In pictures: India beat Pakistan by five wickets in T20 Asia Cup - match highlights

Hardik Pandya shakes hands with Babar Azam after winning the Asia Cup Twenty20 match between India and Pakistan in Dubai.

India and Pakistan players shake hands at the end of their epic Asia Cup match at Dubai International Cricket stadium on Sunday.

Indian fans celerbate the win over Pakistan in the Asia Cup match at Dubai International Cricket stadium on Sunday.

Hardik Pandya, second left, raises his bat to celebrate their win in the T20 cricket match of Asia Cup

Hardik Pandya hits a boundary during the T20 cricket match of Asia Cup between India and Pakistan, in Dubai

Hardik Pandya (R) and Ravindra Jadeja react during the Asia Cup Twenty20 international cricket Group A match between India and Pakistan at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium in Dubai on August 28, 2022.

Suryakumar Yadav walks back to the pavilion after being dismissed during the Asia Cup 2022 Group A match between India and Pakistan.

Shadab Khan interacts with Virat Kohli

Indian batsman Surya Kumar Yadav is clean bowled by Pakistan's Naseem Shah in their Asia Cup match at Dubai International Cricket stadium on Sunday.

Pakistan bowler Mohammad Nawaz celebrates after taking the wicket of Indian batsman Virat Kohli in their Asia Cup match at Dubai International Cricket stadium on Sunday.

Pakistan bowler Mohammad Nawaz celebrates after taking the wicket of Indian captain Rohit Sharma in their Asia Cup match at Dubai International Cricket stadium on Sunday.

Fans cheer for their team during the Asia Cup 2022 Group A match between India and Pakistan in Dubai

Pakistan's wicketkeeper Mohammad Rizwan (back) unsuccessfully tries to dismiss India's captain Rohit Sharma.

Indian batsman Virat Kohli and captain Rohit Sharma run between the wicket against Pakistan in their Asia Cup match at Dubai International Cricket stadium on Sunday.

Naseem Shah celebrates the dismissal of KL Rahul during the T20 cricket match of Asia Cup between India and Pakistan, in Dubai.

Cricket fans watch the live broadcast of the Asia Cup match between India and Pakistan in Dubai

KL Rahul is bowled out by Naseem Shah (not pictured) at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium in Dubai.

Indian all-rounder Hardik Pandya celebrates one of his three wickets with Virat Kohli during the DP World Asia Cup match against Pakistan at Dubai International Stadium on Sunday.

Bhuvneshwar Kumar, right, bowls a delivery during the T20 cricket match of Asia Cup between India and Pakistan in Dubai.

Fans watch the live broadcast of the Asia Cup Twenty20 international cricket match between India and Pakistan in Dubai

Hardik Pandya sends back Iftikhar Ahmed as Team Pakistan lose their third wicket.

Pakistan lose Iftikhar Ahmed after a promising knock

Indian bowler Hardik Pandya celebrates his second wicket against Pakistan in the Asia Cup match at Dubai International Cricket Stadium on August 28, 2022.

At the halfway stage of the innings, Babar Azam and Salman Ali Agha out in the middle

Pakistan's Mohammad Rizwan, left, and Iftikhar Ahmed run between the wickets to score during the T20 cricket match of Asia Cup between India and Pakistan, in Dubai.

Avesh Khan sent back Fakhar Zaman as the latter edged back to the wicketkeeper.

Bhuvneshwar Kumar celebrates with team mates after claiming the wicket of Pakistan captain Babar Azam in their Asia Cup match at Dubai International Cricket stadium on Sunday.

Indian fans celebrate the wicket of Pakistan captain Babar Azam in their Asia Cup match at Dubai International Cricket stadium on Sunday.

India skipper Rohit Sharma won the toss and elected to field against Pakistan in a landmark 100th Twenty20 international for Virat Kohli on Sunday.

The high-octane clash of the Asia Cup tournament between the arch rivals has already attracted a huge crowd with almost equal fan presence at the Dubai International Stadium.

It is also the first meeting between India and Pakistan after facing off in the Men's T20 World Cup last year in the UAE, where Pakistan secured a resounding 10-wicket victory over India in the Super 10 stage, their first such victory in Men's World Cups.

In good spirits... India and Pakistan fans arrive for the Asia Cup match at Dubai International Cricket stadium.

India: Rohit Sharma (capt), KL Rahul, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Avesh Khan, Yuzvendra Chahal, Arshdeep Singh

Pakistan: Babar Azam (capt), Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Fakhar Zaman, Iftikhar Ahmed, Khushdil Shah, Asif Ali, Shadab Khan, Mohammad Nawaz, Naseem Shah, Haris Rauf, Shahnawaz Dahani