Pakistan cricket crew skipper Babar Azam has already turned his focus to the Super 4 conflict in opposition to India within the Asia Cup, suggesting that the Pakistan crew will give their one hundred pc in Round 2 of their highly-anticipated conflict, which is to happen on Sunday in Colombo. Pakistan confronted Bangladesh of their first Super 4 match and Babar’s males barely appeared troubled by Shakib Al Hasan’s crew. Pakistan kicked off the Super Four with a dominant 7-wicket victory in opposition to Bangladesh on Wednesday within the Gaddafi Stadium.

The ‘Men in Green’ can be keen to maintain their unbeaten run alive in opposition to their arch-rival because the Asia Cup heads in the direction of a two-day break.  “This win will give us confidence, we are always ready for a big match. We will give our 100% in the next match,” Babar mentioned within the post-match presentation.

While reflecting again on the match, Babar lauded the efficiency of his tempo bowlers who bagged 9 wickets to place them in a pole place within the first innings.

“Too much heat, but full credit to the fast bowlers. First Shaheen and then Haris Rauf. We planned on picking Faheem because we saw the pitches here, there was grass on it and we like that also. Always when we play here, the crowd supports us and I hope all of them enjoyed this match,” Babar added.

Express pacer Haris Rauf, who was named the Player of the Match, gave insights into his plan for the day.

“It was hot out there, but I’ve played a lot of cricket here. I play PSL for Lahore, the crowd always expects us to perform here. Before any game, we do plan as a bowling unit. We talk about bowling to different plans based on the game phase. Hard length was tough to play here, and the plan was to keep bowling stump to stump. Didn’t need to go to the yorker today. I keep working hard and I have high goals for myself, I want to be the Player of the Series in this Asia Cup, let’s see how the tournament proceeds,” he mentioned after the match.

Coming to the match, Imam-ul-Haq’s tangled knock and Mohammad Rizwan’s sturdy 63* have been sufficient to kick off Pakistan’s Super 4 marketing campaign started on a triumphant observe.

Left-handed opener Imam-ul-Haq introduced his arrival within the Asia Cup along with his rollicking knock of 78 to maintain Pakistan’s unbeaten run within the Asia Cup intact.

While chasing a low complete of 194, Pakistan stored their nerves cool, trying to rotate strikes on each risk, dealing in boundaries earlier than the floodlights went off and halted the play at Lahore forcing the gamers to go away the sphere after the fifth over.

But Imam and Rizwan’s partnership of 85 runs turned out to be the game-changing level of the complete recreation.

India will face Pakistan on Sunday on the R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo.

With ANI inputs