India, Sept. 28 -- It took Pakistan just 15 deliveries to inflict a hard-hitting reality check on India. Having managed to script a superb comeback in the first innings, riding on the excellence of the spinners to fold Pakistan for 146 runs in 19.1 overs, India looked destined to get over the mark in quick time and register a third straight win against their rivals in the ongoing Asia Cup. But Faheem Ashraf and Shaheen Afridi picked up a wicket in in the first 15 balls to send India two down for just 10 runs in the chase.

After Faheem ended Abhishek Sharma's charge in the second over for a single-digit score, his first in this tournament, where he had dominated with his ball-striking, India captain Suryakumar Yadav fell on the third ball...