DHAKA: India beat Pakistan by five wickets with 27 balls to spare in the fourth match of Asia Cup at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium at Mirpur in city on Saturday (February 27).

Winning the toss India captain Dhoni invited Pakistan to bat first on a greenish track here.

Pakistan managed to score only 83-run losing all wickets in 17.3-over against the bowlers of their arch rival. Only two Pakistan batsmen managed to reach two digit score. Sarfraz made 25 while Khurram Manzoor 10. Fifteen runs came as extras.

H Pandya picked up three wickets while R Jadeja took two. Besides, A Nehra, J Bumrah and Yuvraj Singh took one wicket each.

In response, India also faltered while chasing. At a stage, Aamir heroics made the scorecard look 8-run for the loss of three wickets from 2.4-over.

However, India chased down the target of 84-run from 15.3-over. Thanks to a brilliant knock of Virat Kohli that saved India. He scored 49 runs while Yuvraj managed to take 14 runs.

Mohammad Aamir picked up three wickets while Mohammad Sami took two.

BDST: 0040 HRS, FEB 28, 2016
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