Greatest sporting event - Shahid Afridi on Indo-Pak matches

Pakistan and India featured again in a last-over thriller in the ongoing Asia Cup on Sunday and it was Babar Azam's side had prevailed in the contest by five wickets.

While chasing 182, the Men in Green sealed the victory on the penultimate delivery of the match.

Former Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi congratulated Babar Azam and co on winning the match and he also termed the matches between India and Pakistan as "greatest sporting event".

"Outstanding win!! Great contributions by Rizwan, Nawaz and finishing by Asif. India-Pakistan cricket once again at it's absolute best. The greatest sporting event in the world," Afridi tweeted.

Outstanding win!! Great contributions by Rizwan, Nawaz and finishing by Asif. India-Pakistan cricket once again at it's absolute best. The greatest sporting event in the world.🇵🇰 https://t.co/nrQ1JoESKw

— Shahid Afridi (@SAfridiOfficial) September 4, 2022

Talking about the match between India and Pakistan, the former was sent into bat and the side posted 181/7 in 20 overs. Virat Kohli top-scored with a knock of 60 off 44 balls.

Chasing 182, wicketkeeper-batter Mohammad Rizwan top-scored for Pakistan as he played a knock of 71 of 51 balls. However, the impact innings came from Mohammad Nawaz who went out to bat at No.4 and the left-hander went on to score 42 runs off 20 balls.

For India, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Hardik Pandya, Ravi Bishnoi, Yuzvendra Chahal and Arshdeep Singh scalped one wicket each.