Mohammed Nawaz acknowledged his sparkling innings in Pakistan’s Asia Cup win over India on Sunday night came about because his only option was to attack.
The left-handed all-rounder was promoted up the order after Pakistan were toiling in pursuit of 182 to win at the Dubai International Stadium.
When he came to the wicket, his side were on 63 for two. With Babar Azam and Fakhar Zaman already dismissed, Pakistan still required 119 in 68 balls.
Nawaz gave his side the impetus they needed, blazing 42 in 20 balls, and they eventually closed out the win with five wickets and a ball to spare.
“We needed 10 runs per over when I walked in to bat so I knew I had to attack every chance I got,” said Nawaz, who had earlier played a fine hand with the ball, too.
“My mind was clear that I'd hit out at every ball in my zone. I didn't try and overplay, which you sometimes can when you're under pressure.”
The win came by the same margin as India had managed against Pakistan in the group stage a week earlier.
It means Pakistan are now two points closer to Sunday’s final. They have Super 4 fixtures against Afghanistan on Wednesday and Sri Lanka on Friday.
Rohit Sharma, whose India side face Sri Lanka on Tuesday, said his side had learnt a lot in defeat.
“It was a high-pressure game, we know that, and you have to be at it all the time,” Rohit said.
“You can’t let anything slip away. Honestly, we were quite calm, even when there was a stand in the middle between Rizwan and Mohammed Nawaz.
“Things can change quickly but that partnership went a little long. They batted brilliantly.
“Games like this will help us learn a lot of things, about how we can attack in certain situations, which balls to choose to certain batters and the dimensions of the ground, which is very, very important.
“Those are the things we can learn, and I am pretty happy with what happened today.”
Abdul Jabar Qahraman was meeting supporters in his campaign office in the southern Afghan province of Helmand when a bomb hidden under a sofa exploded on Wednesday.
The blast in the provincial capital Lashkar Gah killed the Afghan election candidate and at least another three people, Interior Minister Wais Ahmad Barmak told reporters. Another three were wounded, while three suspects were detained, he said.
The Taliban – which controls much of Helmand and has vowed to disrupt the October 20 parliamentary elections – claimed responsibility for the attack.
Mr Qahraman was at least the 10th candidate killed so far during the campaign season, and the second from Lashkar Gah this month. Another candidate, Saleh Mohammad Asikzai, was among eight people killed in a suicide attack last week. Most of the slain candidates were murdered in targeted assassinations, including Avtar Singh Khalsa, the first Afghan Sikh to run for the lower house of the parliament.
The same week the Taliban warned candidates to withdraw from the elections. On Wednesday the group issued fresh warnings, calling on educational workers to stop schools from being used as polling centres.
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Series: UAE lead 1-0
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Can NRIs vote in the election?
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Non-resident Indians or NRIs can vote only by going to a polling booth in their home constituency
There are about 3.1 million NRIs living overseas
Indians have urged political parties to extend the right to vote to citizens residing overseas
A committee of the Election Commission of India approved of proxy voting for non-resident Indians
Proxy voting means that a person can authorise someone residing in the same polling booth area to cast a vote on his behalf.
This option is currently available for the armed forces, police and government officials posted outside India
A bill was passed in the lower house of India’s parliament or the Lok Sabha to extend proxy voting to non-resident Indians
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