Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan, the India openers, scored centuries as India made it two-in-two against Pakistan at the Asia Cup 2018, sealing a dominant nine-wicket win in their Super Four game.
The two put up 210 for the first wicket – while Sharma remained unbeaten on a 119-ball 111, Dhawan was run out after a 100-ball 114.
“With Shikhar, I don’t need to speak much. It is important to just let him be himself, and we have batted enough now to understand each other’s games. We all know how important the first ten overs are and not losing wickets upfront puts us in the driving seat,” said Sharma after the game.
Player of the match: @SDhawan25
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— ICC (@ICC) September 23, 2018
Dhawan, who was adjudged the Player of the Match, said he wanted to make the most of the batting-friendly conditions in Dubai.
“I enjoyed my game and I’ve been in good touch and just wanted to make the most of it. It’s a good batting track and I have enjoyed the way I was batting,” he said. “It was sensible and liked the balance of it. Pakistan have got a good bowling attack and I knew that as openers we have to stay because they have got good pace and once I got set, I kept carrying on.
“It was challenging conditions, we knew it was going to be tough to come out and repeat the performance, but again I don’t want to take any credit from all the 11 players who were out on the park today.”
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