India pulled off a thrilling comeback win over Pakistan Shaheen in their opening game at the ACC T20 Emerging Teams Asia Cup 2024 on Saturday. In-form fast bowler Anshul Kamboj took three wickets and defended 17 runs in the last over to give India A a stunning 7-run win in Al Amerat.
Captain Tilak Varma top-scored with 44 runs off 35 balls and openers Abhishek Sharma and Prabhsimran Singh scored quickfire 30s to help India post a big total of 183 for 8 while batting first. Then Anshul took two early wickets in powerplay and also delivered the match-winning 20th over to give India a flying start in the tournament.
Pakistan A Playing XI: Haider Ali, Mohammad Haris (c & wk), Yasir Khan, Omair Yousuf, Qasim Akram, Abdul Samad, Arafat Minhas, Abbas Afridi, Mohammad Imran, Zaman Khan, Sufiyan Muqeem.
India A Playing XI: Abhishek Sharma, Prabhsimran Singh (wk), Ramandeep Singh, Anshul Kamboj, Tilak Varma (c), Ayush Badoni, Nehal Wadhera, Nishant Sindhu, Rahul Chahar, Rasikh Dar Salam, Vaibhav Arora.
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