Summary
Key bowlers Washington Sundar, Axar Patel and Shivam Dube each claimed two wickets, limiting Pakistan’s chase.
Top scorer Hasan Nawaz made an unbeaten 96 runs, but India’s total of 211 runs proved enough.
Key Points
4 points1
India won the men’s cricket gold medal at the Asian Games with a score of 211/6.
2
Pakistan’s reply was 192/9, falling short by 19 runs.
3
Washington Sundar and Axar Patel each took two wickets; Shivam Dube added two wickets in the final overs.
4
Hasan Nawaz’s unbeaten 96 runs was the highest individual performance, yet it was not enough for Pakistan.
New Words to Learn
8 wordsbowler
the player who throws the ball to try to get the batter out
batter
the player who tries to hit the ball and score runs
wicket
the event when a bowler gets a batter out
run
a point scored by the batting team
gold medal
the prize given to the team that finishes first in a competition
chase
the attempt by the second batting team to reach the target score
spin bowler
a bowler who makes the ball turn sharply after it bounces
innings
the period in which one team bats and tries to score runs
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