India and Pakistan finally clashed after more than 10 months as they play the second match of the Asia Cup 2022 in Dubai on August 28, 2022. India won the toss and chose to field first.
This match is important for Virat Kohli, who is playing his 100th T20I for India and is only the second Indian to this milestone after Rohit Sharma. India preferred Dinesh Karthik as the keeper over Rishabh Pant, while for Pakistan Naseem Shah made his T20I debut.
Bhuvneshwar Kumar made the first inroad as he had Pakistan skipper Babar Azam for 10 runs and then Avesh Khan delivered another huge blow to Pakistan as he removed the dangerous Fakhar Zaman.
Zaman, who came out to bat at no.3, looked in good touch, hitting 2 boundaries that were eye pleasing. However, Avesh Khan got him out with a short one, which Fakhar tried to hit on the off-side but got the faintest of edges to Dinesh Karthik.
This dismissal left Babar Azam speechless as he was seen sporting a stunning expression, either because the wicket was of Fakhar, or because the Indian players didn't appeal much, but Fakhar just walked off.
Check out Babar’s stunned expression here:
