Also read: These are the Indian cricketers who were victims of nervous nineties in Test cricket. After winning the toss from Pakistan Shaheen, the Indian team came to bat first and got off to a good start. Indian opening pair Abhishek Sharma and Prabhasimran added 68 runs for the first wicket. This partnership broke in 6.1 overs. Abhishek Sharma was out after scoring 35 runs in 22 balls. After this, Prabhasimran also did not stay at the crease for long and went on after playing an attractive inning of 36 runs in 19 balls.
In such a situation, captain Tilak Verma, while handling one end, scored 38 runs for the third wicket with Nehal Vadhera (25 runs, 22 balls), 6 runs for the fourth wicket with Ayush Badoni (2 runs) and 5 runs for the fourth wicket with Ramandeep Singh (17 runs). The team reached a strong position by making a partnership of 43 runs for the wicket. Tilak Verma scored 44 runs in 35 balls with 2 fours and 2 sixes and was out in the 18.2nd over with the team score at 163/5. After Tilak's dismissal, the team could add only 20 runs to its score and could only score 183 for 8 wickets in the stipulated 20 overs.
For Pakistan, Sufiyan Makim took maximum 2 wickets, while Mohammad Imran, Zaman Khan, Arafat Minhas and Qasim Akram took 1 wicket each.
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