Riding on brilliant centuries from openers Shikhar Dhawan and Rohit Sharma, India thrashed Pakistan by nine wickets in yet another clash in the ongoing Asia Cup 2018 in the United Arab Emirates.

Batting first, Sarfraz Ahmed-led Pakistan once again failed to counter India’s disciplined bowling attack as they could only manage to score 237 runs for a loss of seven wickets in their allotted 50 overs.

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From the Indian camp, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav and Jasprit Bumrah picked two wickets each.

Here is what Indian and Pakistani cricketers said after the clash:

Pakistan skipper Sarfraz Ahmed: “We made it tough for ourselves by dropping those catches. We were 20-25 runs short and if we would have held on to our catches we could have possibly made things interesting. The boys are doing all the hard work but they’re not able to take those crucial catches. The wicket was a bit difficult to play on in the afternoon as the cracks had widened up. Wasn’t easy for a new batsman walking in. Had we got early wickets, this chase would have been certainly difficult. We have been losing a lot of wickets in the early overs and hence it becomes difficult to recover from such situations. The way they batted, all credit to them. Rohit and Dhawan were exceptional. They have shown better skills as compared to us. We need to work a lot on our skill level if at all we want to get into the final.”

Stand-in Indian skipper Rohit Sharma: “Challenging conditions, well done to the boys. All of them showed great amount of character. We spoke about leaving past performances behind and give out our best today and that is what happened. I think he’s matured as a bowler now, he understands his bowling and I think he understands what fields he needs to set and gotta keep it tight. Bhuvi also did the same. It was important to keep it tight and the spinners also did the same. When you keep them in control that’s the kind of targets you get to chase. ”

Shikhar Dhawan, Man of the match: “I enjoyed my game and I’ve been in good touch and wanted to make the most of it. It’s a good batting track and I have enjoyed the balance of it. Pakistan got a good bowling attack and I knew that as openers we had to stay and once I got set and I kept carrying on. As I’ve mentioned I wanted to be sensible with my shots and I’ve thrown it away in the past and I have learnt the lessons the hard way. The plan was not to lose wickets in the first 10 overs and Rohit played an amazing knock today and he’s very good at converting 50s into 100s and that’s something I’ve learnt from him.”

Here is how cricket fraternity reacted on Twitter:

Total domination as #TeamIndia seal a win by 9 wickets #INDvPAK #AsiaCup pic.twitter.com/k6vSgrkaB8

— BCCI (@BCCI) September 23, 2018

India beat Pakistan by nine wickets with 10.3 overs to spare.

A convincing win for them in the #AsiaCup.

Re-live the day’s action and follow the post-match reaction 👇👇https://t.co/0SqS4ClLWD pic.twitter.com/3ACQUHZkt5

— ICC (@ICC) September 23, 2018

Well done boys. What a joy to watch.Great win for us. Onwards and upwards 💪🇮🇳 #INDvPAK #AsiaCup2018

— Virat Kohli (@imVkohli) September 23, 2018

Bharat !
Congratulations on a wonderful victory. Dhawan , Rohit were terrific and this is so wonderful to watch#INDvPAK

— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag) September 23, 2018

Congratulations on your 100s @ImRo45 and @SDhawan25. Such clean hitting! Always a joy to watch you both in full flow. #INDvPAK pic.twitter.com/yxzFEGtDak

— Sachin Tendulkar (@sachin_rt) September 23, 2018

Another comfortable win over Pakistan in last five days. Good to see an all round performance from the Indian team in this tournament till now. We need to continue this in the coming matches too. @BCCI pic.twitter.com/MhIdKjI36P

— R P Singh (@rpsingh) September 23, 2018

Ton and dusted! Two massive tons that made this win look too easy! Hats off @ImRo45 and @SDhawan25 🇮🇳 💯💯 #PAKvIND #AsiaCup2018

— Harbhajan Turbanator (@harbhajan_singh) September 23, 2018

Congratulations India on another clinical performance .The bowlers were brilliant in restricting Pakistan to 237 and Shikhar and Rohit were just marvellous on the day. Top team effort #INDvPAK

— VVS Laxman (@VVSLaxman281) September 23, 2018

While we glorify the batsmen, we must acknowledge that each of India’s four key bowlers is better than he was 3-4 years ago

— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) September 23, 2018

One sided matches getting an all new definition. There’s a context in the #AsiaCup but not too many contests thus far. #IndvPak

— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) September 23, 2018

Must applaud at the way in which @SDhawan25 has lifted himself out of the disappointments in England to become India’s top runscorer in Asian Cup. Shows not willing to give up in his career easily

— Cricketwallah (@cricketwallah) September 23, 2018