Overview

• India chased 172 with seven balls to spare for a six-wicket win, set up by a 105-run opening stand as Abhishek Sharma hit 74 off 39 and Shubman Gill made 47.
• Verbal clashes flared during the chase with Shaheen Shah Afridi and Haris Rauf, and Abhishek later said the pacers made personal attacks that he chose to answer with his batting.
• Fakhar Zaman’s caught-behind dismissal after third-umpire review drew objections from Pakistan captain Salman Ali Agha and former players Shahid Afridi, Mohammad Yousuf and Shoaib Akhtar, while others such as Danish Kaneria called it a fair catch.
• Sahibzada Farhan’s ‘gunshot’ celebration for his fifty and Haris Rauf’s provocative gestures were condemned by Indian pundits as insensitive; Farhan defended his act as a new expression.
• No official sanctions or reversals have been announced, as Pakistan prepare to face Sri Lanka next in Abu Dhabi and India get set for Bangladesh in their following Super Four match.