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Babar Azam & Co Welcomes Pakistan-A Team after Emerging Asia Cup Victory

Babar Azam celebrated Pakistan A’s victory against India A on Sunday (July 23) at their team hotel in Colombo. Mohammad Haris led Pakistan A to beat India A by cutting a cake, as seen in a video shared on YouTube. Pakistan team batted first and scored 352-8 in 50 overs. Tayyab Tahir scored 108 off 71 with 12 boundaries and 4 sixes. Sahibzada Farhan and Saim Ayub also hit half-centuries. India A’s Rajvardhan Hangargekar and Riyan Parag starred with the ball, bagging two wickets apiece.

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India was all out for 224 in 40 overs after Harshit Rana, Manav Suthar, and Nishant Sandhu each took one wicket. Sufiyan Muqeem was the best bowler for Pakistan, taking 3-66. Mohammad Wasim Jr, Arshad Iqbal, and Mehran Mumtaz each took two wickets. Abhishek Sharma scored 61 off 51 for India.Pakistan A defeated Nepal and United Arab Emirates in the group stage, won against Sri Lanka by 60 runs in the semifinal, and then avenged their earlier eight-wicket loss against India in the final.

Pakistan’s senior team, which is playing a two-match Test series in Sri Lanka, will begin their campaign in the Asia Cup soon. Babar Azam and Co. begin their campaign against Nepal on August 30.