Virat Kohli and Babar Azam. | (Credits: X)
Virat Kohli gave Babar Azam a pat in the back amid the much-anticipated India-Pakistan clash at the Dubai International Stadium on Sunday. A video of the same surfaced on social media as the netizens praised the sportsmanship of the two star batters, especially with both of them struggling for runs recently.
Babar has been under fire, especially after his 64 off 90 deliveries that proved decisive in their 60-run defeat to New Zealand in the opening game of the tournament. Kohli, meanwhile, laboured to 22 off 38 deliveries against Bangladesh in Dubai. However, he is only 15 runs short of the 14000-run mark in one-day international cricket.
Below is the video of the same:
Mohammad Rizwan opts to bat first after winning an important toss in Dubai
Meanwhile, Pakistan skipper Mohammad Rizwan won an important toss in Dubai and opted to bat first. Rohit Sharma and co. also lost the toss against Bangladesh in their previous game and the Tigers opted to bat first. However, Mohammed Shami starred with a five-wicket haul and Harshit Rana also took three wickets to bowl Bangladesh out for 228 in 49.4 overs, eventually winning by six wickets.
India playing XI: Rohit Sharma (c), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Axar Patel, KL Rahul (wk), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Harshit Rana, Mohammed Shami, Kuldeep Yadav.
Pakistan playing XI: Imam-ul-Haq, Babar Azam, Saud Shakeel, Mohammad Rizwan (c & wk), Salman Agha, Tayyab Tahir, Khushdil Shah, Shaheen Afridi, Naseem Shah, Haris Rauf, Abrar Ahmed.
