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    "editor1": "<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><strong>27th February, Mirpur (CRICKETNMORE):&nbsp;<\/strong><\/span>India rode on a strong bowling performance to defeat arch-rivals Pakistan by five wickets in their Twenty20 International clash of the Asia Cup at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium here on Saturday evening.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Both teams struggled to bat on a greenish wicket with uneven bounce. The Indian bowlers justified their captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni&#39;s decision to field first by bundling out Pakistan for a mere 83 runs in 17.3 overs.&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>The Indian batsmen then braved some excellent bowling by the Pakistan pacers to overhaul the target in 15.3 overs.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Virat Kohli top scored for India with 49. The Delhi lad put on a 68-run stand with Yuvraj Singh (14 not out) to take the match away from Pakistan.&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><strong>India vs Pakistan T20 Record: Head to head<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\">The two teams have encountered six times in the shortest format with India leading by 4-1. One match ended in no result.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\">For India, vice-captain Indian Virat Kohli is the top scorer with 150 runs in 4 matches whereas&nbsp;Pakistan&rsquo;s Mohammad Hafeez. has scored 147 runs in 5 matches.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\">Umar Gul of Pakistan is the leading wicket taker with 11 wickets from 6 matches followed by Irfan Pathan of India who took 6 wickets in 3 matches.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><strong>Asia Cup Record<\/strong>:&nbsp;Out of 11 matches played against each other, India and Pakistan have won equally five matches each whereas one match was abandoned, due to rain and bad light, in 1997.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size:16px;\">India vs Pakistan Asia Cup 2016 Match Report<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><strong>Toss<\/strong>: India won the toss and elect to bowl first<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><strong>Venue<\/strong>:&nbsp;Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\">Team (Playing XI)<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Pakistan:<\/strong> Mohammad Hafeez, Khurram Manzoor, Shoaib Malik, Sarfraz Ahmed(w), Umar Akmal, Shahid Afridi(c), Imad Wasim, Anwar Ali, Wahab Riaz, Mohammad Amir, Mohammad Irfan, Mohammad Nawaz, Mohammad Sami, Sharjeel Khan, Khalid Latif<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>India <\/strong>: Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Suresh Raina, Yuvraj Singh, MS Dhoni(w\/c), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Ashish Nehra, Jasprit Bumrah, Ajinkya Rahane<\/p>\r\n",
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