the final over But this time the result was in Pakistans favour defeating India by five wickets with a ball to spare in a thrilling Super Four match at the Dubai International Stadium If it was India who had aced a chase of 148 in Group A match it was Pakistans turn to chase down 182 in the Super Four matchIANS has a look at the reasons which played a part in India losing their first match of Asia Cup 2022 Indias middle overs wobble with batA whirlwind 54run opening partnership between Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul with Virat Kohli looking good it was the perfect platform for India to double the score on a pitch and inch to getting 200 especially in Dubai which has got an overwhelming reputation to make life easier for chasing sides But Kohli found little support from other end to accelerate in last five overs as India lost three big wickets in middle overs Suryakumar Yadav 13 slogswept straight to backward square leg off leftarm spinner Mohammad Nawaz Rishabh Pant 14 reverseswept straight to backward point off legspinner Shadab Khan Hardik Pandya punched a crossseam ball from Mohammad Hasnain straight to a forward diving short midwicket to depart for a twoball duck Though Kohli and Deepak Hooda 16 off 14 balls got some big hits in the end it was too little too late for India with the middle order not coming to the party as Pakistan conceded just 88 runs in the last ten oversAlso Read Virat Kohlis family beams with joy after he smashes half century against PakNawaz promotion throws India offguardSundays Super Four match against Pakistan was an occasion where India looked clueless and were put in a what to do situation with Nawazs promotion to number four After his tight spell of 125 in four overs with an economy rate of 625 apart from taking catches of Pandya and Hooda Nawaz played a brilliant knock which left India rattled Legspinners Yuzvendra Chahal and Ravi Bishnoi had taken out Fakhar Zaman and Babar Azam cheaply But Nawaz sent to bat at number four to counter them hit six fours and two sixes in a quick 20ball 42 to give Pakistans chase muchneeded impetus He began by cutting Chahal past short third man for fourHe then clobbered Pandya over longon for a muchneeded six and slogswept Bishnoi for six over midwicket Nawaz was brutal against pacers too hammering Arshdeep Singh down the ground and slammed fours off Pandya through cover and over the keepers head He capitalised on Chahals loose deliveries by placing fours through legside But it was his game against spin which got the tide in favour of Pakistan smacking 22 runs off nine balls at a whopping strikerate of 24444 Though Mohammad Rizwans anchor role and a knock of 71 was crucial in Pakistans win Nawaz was the driving force of the fivewicket victory with his allround show Unsurprisingly he was adjudged Player of the MatchPakistans spinners outdo Indias legspin duoAs Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul gave India a blazing start with 54 runopening stand in five overs Pakistan needed their spinners Nawaz and Shadab to stem the run flow They exactly did that Nawaz conceded just 25 in four overs including the fifth over in the powerplay and took out a dangerous Suryakumar Yadav too Shadab varied his line and length well to not conceded sixes in his spell of 231 including a superb fiverun 16th over He also took out Rishabh Pant and Deepak Hooda in his four overs to delay the Indian acceleration In the innings Pakistans pacers conceded 121 runs and picked three wickets at an RPO of 1088 In contrast their spinners bowled eight overs between themselves for just 56 runs and picked three wickets at an RPO of just sevenIndias spinners Ravi Bishnoi and Yuzvendra Chahal conceded 69 runs overall in eight overs picking just two wickets at an RPO of 862 with Hoodas parttime offspin not considered at all Their pace counterparts gave away 111 runs picking three wickets at an RPO of 965This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever