'A bit casual. You don't know whether..': Gambhir rips apart Kohli for 'nothing shot'

Indian cricket team batters Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma were both cleaned up by Shaheen Afridi during the first innings of the IND vs PAK Asia Cup 2023 match. Rohit was dismissed for a score of 11 runs whereas Kohli walked back after scoring a boundary. This was the first time both teams faced each other in an ODI match after a span of four years. 

3 things you need to know 

• The IND vs PAK Asia Cup 2023 match was called off due to rain 
• The Indian cricket team was bundled for a score of 266 runs in the IND vs PAK Asia Cup 2023 match
• Hardik Pandya was the top scorer of the match and played an innings of 87 runs 

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Gautam Gambhir's bold attack on Virat Kohli 

Cricket experts like Matthew Hayden and Waqar Younis termed Shaheen Shah Afridi's delivery to Rohit Sharma as a class ball they called off Virat Kohli's dismissal to be unlucky. Former India cricketer Gautam Gambhir didn't agree with his fellow colleagues and slammed Kohli for his casual behaviour against Shaheen. During the discussion on Star Sports Gambhir said: 

That was a nothing shot, neither forward, neither back. I think was a bit casual. That's what you get when you play someone like Shaheen Afridi. You don't know whether to go forward or back. 

Rain wins in the IND vs PAK Asia Cup 2023 match 

The Indian cricket team was bundled for a score of 266 runs against Pakistan in the first innings after suffering a major top-order collapse. The Indian team lost the likes of Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Shreyas Iyer and Shubman Gill for a score of 66 runs in just 14.1 overs and it looked like the team would get wrapped up by the Pakistani pacers for a score of under 150 runs. However, Ishan Kishan and Hardik Pandya had different ideas and the duo added 138 runs off 141 balls for the fifth wicket and also registered the highest fifth-wicket partnership in an ODI match against Pakistan. Ishan Kishan also joined MS Dhoni in two elite lists. 

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Ishan Kishan became the third Indian wicket-keeper after MS Dhoni and SC Khanna to score a fifty in the Asia Cup and also equalled Virat Kohli, Sachin Tendulkar, and MS Dhoni in scoring the 4th consecutive half-century in ODI cricket. However, the match was later called off due to rain as the Pakistani team was never able to come out to bat for their chase and no play was possible after the first innings.