India defeated Pakistan by six wickets in an Asia Cup cricket One-day match, here today.

Earlier, openers Mohammed Hafeez and Nasir Jamshed cracked sparkling centuries as Pakistan piled up a mammoth 329 for six against India in their high-voltage league match of the Asia Cup cricket tournament here today.

Both Hafeez (105) and Jamshed (112) stitched a record 224-run opening partnership to lay the foundation as the Indian attack wore a pedestrian look throughout the innings while below par fielding in the initial part only added to the woes.

The opening stand is Pakistan's highest against India eclipsing Saeed Anwar and Aamer Sohail's opening stand of 144 in Singapore, back in 1996.

Pakistan skipper Misbah-ul Haq won the toss and his decision to bat was vindicated by the openers who didn't put a foot wrong during their partnership. They never took any undue risks yet hit boundaries at will while keeping the scorers busy with singles and twos.

Hafeez was the first to get off the blocks with a square cut off Praveen Kumar's bowling in the very first over.

Young Jamshed then took the cue and hit Praveen for three boundaries in the third over and Pakistan never looked back since then.

The 50 of the innings came in the 10th over and 100 in the 18th over as Dhoni's bowlers looked clueless in the wake of the onslaught.