India registered a convincing seven-wicket victory over Pakistan in a one-sided Asia Cup Group A league match here on Sunday.
Spinners Kuldeep Yadav (3/18) and Axar Patel (2/18) helped India restrict Pakistan to 127 for nine after Salman Agha opted to bat first.
In reply, India completed the chase in 15.5 overs with skipper Suryakumar Yadav (47 not out off 37 balls), Abhishek Sharma (31 off 13) and Tilak Varma (31 off 31) making significant contributions. India began the day with Hardik Pandya dismissing Saim Ayub on the first legitimate delivery of the game and Jasprit Bumrah dismissing Mohammad Haris in the next over to leave Pakistan tottering at 6 for 2.
Spinners Kuldeep and Axar then stifled the Pakistan middle order with regular strikes. Sahibzada Farhan scored a valiant 40 off 44 balls but the rest of the Pakistani batters cut a sorry figure on a docile track.
Shaheen Afridi hit a 16-ball 33 not out towards the end to take Pakistan past 125.
Meanwhile, Indian captain Suryakumar Yadav and his Pakistan counterpart Salman Agha did not engage in the customary handshake during the toss for their Group A contest in the Asia Cup here on Sunday, drawing the attention of the cricket fraternity.
A handshake between captains of both the teams are a custom during coin toss before matches in international cricket but both the leaders of Indian and Pakistan teams did not engage in one and also refused to make any eye contact.
Both the captains submitted their respective team sheets to the match referee Andy Pycroft from Zimbabwe, spoke with the TV commentator Ravi Shastri, who was conducting the coin toss, and headed back in their respective directions.