Asia Cup 2023

'This is insane' - Twitter hails Pakistan as they clinch a thrilling victory against Afghanistan in Super 4 of the Asia Cup 2022

In match 4 of the Super 4 in the Asia Cup 2022, Afghanistan locked horns with Pakistan and it was the latter the who won the match.

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Afghanistan and Pakistan locked horns in what was a must-win game for the former. The Men in Green, on the other hand, entered the game on the back of a confident win against India. They have had a great outing so far and the bowling looks stronger than ever. Afghanistan can’t be undermined either as they proved their worth in the group stage of the Asia Cup 2022.

Pakistan skipper Babar Azam won the toss and elected to field first in Sharjah betting on the records. The Afghanistan openers gave them a decent start to rely on but were put down by the middle-order batters. Their skipper Mohammad Nabi failed the team yet again and Afghanistan collapsed from 73/3 to 91/5 in no time. Ibrahim Zadran was the only guy to have stepped up with his 35 runs.

The batters looked puzzled with not many options to play with against a fiery Pakistan pace battery. The Afghanistan team ended up amassing 129 for the loss of six wickets in 20 overs.

A historic run chase by Pakistan to be remembered for years

The Men in Green brigade successfully restricted the opposition to a low score which most consider to be a crucial factor in winning a game.

However, the Pakistan skipper Babar Azam bagged a golden duck against Fazalhaq Farooqi. The Pakistan batters struggled to get on with the spinners as Rashid Khan and Mujeeb Ur Rahman kept deceiving the batters with quality bowling. Iftikhar Ahmed and Mohammad Rizwan kept picking up singles to keep up with the run rate.

Shadab Khan kept finding boundaries at the other end to keep Pakistan in the game. With the match equally poised, the teams started bracing for the final impact. This looked like yet another match that could go down the wire post 10th over of the second innings. The all-rounder kept toying with spinners that other batters found it difficult and inched closer to the target.

Despite a collapse in the end, the green brigade won the match by 1 wicket on the back of Naseem Shah's double maximus. Here we bring some splendid tweets post the thrilling victory of Pakistan:

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