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".
Mohammad Rizwan scored a fluent 88 and Haris Rauf and Mohammed Nawaz took three wickets each as Pakistan edged England by three runs in a rollercoaster finish to the fourth Twenty20 in Karachi.
Saud, who forged a 150-run partnership with Sarfaraz Ahmed for the fifth wicket, was unbeaten on 124, which included 17 fours.
India made one change to their line-up, bringing in all-rounder Suresh Raina in place of left-arm spinner Murali Kartik.
India batted poorly to be all out for 124 in 19.4 overs after Pakistan posted a modest 137 for six.
'It was about being clear with our plans and executing our processes rather than thinking about who we are facing and what the result would be. I'm glad that first spell worked for me," he added about his effort last night.'
Virat Kohli's MCG heroics helped inspire India's thrilling win over Pakistan at the ICC Women's T20 World Cup in Cape Town on Sunday, admitted match-winner Jemimah Rodrigues.
'We played since childhood in U-15, U-17. It felt like we carried on from where we left off.'
Captain Eoin Morgan hammered 66 from 33 balls, while Dawid Malan hit an unbeaten half-century to power England to a five-wicket victory against Pakistan, in the second T20 International, in Manchester, on Sunday.
Pakistan beat the West Indies by seven wickets in the third one-day international to take an unbeatable 2-0 lead in the five-match series.
Aaron Jones was at a loss for words after starring in the USA's seven-wicket demolition of Canada in the T20 World Cup opener, in which the New Yorker introduced himself to cricket's elites with a 40-ball 94.
Australia struggled to 229 for nine in the first Test between two overseas teams on English soil since the 1912 Triangular series.
England were 7-1 at stumps with Ben Duckett (4) and Ollie Pope (3) batting together
Australia booked their place in the Under-19 World Cup 2022 Super League semi-finals with a 119-run win over Pakistan thanks to some fine top-order batting.
With bilateral cricket remaining suspended between the bitter neighbours, India and Pakistan play each other only in multi-team tournaments with their rivalry now a rare but enticing occasion for fans worldwide.
Images of the Women's T20 World Cup match between India and Pakistan played in Cape Town on Sunday
'The real problem for Shaheen Afridi is the pressure of being the spearhead of this Pakistan attack and without much real support at the other end when it comes to pace, genuine pace.'
'We had to be very mindful of not overdoing it and yes add up the pressure, use the big boundaries, try to use things to our advantage. That is what we were doing. So, in that we created pressure and everybody got wickets.'
India went in with two spinners and as many pacers in the first Test against Pakistan.
In fact, Bangladesh hardly recovered from the deep wounds inflicted by Renuka in the first six overs.
It was India's worst performance on a cricket field in recent times as it went down by 10 wickets against Pakistan in the ICC T20 World Cup game in Dubai on Sunday, October 24, 2021.
'PAKI' is a contemptuous term for a person from Pakistan or South Asia by birth or descent.
Babar Azam stood firm amid a batting collapse to compile his seventh Test hundred
Chasing 159 for victory in Karachi, England reached their target with four balls to spare as Hales's 58 at the top of the order in his first appearance for the team since 2019 and Brooks' 25-ball knock at the end got them home.
Pakistan clinched a 52-run victory over Sri Lanka in a one-off Twenty20 international to finish their losing tour on a high on Wednesday.
IMAGES from Day 2 of the first Test between India and Bangladesh, played in Chennai, on Friday.
Images from the Asia Cup T20 match between Pakistan and Hong Kong in Sharjah on Friday
Rohit said that a total of 181 was always a good one and he didn't think that they were 10-15 short.
India women's team skipper Harmanpreet Kaur blamed their shock loss to Pakistan on rejigged batting order, saying the decision to give batters enough game time before next year's T20 World Cup backfired.
Zimbabwe shocked Pakistan by one run in a thrilling T20 World Cup Super 12 match at Perth Stadium, in Perth, on Thursday.
IMAGES from the T20 World Cup match played between Pakistan and Bangladesh in Adelaide on Sunday.
Mohammad Rizwan and Babar Azam finally found their scoring touch with half centuries in a 105-run stand to lay the foundation for victory.
Pakistan ended their 18-match losing streak with win over the West Indies
Images from the T20 World Cup match between India and Ireland at New York, NY
Pakistan recovered from a dreadful start, thanks to a century by Sarfraz Ahmed, to post a respectable total of 251 before Root and captain Eoin Morgan shared a third-wicket stand of 112 to lay the platform for the hosts to go 2-0 up in the series.
Lyon celebrates 500 wickets as Australia thrash Pakistan by 360 runs
Pakistan captain Babar Azam didn't hide his disappointment after a humiliating 93-run defeat to England in their last World Cup game.
Pakistan beat Australia by 163 runs in the second semi-final on Friday.
Skipper Aaron Finch scored a timely half-century as Australia concluded their tour of Pakistan with a three-wicket win in a one-off Twenty20 international in Lahore on Tuesday.
Babar smashed an unbeaten 105 and opener Imam-ul-Haq made 89 not out
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