Watch: Bhuvneshwar Kumar gets the big fish as Babar Azam gets out cheaply on a bouncer

India and Pakistan are playing against each other in the much-anticipated encounter of the Asia Cup 2022. Both teams are playing for the first since the last clash in the T20 World Cup 2021. Pakistan defeated the Indians in the last encounter by a massive margin of 10 wickets. The men in blue are targeting to clear off their account with Pakistan for the last defeat.

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Apart from that, the beginning of the match wasn’t the one Pakistani skipper Babar Azam expected. He got out very early on the delivery of senior Indian pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumar only in the third over of the match. Young lad Arshdeep Singh made no mistake in taking the catch of Babar Azam and giving a big blow to Pakistan only on the score of 15 runs.

Here's the video of Babar Azam’s dismissal:

1st wicket down 🔥🔥

Babar out #INDvPAK #AsiaCup2022 #BabarAzam pic.twitter.com/9s7u8EhV7L

— Akkii💤💤 (@indorihu) August 28, 2022

Speaking of the match, then the Indian skipper Rohit Sharma won the toss and asked Babar & co to bat first at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium. Skipper Babar Azam and star batter Mohammad Rizwan came to open the inning for Pakistan.

Bhuvneshwar Kumar came up with the first success for India as he claimed the big and dangerous wicket of Pakistani skipper Babar Azam very early. Currently, Mohammad Rizwan and Iftikhar Ahmed are there in the middle. Pakistan has lost their two wickets on 72 runs in 10.1 overs so far.

Rizwan is playing on 33 runs off 32 balls with three boundaries and a six to his name alongside Iftikhar who is playing on 16 runs off 14 balls with two boundaries.

Virat Kohli playing his 100th T20 international match

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Notably, this is the 100 T20 international of the former Indian skipper and senior batter Virat Kohli. With this appearance against Pakistan, he has become the first Indian to play 100 international matches in all formats of the game. Apart from that, he is the second batter in the world to achieve this feat after the former legendary New Zealand batter Ross Taylor.