India, Sept. 16 -- India defeated Pakistan by seven wickets in the Asia Cup on Sunday, marking the neighbours' first encounter since their military clash in May, despite objections from several Opposition leaders.

Commenting on the match, AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi said the yardstick of victory cannot be playing cricket with those responsible for turning "our daughters into widows and our children into orphans".

The hostilities between India and Pakistan in May this year left more than 70 people dead in missile, drone and artillery exchanges, before a negotiation.

The conflict was triggered by an April 22 terror attack on civilians in Pahalgam in Jammu and Kashmir that left 26 people dead. India launched Operation Sindoor in May, tar...