The toss for the India-Pakistan match is about to take place soon; if the rain god allows
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Indian players warmup ahead of the toss
India wins toss, opts to bat first
Pakistan's playing XI
Fakhar Zaman, Imam-ul-Haq, Babar Azam(c), Mohammad Rizwan(w), Agha Salman, Iftikhar Ahmed, Shadab Khan, Mohammad Nawaz, Shaheen Afridi, Naseem Shah, Haris Rauf
India's playing XI
Both teams enter the ground for national anthem
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Openers Rohit Sharma, Shubhman Gill walk out in the middle; Shaheen to begin
India 6-0 after first over
It has started to drizzle in the stadium and covers come up with India at 15-0 in 4.2 overs
Skipper Rohit Sharma is batting on 11(18) while his partner Shubman Gill is yet to open his account.
For Pakistan, both Shaheen Afridi and Naseem Shah have bowled two overs each without any success
Here's a clip of India's first boundary in the match
Glimpses from the first four overs
Play resumes as players come back on field
Rohit Sharma clean bowled by Shaheen Afridi; Virat joins Gill in middle with India at 15-1
Skipper Rohit gone for 11 off 22 balls
Virat Kohli out for 4; India reduced to 27-2
Kohli gone for just 4 off 7 with Shaheen taking his second wicket
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India lose 3rd wicket; Shreyas Iyer gone for 14
Iyer hit a 9-ball 14 before getting caught by Fakhar Zaman of the bowling Haris Rauf.
India 48-3
Rain stops play again with India struggling at 51-3
Covers have gone off at the Pallekele International Stadium as play begins again
India begins with a bang after the second rain break as Ishan Kishan hits the first six of the game
Shubman Gill bowled by Haris Rauf for 10; India struggling at 66/4
Gill took 32 balls for his 10 scoring just one boundary before playing on to his wickets against Haris Rauf. Pakistani pacers Shaheen Afridi and Haris Rauf both have two wickets each.
India have crossed the 100-run mark scoring 102-4 in 20 overs
Ishan Kishan is in the middle with Hardik Pandya as India looks to crawl their way back into the match after early wickets.
India 127/4 after 25 overs
Ishan Kishan and Hardik Pandya have done well to arrest the collapse and their partnership is now worth 61 runs.
Kishan is batting at 43 while Hardik is batting at 30.
Pakistani spinners have not matched their fast bowling counterparts as India are slowly crawling their way back into the game with boundaries at regular intervals.
Ishan Kishan hits half-century; India get to 150
Ishan Kishan has hit a half century as India continue to tread cautiously after the top order collapsed against Pakistani pacers early in the game.
India have also crossed the 150-mark with Hardik Pandya at the other end having crossed 40.
Kishan got to his fourth consecutive ODI fifty in 54 balls and has so far hit seven fours and a six.
Hardik Pandya completes his half-century
Pandya completed his fifty in 62 balls with only three fours.
The stand between Kishan and Pandya has now crossed the century mark, taking India to 183/4 after 35 overs.
India cross 200-run mark in the 37th over
Pakistan are desperately in search of a wicket as the partnership for the fifth wicket between Kishan and Pandya is closing in on the 150-run mark.
Rauf takes his third wicket as Ishan Kishan gone for 82; India 204/5
Looking to up the scoring rate, Ishan Kishan gave a catch to Babar Azam off the bowling of Haris Rauf, losing his wicket for 82.
Ravindra Jadeja has joined Hardik Pandya in the middle.
Harsha Bhogle praises Ishan Kishan's 'admirable innings'
India 221/5 after 40 overs with Hardik, Jadeja on crease
Pakistani pacers Shaheen Afridi has three, Haris Rauf has two while Naseem Shah has five overs left.
For India, Shardul Thakur is yet to bat while Hardik Pandya is inching towards a memorable century.
Shaheen takes his third wicket as Hardik Pandya out for 87; India 239/6
The Indian allrounder was foxed by a slower one from Afridi as Pandya gave a simple catch to Agha Salman.
Pandya faced 90 deliveries and hit a six and seven fours.
Shardul Thakur has joined Ravindra Jadeja in the middle.
Shaheen removes Jadeja, Hardik in same over; India 242/7 after 44 overs
Shardul Thakur gone for 3 as India lose three wickets in seven balls
India suffered another collapse as they lost three wickets within seven balls exposing their tail to Pakistani pacers.
Shardul became Naseem Shah's first wicket as the pacer finally got reward for his threatening bowling.
250 up for India in the 46th over
Naseem Shah takes his second as Kuldeep Yadav gone for 4
India all out for 266
Ishan Kishan and Hardik Pandya starred for India even as Pakistani pacers ripped through the Indian top and lower order.
Pandya top scored with a 90-ball 87 while Kishan scored a brisk 81-ball 82.
For Pakistan, the much hyped pace trio of Shaheen Shah Afridi, Naseem Shah and Haris Rauf showed their worth taking the early and the late Indian wickets cheaply.
India lost their first four wickets for 66 and last five wickets for 27 runs.
Rain stops play again after India all out for 266
Next inspection scheduled for 9:00 pm
This match was the first in Asia Cup (ODI) history that all 10 wickets were taken by pacers
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