Asked to field first three-wicket hauls from pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumar and part-time off-spinner Kedar Jadhav enabled India to restrict Pakistan to a paltry 162. Bhuvneshwar returned figures of 3/15 while Jadhav got 3/23.
In reply a quickfire half-century by Rohit Sharma and his 86-run opening stand with Shikhar Dhawan saw India overhaul the target with a whopping 21 overs to spare.
Rohit plundered 52 runs off 39 deliveries hitting six boundaries and three sixes along the way.
Brief scores:
Pakistan: 162 in 43.1 overs (Babar Azam 47 Shoaib Malik 43; Bhuvneshwar Kumar 47 Kedar Jadhav 3/23) lost to India: 164/2 in 29 overs (Rohit Sharma 52 Shikhar Dhawan 46) by eight wickets.
--IANS ajb/pgh/
