IND vs PAK Asian Games Cricket Final: India Win 19th Gold With 19-Run Victory

India defended the target of 212 in a thrilling encounter which boiled down to the last over. Jasprit Bumrah and Washington Sundar bowled brilliant overs in the death to help the team secure the gold.

Hasan Nawaz has scored fifty and he is now on his way conquer what looked like a tough chase in the start. Pakistan need 52 runs from the last overs. Jasprit Bumrah and Washington Sundar have one over each. But, the question is who will bowl the one over that will remain.

Pakistan batter Hasan Nawaz completed his fifty in just 28 deliveries. He smashed five sixes during his fifty and India need to get his wicket as soon as possible. Otherwise the tide might turn eventually in the favour of Pakistan.

After Pakistan lost three wickets, Hasan Nawaz is staging a recovery playing a knock of unbeaten 26 runs from 18 deliveries. Saim Ayub is at the other end and the duo will now have a responsibillity to stage a recovery.

Pakistan batters were not very much comfortbale at the crease but luck had helped them survive. They gained boundaries with outside edges and top edges but Sahibzada Farhan finally lost his wicket while aiming to play a big shot against Washington Sundar.

Tilak Varma scripted a carnage scoring unbeaten 51 runs from 22 deliveries laced with four sixes and three boundaries with a strike rate of 231.82. Shivam Dube also played a supporting knock of 27 runs from 15 deliveries including two boundaries and two sixes. Considerin the assitance available for the spinners on the surface, Pakistan will have a tough task to take down such a huge target.

After Abhishek's departure, the Indian team is losing wickets at regular intervals. Ishan Kishan was dismissed on 20 while Shreyas Iyer was out on 21. The duo of Tilak Varma and Shivam Dube will now have responsibillity to steady the innings and provide them a strong finish.

Abhishek Sharma has levelled Yuvraj Singh for the record of most sixes in an innings in an India-Pakistan T20I hitting seven sixes. Yuvraj Singh had hit seven sixes in Ahmedabad in 2012. Shreyas Iyer and Ishan Kishan are steadying the Indian innings after the fall of Abhishek.

Indian batter Abhishek Sharma is on abosute fire and he is dealing in big hits only. Abhishek completed his half-century in just 20 deliveries smashing three boundaries and six sixes on his way. If India keeps scoring at this massive run rate, they can post a huge total on the scoreboard considering spin-friendly conditions on offer.

The Indian openers got off to a flying start but Vaibhav Sooryavanshi was dimissed in the third over of the innings in an attempt to play a reverse sweep. He nicked the ball in that adventorous attempt and Saim Ayub got the wicket of the Indian batter.

India: Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson(w), Shreyas Iyer(c), Ishan Kishan, Tilak Varma, Shivam Dube, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Ravi Bishnoi, Jasprit Bumrah

India have opted to bat after winning the toss in the final against Pakistan. They will now aim to pile up a decent target and put Pakistan under pressure. In the previous match, the same startegy worked for India and they will aim to replicate it this time as well.