Overview

• India won by six wickets chasing 172 after a 105-run opening stand broke the game open.
• Abhishek Sharma smashed 74 off 39 balls with six fours and five sixes, while Shubman Gill added 47.
• Heated exchanges with Shaheen Shah Afridi and Haris Rauf led to umpire intervention, and Abhishek said personal taunts triggered his pushback.
• Pakistan reached 171/5 after India dropped five catches, with Sahibzada Farhan capitalizing on two reprieves to hit a fifty.
• Virender Sehwag lauded Abhishek on live TV but advised him to convert scores in the 70s into hundreds, echoing Sunil Gavaskar’s guidance.