The India-Pakistan Super 4 match in the Asia Cup on Sunday lived up to the hype, with thrillers from both sides, Babar Azam's side winning by five wickets in the end, and now India must win against Sri Lanka and Afghanistan if they want to win. go to the finals. However, the biggest talking point of the game came in the 18th over, when young seamer Arshdeed Singh fended off a relatively easy chance off the bowling of Ravi Bishnoi, and Asif Ali came alive as a result.

Arshdeed then bowled the final over but failed to hold on for seven runs and Pakistan eventually won. Now that the former Indian spinner has come to Arshdeep's rescue, he said that no one had given the ball away on purpose and the young seamer should not be criticized.

"Stop criticising young @arshdeepsinghh. No one drop the catch purposely. We are proud of our ?? boys .. Pakistan played better. shame on such people who r putting our own guys down by saying cheap things on this platform bout Arsh and team. Arsh is GOLD," Harbhajan tweeted.

Speaking at the post-match press conference, India batter Virat Kohli also showed his support for Arshdeep, saying: "Anyone can commit the mistake, the situation was tight. It was a high-pressure game and mistakes can happen. I still remember I was playing my first Champions Trophy and the match was against Pakistan, I had played a very bad shot against Shahid Afridi. I was watching the ceiling till 5 am, I was not able to sleep and I thought my career is over but these things are natural. Seniors players get around you, there is a good team environment right now, I give the credit to the captain and coach. The players learn from their mistakes. So one must accept his mistake, address it and look forward to being in that pressure situation once again."

As for the India-Pakistan match, the former was put on base and the team scored 181/7 in 20 overs. Virat Kohli top scorer with 60 off 44 balls. After 182 runs, opener Mohammad Rizwan top-scored for Pakistan, smashing 71 from 51 overs.

However, the shocker was Mohammad Nawaz who walked out at 4 and the left-hander scored 42 runs off 20 balls. For India, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Hardik Pandya, Ravi Bishnoi, Yuzvendra Chahal and Arshdeep Singh took a wicket each.