India cruise to win after tough fight by Paki

DHAKA: India recorded a five-wicket win after a tough fight against their arch rivals Pakistan in the low-scoring fourth Twenty20 International of the Asia Cup 2016.Earlier, their captain Mahindra Singh Dhoni winning the toss, put Pakistan into batting and then his bowlers dismissed the whole team for a mere 83 in 17.3 overs here at the Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur on Saturday night.However, chasing an easy target of 84 proved difficult for India as they lost five top-order batsmen before completing the victory in 15.3 overs.After making a disastrous start, losing three quick wickets facing a deadly spell by fast bowler Mohammad Amir, Virat Kohli and Yuvraj Singh repaired the damage scoring 68 runs together for the fourth wicket.Amir getting rid off both the openers ‘ Rohit Sharma and Ajankya Rahane – in the opening over, he grabbed the wicket of Suresh Raina in his second over.Later, fast bowler Mohammad Sami dismissed Kohli and Hardik Pandya in the space of three balls of his fourth over but then India were just eight runs away from their victory.Then Dhoni along with Yuvraj completed the victory in the 16th over. ‘Kohli made 49 while Yuvraj and dhoni remained not out on 14 and seven.Amir finished with three for 18, his career-best in T20I cricket while Sami bagged two for 16.Earlier, Pakistan avoided the embarrassment of making a record of the lowest total in the Asia Cup Twenty20 tournament as it went to the United Arab Emirates, who were all out for 82 last night against Bangladesh.Only two batsmen ‘ Sarfraz Ahmed (25) and Khrram Manzoor (10) ‘- could get into the double figures.Seamer Hardik Pandya was the most successful bowler for India, taking three wickets for just eight runs while slow left-arm bowler Ravindra Jadeja grabbed two for eleven.Jasprit Bumrah and Ashish Nehra claimed one wicket each.