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The partnership between Ishan Kishan and Hardik Pandya helped India to manage a fighting score of 266 runs against Pakistan in the Asia Cup at Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy, on Saturday.

After winning the toss, Indian captain Rohit Sharma decided to bat first in the bating friendly wicket. But their top order batsmen did not able to execute the plan as they lost four wickets within just 66 runs.
Then Ishan Kishan and Hardik Pandya came in to the crease and made a rescuing partnership of 138 runs. At one stage, the score cross the 200 mark in the 37th over and they eyed on to cross the 300 mark also. But in the very next over Kishan departed and the flow of run went tardy. After that, wickets kept falling in a regular interval and the  team ended in 266 runs. Both Kishan and Pandya brings their fifties and ended with 82 and 87 runs respectively. Apart from the duo, no Indian batsman were able stand before the Pakistani bowlers as four top order batsmen like Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli and Shreyas Iyer managed to score 11, 10, 4 and 14 runs respectively.

On the other hand, Shaheen Afridi was the pick of the bowlers from Pakistan as he bagged four wickets conceding just 35 runs in 10 overs. Naseem Shah and Haris Rauf picked up three wickets each conceding 36 and 58 runs respectively.

In this match, India brought in two changes from their last series in West Indies. Shreyas Iyer and Jasprit Bumrah make a return to the side.

Meanwhile, Pakistan fielded an unchanged eleven from the one that won against Nepal.

India will begin their Asia Cup campaign with this game while Pakistan already got off to a tremendous start by thrashing tournament debutants Nepal by 238 runs in their first game.