The Asia Cup 2023 match between the Indian cricket team and the Nepal cricket team is very much looking likely to abandoned (as of writing this article) after India vs Pakistan was abandoned earlier too due to rain as rain is again continuing to pour in Pallakele.
In the 5th match of the Asia Cup 2023, the Indian team captain Rohit Sharma won the toss and opted to bowl first.
Opening the inning for the Nepal cricket team, both the openers Kushal Bhurtel and Aasif Sheikh 65 runs for the opening wicket before the Kushal Bhurtel was dismissed after scoring 38 runs in 25 balls. Shardul Thakur took the first wicket for India.
After that, Nepal team tried to build more partnership, but the they couldn’t build a big partnership and wickets in regular intervals kept falling. As a result, Nepal posted 230 runs on the board for the loss of 10 wickets in 48.2 overs.
For Nepal, opening batter Aasif Sheikh was the best player in the match. The 22-years-old right-hand wicketkeeper batsman scored 58 runs in 97 balls and led the charge for Nepal. However, he was eventually dismissed by Mohammed Siraj.
While Aasif’s performance against the Indian bowlers deserve a praise, but what is much more exciting about it, those who are watching him for the first time, may think that it is none other than former Indian wicketkeeper batsman Dinesh Karthik.
Aasif, stunningly, has a face that is quite a lot resembles Indian wicketkeeper batsman Dinesh Karthik. In fact, a user in Twitter (now known as X) shared a picture of Aasif Sheikh post the first inning and tagged Karthik. He wrote in his tweet, “You can never keep @DineshKarthik out of the game.” Karthik also reacted to the post where he himself felt astounded seeing such a resemblance.
🙄🤦🏻♂🤣 https://t.co/7aOHVca6ZA
— DK (@DineshKarthik) September 4, 2023
