Whenever there is a match between India and Pakistan in cricket, the thrill reaches its peak. Team India has dominated Pakistan for the last several years. Now in the 2025 Asia Cup, both teams are coming face to face once again, while fans are remembering the old matches. In this episode, we are talking about that match today, when Shahid Afridi broke the hearts of crores of Indian fans. Afridi won the match by one wicket to Pakistan by hitting Ashwin in the final over.
This is about the 2014 Asia Cup. In Dhaka, Bangladesh, Team India scored 245 runs for 8 wickets in 50 overs after playing first. For India, Rohit Sharma scored 56, Ambati Rayudu 58 and Ravindra Jadeja scored an unbeaten 52 runs. In this match, Shikhar Dhawan scored 10, Virat Kohli 05 and Dinesh Karthik scored 23 runs. Saeed Ajmal took 3 wickets in bowling for Pakistan. Apart from this, Mohammad Talha and Mohammad Hafeez got two wickets each.
Pakistan lost 6 wickets on 203 from 71/0, match was gone till final over
Chasing a target of 246 runs, Pakistan shared a 71 -run opening partnership. Sharjil Khan 25 and Ahmed Shehzad scored 42 runs. Mohammad Hafeez, who landed at number three, scored an innings of 75 runs. After this, the Indian bowlers made a strong comeback and the match was almost taken away from Pakistan. Misbah ul Haq 01 and Omar Akmal were dismissed for 04 runs. Shoaib Maqsood scored an innings of 38 runs. In the end, the line of wickets again started and Pakistan lost 9 wickets for 236 runs in 49.1 overs.
10 runs were to be scored in the last 5 balls, 1 wicket was left
Pakistan had to score 10 runs in the last over. The ball was in Ashwin’s hand. Saeed Ajmal was out on the first ball. It seemed that India would win this match, but Shahid Afridi did not allow this to happen. Afridi hit two sixes and won the match to Pakistan with two balls remaining. Afridi returned unbeaten for 34 runs in 18 balls in this match. 2 fours and 3 sixes came out of his bat.
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