Pakistan skipper Salman Ali Agha believes his team has been playing good cricket for last two-three months and just need to continue that in clash against India today
Pakistan skipper Salman Ali Agha (right) celebrates the dismissal of Oman’s Hammad Mirza with teammates in Dubai on Friday. PIC/AFP
If Pakistan execute their game plan and play good cricket, they can beat any team, including India in the Asia Cup, captain Salman Agha said after his side’s 93-run win over Oman here on Friday. India and Pakistan face each other in the blockbuster match of the tournament here on Sunday.
“We have been playing good cricket in the last 2-3 months and we just have to play good cricket. If we can execute our plans for a long enough period, we are good enough to beat any team,” Agha said when asked if the emphatic win against Oman will give his side the momentum going into Sunday’s marquee clash.
Opting to bat, Pakistan made 160 for 7 in their allotted 20 overs, thanks largely to Mohammad Haris’s fluent 66 off 43 balls, studded with seven fours and three sixes. Pakistan then bowled Oman out for just 67 in 16.4 overs with Saim Ayub, Faheem Ashraf and Sufiyan Muqeem taking two wickets apiece.
Meanwhile, when Ayub was asked about his feelings after losing to India in New York in a T20 World Cup game last year, which he didn’t play, the retort was short and crisp. “It has been a year and half. At that time, if you had asked me, I would have told you how I felt. Do you remember? I do not remember now,” his reply was almost a counter-punch ahead of Pakistan’s most important Asia Cup game against India on Sunday.
Sri Lanka restrict B’desh to 139-5
Sri Lanka bowlers, led by spinner Wanindu Hasaranga (2-25), restricted Bangladesh to a below-par 139-5 in a Group ‘B’ Asia Cup match here on Saturday. Nuwan Thushara (1-17) and Dushmantha Chameera (1-17) too chipped in for Sri Lanka.
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