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Asia Cup: India maul UAE, win match by 9 wickets

Asia Cup: India maul UAE, win match by 9 wickets

| | 03 Mar 2016, 11:20 pm
Mirpur, Mar 3 (IBNS) India mauled UAE to win their match here on Thursday by 9 wickets.

Chasing 82 runs, the Indian batsmen won the match with 59 balls to spare.

Rohit Sharma provided India with a good start, as the Mumbaikar pummeled the UAE bowlers before throwing away his wicket.

Sharma scored 39 runs off 28 balls and hit 7 fours and a six.

Yuvraj Singh, who walked out to bat at number three, tonked a six and 4 fours to finish with 25 runs off 14 balls.

For UAE, Qadeer Ahmed picked up the lone wicket.

Shikhar Dhawan remained unbeaten at 16 runs.

Earlier, winning the coin toss and electing to bat first, UAE were restricted for 81 runs for the loss of 9 wickets by India.

The Indian bowlers bowled immaculate lengths up front as both the opening bowlers picked up wickets in their second over to leave UAE at 2 runs for the loss of 2 wickets.

Bhuvneshwar Kumar who made a comeback into the side in place of Ashish Nehera bowled two maiden overs on the trot.

UAE had a small partnership of 23 runs for the third wicket and another 26 runs for the ensuing wicket between Shaiman Anwar and Muhammad Usman (9).

Anwar was the highest score for his side with 43 runs off 48 balls. He hit 3 boundaries

Debutant Pawan Negi picked up picked up a wicket while giving away 16 runs in his three overs. he was also instrumental in affecting a run out.

Bhuvneshwar Kumar was the pick of the Indian bowlers, picking up 2 wickets for 8 runs.  

Rohit Sharma was adjudged the Man of the Match for his batting performance.
 

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