Watch video of Afghans showering love for Hardik Pandya when India defeated Pakistan

Hardik Pandya’s all-round brilliance powered India to a thrilling five-wicket win over arch-rivals Pakistan in an Asia Cup game on Sunday at the Dubai International Stadium. After picking up three wickets in the first innings, Pandya went on to score the winning runs for India under pressure, at a moment when it looked like the game had slipped from India’s hands.

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Pandya ended with figures of 3/25 in 4 overs while restricting Pakistan to 147 in 19.5 overs and then smashed 33 off 17 balls with the winning six in the last over bowled by left-arm spinner Mohammed Nawaz.

Ravindra Jadeja also contributed with 35 off 29 balls. When India bowled, senior seamer Bhuvneshwar Kumar had the best figures of 4 for 26. When India chased, former skipper Virat Kohli scored 35 off 34 balls. Naseem Shah was Pakistan’s best bowler with figures of 2/27.

Meanwhile, Pakistani fans were pretty disappointed after their team crashed to a defeat against India at the World Cup Sunday, but one fan’s rant after the match went viral.