{"id":2617,"date":"2023-09-10T14:29:07","date_gmt":"2023-09-10T14:29:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/asia-cup-2023-what-will-be-pakistans-target-if-india-doesnt-bat-again\/"},"modified":"2023-09-10T14:29:07","modified_gmt":"2023-09-10T14:29:07","slug":"asia-cup-2023-what-will-be-pakistans-target-if-india-doesnt-bat-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/asia-cup-2023-what-will-be-pakistans-target-if-india-doesnt-bat-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Asia Cup 2023: What will be Pakistan\u2019s target if India doesn\u2019t bat again?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p style=\"margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,\"><span style=\"font-family:Merriweather\">Pakistan and India are taking on each other in the Super 4 clash match of Asia Cup in Colombo on Sunday.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,\"><span style=\"font-family:Merriweather\">After being asked to bat first, India&#8217;s opening duo, Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill, provided an excellent start for their team. However, their partnership was eventually broken by Shadab Khan, with Sharma departing after making a solid 56 from 49 deliveries. Soon after, Shubman Gill also fell, having reached a half-century, courtesy of Shaheen Afridi&#8217;s dismissal at 58.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,\"><span style=\"font-family:Merriweather\">India appeared to be on a smooth course at 147-2 in 24.1 overs, with Virat Kohli and KL Rahul forming a formidable partnership. Unfortunately, heavy rain forced an interruption in play. Thankfully, the Asian Cricket Council has taken precautions by scheduling a special reserve day for this crucial clash. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,\"><span style=\"font-family:Merriweather\">If India is unable to continue batting today, and Pakistan needs to pursue a 20-over target, the required score for Pakistan would be 181.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,\"><span style=\"font-family:Merriweather\">In the event that today&#8217;s play is completely rained out, the game will continue from the exact moment tomorrow. However, if a 20-over chase can take place today, the umpires will make every effort to finish a shortened match today rather than using the reserve day.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,\"><span style=\"font-family:Merriweather\">10.06pm Pakistan Standard Time (PST) is the cut-off for a 20 overs match today.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,\"><span style=\"font-family:Merriweather\">Whereas, if rain disrupts the match once again tomorrow, and India doesn&#8217;t get a chance to bat again, and Pakistan are given same overs, then Pakistan&#8217;s target will be 206 in 24 overs.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Rain arrives with India 147-2 in 24.1 overs.<\/p>\n<p>If India do not bat again and Pakistan are given same overs, then Pakistan&#8217;s target will be 206 in 24 overs.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mazher Arshad (@MazherArshad) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MazherArshad\/status\/1700833981409951758?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 10, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script>(function(d, s, id) {\n        var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n        if (d.getElementById(id)) return;\n        js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n        js.src=\"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v2.12&appId=340509153097398&autoLogAppEvents=1\";\n        fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n    }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk')); <\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pakistan and India are taking on each other in the Super 4 clash match of Asia Cup in Colombo on Sunday. After being asked to bat first, India&#8217;s opening duo, Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill, provided an excellent start for their team. However, their partnership was eventually broken by Shadab Khan, with Sharma departing after [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2618,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/c.cricketpakistan.com.pk\/images\/posts\/cover_1694346845fg.jfif","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2617","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2617","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2617"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2617\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2618"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2617"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2617"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2617"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}