Centuries from skipper Babar Azam (114) and opener Imam-ul-Haq (106) allowed the hosts to reach the total
Parul Chaudhary became only the second Indian female athlete to qualify for the final of a track event at the World Athletics Championships.
'That was proper (batting) from those two, it set the tone for how we want to play our cricket, take the game on.'
Pakistan captain Babar Azam has termed the jinx-breaking win over India in the T20 World Cup as the "best moment" for his team in the year gone by.
Zimbabwe shocked Pakistan by one run in a thrilling T20 World Cup Super 12 match at Perth Stadium, in Perth, on Thursday.
The opening Test, also played in Karachi, ended in a draw as well.
While the lack of information, which is unusual for a major sporting event, might be annoying for fans planning to travel to India
India's senior pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumar believes having a solid game plan against each of the opposition player is as important as executing "your skills on the field".
Angelo Mathews, playing his 100th Test, batted aggressively and got a reprieve when Babar floored a sitter at cover when the batsman was on 36.
PCB supremo Zaka Ashraf in his desperate bid to do damage control after indirectly terming India "enemy nation", hailed the warm reception that was accorded to the Pakistani team.
India to open campaign against Pakistan in Kandy on Sep 2, meet again in Colombo on Sep 10
Neeraj Chopra is only the third javelin thrower in history to simultaneously hold the Olympics and World Championships titles.
India must look to score runs off Pakistan left-arm pacer Shaheeh Shah Afridi instead of trying to play out his overs when the two arch-rivals clash in the T20 World Cup, former cricketer Gautam Gambhir said on Wednesday.
Stokes is also among the Test Cricket of the Year nominees alongside compatriot Jonny Bairstow, Australia opener Usman Khawaja and South Africa speedster Kagiso Rabada.
The Asian Cricket Council could accept PCB chairman Najam Sethi's proposed Hybrid Model for conducting four non-India Asia Cup games in Pakistan.
Dominic Xavier offers his take on Indian cricket's Kohli Dilemma.
'He is a lot calmer now and more confident about what he wants to do, whether it's with the bat or with the ball'
Pace legend Waqar Younis is backing Pakistan to win the T20 World Cup to be held in Australia later this year, saying the pitches Down Under could favour their potent bowling attack.
Ishan Kishan and Hardik Pandya hit fifties to rally India in the rain-hit Asia Cup match in Pallekele on Saturday.
Bowler Tim Southee said New Zealand will not underestimate Pakistan in the Twenty20 World Cup semi-final match on Wednesday.
IMAGES from the T20 World Cup Final played between Pakistan and England in Melbourne on Sunday.
Babar's superlative form had helped him replace Kohli at the top of the men's ODI player rankings last week and this week's T20I update saw him make a strong 47-point surge to overtake Finch in the T20I rankings.
Pakistan might have heaved a sigh of relief to see that Shaheen Shah Afridi did not show any signs of a draining fever that had gripped the team upon its arrival in Bengaluru.
'As a professional, you have to respect the umpire's decision, but we felt the ball had been grounded.'
Indian cueist Pankaj Advani won his 24th World title on Tuesday when he triumphed in the IBSF 6-Red Snooker World Cup with victory over Pakistan's Babar Masih in the final, in Doha.
'The good thing for India is that Virat Kohli loves the big occasion.'
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, who is visiting Karnataka, said he intended to shut all the madrasas (Muslim religious schools) in his state, as they were not needed in "New India".
Hasaranga claimed three wickets in one over and Pramod Madushan claimed a career-best 4-34 to bowl out Pakistan for 147 in exactly 20 overs.
The Indian cricket team warmed up at a training session at the ICC Academy in Dubai.
Haris Rauf bowled a couple of hostile spells, while Imam-ul-Haq struck a silken 78 as Pakistan secured a comfortable seven-wicket victory over Bangladesh in a Super Four clash of the Asia Cup, in Lahore on Wednesday.
Suryakumar Yadav has dropped one spot to fourth place in the latest ICC Men's T20I Players Rankings
Shaheen Shah Afridi lashed out at those who leaked pictures and videos of his wedding on social media.
Yadav is the best-placed Indian with 805 points in the batting list headed by Pakistan's Babar Azam.
Hafeez slams selectors for leaving Malik out of Pakistan's T20 World Cup squad
Afghanistan registered a thrilling seven-wicket victory against Pakistan with one ball to spare in the second Twenty20 international in Sharjah.
Parul Chaudhary won her maiden 3000m steeplechase title in a major international event to swell India's gold tally to five
Arshdeep Singh removed Pakistan's in-form openers Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan to give India a perfect start with the ball.
Pakistan pacer Shahnawaz Dahani ruled out of India game with side strain
Suryakumar Yadav is the third-highest scorer in the T20 World Cup with 239 runs at a strike rate of 189.68.
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