Team India’s game over in Asia Cup, out before playing the last match
The Indian team started the tournament with two consecutive wins, but two consecutive defeats in the next round closed the way for the team.
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Asia Cup The title hopes of the Indian team ended before the last match. Most 7 times Asia Cup title winner and defending champion Indian team He had to bear the brunt of two consecutive defeats in the Super Four stage. Team India missed out on reaching the final of the tournament and failed to defend its title. Team India to stay in the match Afghanistan The victory was needed, but Pakistan did not allow this to happen.
Afghanistan needed to win
The defeat at the hands of Pakistan and then Sri Lanka in Dubai had already tarnished the hopes of Team India reaching the final. India’s hopes rested on the defeat of Pakistan and for that Afghanistan needed to win their match first, after which Team India has to face Afghanistan again on Thursday. If Afghanistan had won, then Team India would have had one more chance, but it could not happen.
Pakistan-Sri Lanka in final
In the match held in Sharjah on Wednesday, 7 September, Pakistan registered their name with Sri Lanka in the final of the tournament after defeating Afghanistan by 1 wicket. It will be the final between the two on Sunday 11 September. In this match, Afghanistan’s batsmen were very disappointed and the team could score only 129 runs in 20 overs while batting first. Although Afghanistan definitely showed strength in bowling and fielding and got rid of Pakistan’s sweat, but eventually the small score went against them. In the last over, number 10 batsman Naseem Shah gave Pakistan victory by hitting two consecutive sixes.
India-Afghanistan out
In this way, the hopes of reaching the finals of the Indian team, which won the tournament title twice in a row in 2016 and 2018, ended. Not only India, but the journey of Afghanistan also ended here. Afghanistan made a stellar start to the tournament, beating Sri Lanka and Bangladesh to make it to the Super Four, but did not perform well in this round. Now India and Afghanistan will clash with each other in their last match on Thursday 8 September.
