| 0.0 : TOSS - Babar Azam calls 'heads' and heads it is. Pakistan have opted to BOWL first. |
| India (Playing XI) - Rohit Sharma(C), Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant(WK), Suryakumar Yadav, Shivam Dube, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Jasprit Bumrah, Arshdeep Singh, Mohammed Siraj. |
| Babar Azam, the captain of Pakistan says that they will bowl first given the weather and pitch conditions and will try to utilize the first 6 overs. Adds that the early conditions will suit them given they have four fast bowlers and mentions that they have to forego the past and are ready for the clash. Adds that they are always motivated when facing India and informs that they have one change in the side. |
| Pakistan (Playing XI) - Mohammad Rizwan (WK), Babar Azam (C), Usman Khan, Fakhar Zaman, Shadab Khan, Iftikhar Ahmed, Imad Wasim (In for Azam Khan), Shaheen Afridi, Haris Rauf, Naseem Shah, Mohammad Amir. |
| The captain of India, Rohit Sharma says that they would have bowled first as well. Tells that they will look to assess as quickly as possible and try to get a decent score. Feels that it can be challenging upfront but they know what they need to do as a batting group. Reckons that every game in the World Cup is crucial and it is important to turn up pretty well. Opines that having played a couple of games in New York will help them in assessing what the right score is on this surface. Ends by in |
| Suryakumar Yadav is down for a chat. He says that you can't prepare for weather like this but the general preparation has been good. Adds that he won't try to avoid any shot on this track and intent is important. Mentions that it has always been a great competition between India and Pakistan and he is looking forward to a good game. |
| UPDATE - 8.14 pm IST (2.44 pm GMT) - Oh, no! The rain has returned, and the ground staff are quick to put the covers back on. Fingers crossed that the rain subsides soon enough for us to get going at the scheduled start time of 8.30 pm IST (3 pm GMT). |
| UPDATE - 8.23 pm IST (2.53 pm GMT) - Great news! The rain has stopped, and the covers are coming off. However, it does not look like we will be starting on time, and we will most certainly be having a further delay to this high-octane clash. The hessian has also been removed, which is a good sign. The match officials are seen in a discussion with the chief of the ground staff and will soon have an update regarding the start of play. Stick around for more news. |
| UPDATE - 8.30 pm IST (3 pm GMT) - The Super Soppers have done their job, and the outfield has dried up nicely. Play is set to start at 8.50 pm IST (3.20 pm GMT), provided there is no more rain. It has brightened up as well, and let's hope that we do not have any more delays. In case you were wondering, no overs have been lost despite the amount of time we have lost. |
| Just a few minutes left for the big clash! One of the ambassadors of this T20 World Cup and one of India's greatest white-ball players ever, Yuvraj Singh walks out and places that coveted trophy on the podium. Next up the officials walks out and behind them are the two sets of players who will line up for their respective national anthems. It is a sea of blue out in the crowd with a tinge of green here and there. It will be the national anthem of Pakistan first followed by the national anthem o |
| Done with the pre-match proceedings and it is now time to play! It has been quite a long wait but it is almost always worth the wait. The umpires are out in the middle and so are the players of Pakistan who spread out on the field. The prolific opening duo of skipper Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli walks out to open the innings for India. Shaheen Afridi has the new ball in hand and is raring to go. Just the one slip in place. Let's go... |
| 0.1 : Shaheen Afridi to Rohit Sharma, Rohit Sharma and India are underway! Shaheen Afridi steams in from over the wicket with a slip in place and pitches it right up, on middle and leg, Rohit Sharma brings his wrists into play and clips it through square leg. The ball holds up in the outfield and Rohit comes back for the second run. |
| 0.2 : Shaheen Afridi to Rohit Sharma, No run. |
| 0.4 : Shaheen Afridi to Rohit Sharma, Gets the ball to angle across from over the wicket, on a good length, Rohit Sharma watcfully shoulders arms. |
| 0.5 : Shaheen Afridi to Rohit Sharma, Delivers it on the off-stump line and keeps it on a good length, Rohit Sharma gets a good stride in and dabs it square to cover-point. |
| 0.3 : Shaheen Afridi to Rohit Sharma, SIX! WOW! It does not take long for Rohit Sharma to get going! The Indian skipper picked the bones out of that. Shaheen bowls it around middle and leg, on a length, Rohit Sharma picks up the line and length early and plays the pick-up shot to perfection. Clears deep square leg for a biggie. |
| 0.6 : Shaheen Afridi to Rohit Sharma, A massive shout for LBW but the umpire shakes his head! Shaheen Afridi is extremely confident but Babar Azam, standing at mid off, spots the inside edge and Pakistan do not take the review. |
| 0.0 : UPDATE - Uh, oh! Look who's back? Yes, the rain but it seems to be just a passing shower and hopefully, it just is only a passing shower. Just as Naseem Shah was raring to bowl the second over, the heavens opened up again and the players are off the field. Frustrating for everyone on and off the field but it is just that kind of a day. Stay tuned for further updates. A few minutes later, the rain has really picked up now. Another thing to keep in mind is that there is a buffer of 90 minutes be |
| UPDATE - 9.12 pm IST (3.42 pm GMT) - Positive news! As we had hoped, it was just a passing shower, and the umpires are out to inspect the outfield as we speak. The square stays covered for now and the call on taking the covers off will be taken soon by the match officials, who are currently in a discussion with the head of the ground staff. The covers are being peeled off now, and the stumps are being erected. The Pakistan players have come out, and we should not be far away from resumption now. |
| Welcome, back! It is time for Take 2 and the mother of all cricketing clashes is back underway and the big positive is that the skies have cleared up a bit more as well. The umpires are back out in the middle and so are the players of Pakistan. Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli are set to resume their stay with the latter taking strike for the first ball. Naseem Shah will share the new ball with Shaheen Afridi. Let's go... |
| 1.1 : Naseem Shah to Virat Kohli, FOUR! Class written all over it and Virat Kohli is away! Naseem gets a good away shape on this one, full and outside off, Virat Kohli stays balanced in the crease and extends his hands to cream the drive through covers. Despite the damp outfield, the ball has enough legs to reacht the fence. |
| 1.2 : Naseem Shah to Virat Kohli, Pulls the length back and bowls it on off, Virat Kohli uses his feet and defends it right under his eyeline. |
| 1.3 : Naseem Shah to Virat Kohli, OUT! TAKEN! Straight to the fielder and it is Naseem Shah with the first strike for Pakistan. Not the best of deliveries from Naseem but he still manages to get a wicket off it. Naseem offers width and it is too short as well, Virat Kohli reaches out as he looks to slap it over covers. The ball stops in the surface a bit and Kohli has to reach out to get the connection. Ends up getting this one off the toe-end of the bat and it goes straight to cover-point wher |
| 1.4 : Naseem Shah to Rishabh Pant, Past the outside edge! |
| 1.3 : Rishabh Pant has been sent up the order at number 3. |
| 1.5 : Naseem Shah to Rishabh Pant, TWO WIDES! Tries to get the ball to shape back into the left-hander but slips it down leg, on a fuller length, Rishabh Pant lets it go and it goes on the bounce to the keeper, Mohammad Rizwan who fails to make a clean stop diving away to his right and concedes an extra. |
| Naseem Shah to Rohit Sharma, FOUR! Too straight and these are easy pickings for Rohit Sharma. |
| 1.6 : Naseem Shah to Rohit Sharma, Bangs it away on a hard length, over off, Rohit Sharma hangs back in his crease and steers it with an open bat face down to deep third to keep the strike. End of a successful over from Naseem. |
| 2.1 : Shaheen Afridi to Rohit Sharma, At 136.1 kph, full and angling away, around off, Rohit Sharma gets on the front foot and covers the line of the ball to block it out. |
| 2.2 : Shaheen Afridi to Rohit Sharma, Play and a miss! The ball is coming out of the hand nicely for Shaheen Afridi after the break. |
| 2.3 : Shaheen Afridi to Rohit Sharma, Edged but it drops way short! Continues to angle it away from the batter, around off, Rohit Sharma defends it with soft hands and it goes on the bounce to the diving fielder at first slip. |
| 2.4 : Shaheen Afridi to Rohit Sharma, OUT! IN THE AIR AND GONE! The Eagle has landed in New York. India have been rocked early with both back openers in the hut. |
| 2.5 : Shaheen Afridi to Axar Patel, WIDE! Lands it beyond the tramline on off, Axar Patel lets it go for a wide. |
| 0.0 : Axar Patel has been sent up the order as a pinch-hitter it seems. |
| 2.5 : Shaheen Afridi to Axar Patel, Hurls it around off, on a short of a good length, Axar Patel gets on top of the bounce nicely and punches it to cover. |
| 2.6 : Shaheen Afridi to Axar Patel, Angling in from wide of the crease on the over-the-wicket angle, on off, Axar Patel plays it late off the back foot and guides it to backward point. Back-to-back successful overs for Pakistan have put India under early pressure. |
| Mohammad Amir comes into the attack now. |
| 3.1 : Mohammad Amir to Rishabh Pant, Starts with an outswinger from over the wicket and bowls it full as well, Rishabh Pant shoulders arms. |
| 3.2 : Mohammad Amir to Rishabh Pant, A good chase from Shaheen Afridi to save a run for his side. Bowls it with an upright seam, full and on off, Rishabh Pant brings his bottom hand into play and whips it along the ground through mid-wicket. The ball holds up in the outfield again, allowing Shaheen to pull it back. Three runs taken. |
| 3.3 : Mohammad Amir to Axar Patel, Beaten! Serves it on a good length and in that channel on off, Axar Patel has a loose poke at the delivery and he is lucky not to nick this one behind as the ball nips past the bat. |
| 3.4 : Mohammad Amir to Axar Patel, And again! Pulls the length back and offers a bit of width on off, Axar Patel tries to latch onto the width but goes after it tentatively and gets beaten on the outside edge. |
| 3.5 : Mohammad Amir to Axar Patel, Trifecta of plays and misses! Much fuller from Amir and this is near the tramline on off, Axar Patel goes for an expansive drive away from his body but the ball goes away and whizzes past the bat. |
| 3.6 : Mohammad Amir to Axar Patel, Dishes it out on a fullish length, outside off, Axar Patel gets his bat down in time and squeezes it out to deep third for a single. |
| 4.1 : Shaheen Afridi to Axar Patel, FOUR! Streaky but they all count! Afridi bowls it in the corridor of off, on a short of a good length, Axar Patel pushes at the delivery away from his body. He is late on the shot and the ball races off the toe-end of the bat to the right of deep third for a boundary. |
| 4.2 : Shaheen Afridi to Axar Patel, SIX! More in control and Axar Patel gets the maximum reward! |
| 4.3 : Shaheen Afridi to Axar Patel, 1 run. |
| 4.4 : Shaheen Afridi to Rishabh Pant, Angling in, fuller as well, outside off, Rishabh Pant leans on it and times the drive straight to cover. |
| 4.5 : Shaheen Afridi to Rishabh Pant, Almost dragged it onto the stumps! |
| 4.6 : Shaheen Afridi to Axar Patel, Good running! |
| 0.0 : A slight halt in play as Axar Patel seems to have hurt himself a bit as he put in that big dive on the previous delivery. The batters also get a few refreshments and we are back to the game. |
| 5.1 : Mohammad Amir to Rishabh Pant, EDGED AND FOUR! |
| 5.2 : Mohammad Amir to Rishabh Pant, DROPPED! That was much more of a valiant effort and a highly difficult chance but Usman Khan has grassed it. Pitched up again around off stump, Rishabh Pant gets in a poor position as he looks to flick it away and skies it off the toe end of the bat over the point region. Usman gives it a good chase and puts in the dive but the ball is always going further away and he cannot hang on. The batters pick up three runs |
| 5.3 : Mohammad Amir to Axar Patel, Oh, that was mighty close to the off stump! |
| 5.4 : Mohammad Amir to Axar Patel, 1 run. |
| 5.5 : Mohammad Amir to Rishabh Pant, FOUR! Rishabh Pant going for broke here and he has picked up 11 vital runs off miscued shots. Full again and around off stump, Pant is late on the flick again and cue-ends it well over Iftikhar Ahmed's head this time at first slip for another boundary. Mohammad Amir is highly frustrated with that. |
| 5.6 : Mohammad Amir to Rishabh Pant, Beaten! Keeps it quite full in the channel around off and gets it to swing away sharply, Rishabh Pant gets squared up as the ball beats the outside edge. India are 50/2 at the end of the Powerplay. |
| First look at spin as Iftikhar Ahmed come into the attack. |
| 6.2 : Iftikhar Ahmed to Axar Patel, Dropped a bit shorter on off and this one pops up after pitching, Axar Patel backs away and taps it past point for a single. |
| 6.1 : Iftikhar Ahmed to Axar Patel, Starts from around the stumps and bowls it a bit flatter around off, Axar Patel blocks it down the deck off the front foot. |
| 6.3 : Iftikhar Ahmed to Rishabh Pant, No run. |
| 6.4 : Iftikhar Ahmed to Rishabh Pant, Oh, dear! Rishabh Pant is living on a knife's edge and probably trying too many things out there. Nagging length around off stump, Pant walks across trying to scoop it away but gets an inside edge onto the back leg. |
| 6.5 : Iftikhar Ahmed to Rishabh Pant, WIDE! Quicker one, full and fired in down the leg side for a wide. |
| Iftikhar Ahmed to Rishabh Pant, Full and at the stumps, Rishabh Pant walks down the pitch and pushes it down to long on for a single. |
| 6.6 : Iftikhar Ahmed to Axar Patel, FOUR! Now, that is a lovely shot! Tossed up at the stumps, Axar Patel skips down the pitch, holds his shape really well and just lifts it back over the bowler's head for a boundary. |
| 7.1 : Naseem Shah to Rishabh Pant, Pitched up from over the wicket and right on off stump, Rishabh Pant looks to punch off the front foot but gets it off the inner half of the bat towards mid-wicket for one. |
| 7.2 : Naseem Shah to Axar Patel, Pitched up again around the off stump, Axar Patel leans into the drive and punches it on the bounce towards mid off. |
| 7.3 : Naseem Shah to Axar Patel, Good length around the top of off stump, Axar Patel stays in his crease and tentatively blocks it out. |
| 7.4 : Suryakumar Yadav comes in at number 5. |
| 7.5 : Naseem Shah to Suryakumar Yadav, Just back of a length and around off stump, Suryakumar Yadav stays on the back foot and nudges it down on the off side. |
| 7.4 : Naseem Shah to Axar Patel, OUT! TIMBER! Axar Patel looked to be aggressive there but gets cleaned up instead. Just as the on-air commentators said that this was the highest score by an Indian batter at number 4 against Pakistan in a T20 World Cup clash, Axar walks back. |
| 7.6 : Naseem Shah to Suryakumar Yadav, FOUR! Suryakumar Yadav is up and running! |
| 8.1 : Imad Wasim to Rishabh Pant, WIDE! Starts off with a slingy delivery that is pushed well outside the off stump, Rishabh Pant looks to reverse sweep but misses. |
| 8.2 : Imad Wasim to Suryakumar Yadav, 1 run. |
| 8.1 : Imad Wasim to Rishabh Pant, Rishabh Pant seems to have the luck of the Irish right now with him. |
| 8.3 : Imad Wasim to Rishabh Pant, No run. |
| 8.4 : Imad Wasim to Rishabh Pant, That one straightened a bit! Quick and a bit full around off stump, drifting away and then just coming back in. Rishabh Pant pokes at it and almost gets an inside edge back onto the stumps. |
| 8.5 : Imad Wasim to Rishabh Pant, 2 runs. |
| 8.6 : Imad Wasim to Rishabh Pant, On the bounce! Speared in at the stumps, Rishabh Pant swats it flat and over mid on as Iftikhar Ahmed rushes in from the deep but the ball lands well short and the batters get a single. |
| 9.1 : Haris Rauf to Rishabh Pant, Begins from around the stumps, bowling it back of a length and around off stump, Rishabh Pant stays on the back foot and pushes it down in front of covers. |
| 9.2 : Haris Rauf to Rishabh Pant, FOUR! Slower ball, Rishabh Pant picks it up and gets it away to the fence. |
| 9.3 : Haris Rauf to Rishabh Pant, FOUR! That is classic Pant, no idea how he played that shot but he gets the boundary again. |
| 9.4 : Haris Rauf to Rishabh Pant, Four! |
| 9.5 : Haris Rauf to Rishabh Pant, 1 run. |
| 9.6 : Haris Rauf to Suryakumar Yadav, Much better from Haris Rauf. |
| 10.1 : Imad Wasim to Rishabh Pant, Starts from over the wicket and tosses it up nicely, full and on middle, Rishabh Pant slog sweeps it to deep backward square leg for one. |
| 0.0 : Drinks break! Despite the loss of three wickets, India have managed to build a decent platform. Rishabh Pant has taken his chances to keep the scoreboard ticking and will look to bat in the same fashion, whereas the newly arrived Suryakumar Yadav will look to play the anchor role on a wicket that looks the best of what we have seen in New York so far. Pakistan have been unable to keep the pressure on the Indian batters and have allowed them to gain momentum. They will be hoping that this break i |
| 10.3 : Imad Wasim to Rishabh Pant, Goes straight on, on a nagging length, on off, Rishabh Pant looks to play it with the turn but the ball skids through to go past the bat. |
| 10.2 : Imad Wasim to Suryakumar Yadav, Slides on the pads, full in length, Suryakumar Yadav tickles it wide of short fine leg and gets to the other end. |
| 10.4 : Imad Wasim to Rishabh Pant, FOUR! Executed to perfection! |
| 10.5 : Imad Wasim to Rishabh Pant, Slows it up a touch and bowls it short, turning in, on middle, Rishabh Pant skips down the track and tucks it through mid-wicket for one. |
| 10.6 : Imad Wasim to Suryakumar Yadav, Comes from around the wicket for the right-hander, short and on off, punched with a straight bat down to long off for one more run. |
| 11.1 : Haris Rauf to Suryakumar Yadav, Half a shout for LBW but this looks to be clearly going down leg. As always, Haris Rauf is interested but Mohammad Rizwan indicates that the ball was going down leg and the UltraEdge confirms the same. Full and tailing back into the right-hander, on middle and leg, Suryakumar Yadav plays all around it and gets pinged on the front pad. |
| 11.2 : Haris Rauf to Suryakumar Yadav, OUT! CAUGHT! Haris Rauf strikes back after an expensive first over. He is pumped up as is Mohammad Amir who bangs the ball into the turf. |
| 0.0 : Shivam Dube walks in at number 6. |
| 11.3 : Haris Rauf to Shivam Dube, Past the outside edge straight away! Comes in from around the wicket and gets the ball to zip through, on a back of a length, Shivam Dube fiddles at the delivery and he is lucky not to nick this one behind. |
| 11.4 : Haris Rauf to Shivam Dube, No run. |
| 11.5 : Haris Rauf to Shivam Dube, Oh, that popped up off the surface. Bangs it away on a hard length, a hint of extra bounce, Shivam Dube does well though to keep it down beside the pitch on the off side. |
| 11.6 : Haris Rauf to Shivam Dube, Hurls it on a back of a length, around off, Shivam Dube gets on top of the bounce nicely and punches it square to deep point for a single to get off the mark. |
| 12.1 : Imad Wasim to Shivam Dube, 1 run. |
| 12.2 : Imad Wasim to Rishabh Pant, 1 run. |
| 12.3 : Imad Wasim to Shivam Dube, Fires it in, full and on middle, Shivam Dube pushes it back to the bowler. |
| 12.4 : Imad Wasim to Shivam Dube, Floats it up again and this is on a nagging length, on off and middle, the ball grips in the surface and Shivam Dube has to check his shot before turning it in front of square on the leg side for one. |
| 12.5 : Imad Wasim to Rishabh Pant, Leg bye. |
| 12.6 : Imad Wasim to Shivam Dube, This is flat and short, on a hard length, on middle, Shivam Dube firms the drive down the deck where Imad Wasim makes a good stop to his left. |
| 13.1 : Naseem Shah to Rishabh Pant, Comes back into the attack and angles it across from over the wicket, on a good length, around off, Rishabh Pant uses the angle and glides it down to deep third for one. |
| 13.2 : Naseem Shah to Shivam Dube, OUT! CAUGHT AND BOWLED! A soft dismissal and the bowling change has done the trick for Pakistan. |
| 13.3 : Naseem Shah to Hardik Pandya, Hurls it on a good length, on off, Hardik Pandya covers the line of the ball and gets on the front foot to defend it out on the off side. |
| 13.4 : Naseem Shah to Hardik Pandya, Good shot for no run! Naseem serves it much fuller this time, on off, Hardik Pandya shimmies down the track and drills it down the ground but can't get it past mid off. |
| 0.0 : Hardik Pandya is the new man in. |
| 13.5 : Naseem Shah to Hardik Pandya, This is on a length, just outside off, Hardik Pandya pats it from the crease to cover. |
| 13.6 : Naseem Shah to Hardik Pandya, NO BALL! Naseem Shah goes up in appeal for caught behind but he has overstepped here. |
| Naseem Shah to Hardik Pandya, Big swing and a miss! Hits the hard length, outside off, Hardik Pandya clears his front leg to swipe across the line but the ball climbs onto him and sails past the bat. |
| 14.1 : Mohammad Amir to Rishabh Pant, OUT! TAKEN! A massive blow to India as the well-set Rishabh Pant departs. Pakistan have pulled things back and how since the halfway mark. Amir gets the first wicket of the game and it is the big one of Pant. |
| 0.0 : Ravindra Jadeja is the next batter in. |
| 14.2 : Mohammad Amir to Ravindra Jadeja, OUT! STRAIGHT TO THE FIELDER! Two in two for Mohammad Amir and Pakistan are all over India like a rash! |
| 0.0 : Arshdeep Singh comes in to face the hat-trick ball. |
| 14.3 : Mohammad Amir to Arshdeep Singh, Arshdeep Singh sees off the hat-trick ball! |
| 14.4 : Mohammad Amir to Arshdeep Singh, Bowls it really full but the line is around the pads, Arshdeep Singh flicks it off his pads behind square on the leg side and gets off the mark with a single. |
| 14.6 : Mohammad Amir to Hardik Pandya, At pace this time and angling away, full in length, Hardik Pandya covers his stumps and shoulders arms. End of a tide-turning over from Amir, 2 wickets and just a single off it. |
| 15.1 : Naseem Shah to Arshdeep Singh, Ooh, close to the outside edge but not close enough! |
| 14.5 : Mohammad Amir to Hardik Pandya, Rolls his fingers over the ball and it goes across the batter, outside off, Hardik Pandya is happy to leave the ball alone. |
| 15.2 : Naseem Shah to Arshdeep Singh, This is bowled short of a length and at the batter, Arshdeep Singh nudges it away to deep third for a single. |
| 15.3 : Naseem Shah to Hardik Pandya, On a fuller length again and outside off, Hardik Pandya gets on the front foot and punches it straight to mid off for a quick single. |
| 15.4 : Naseem Shah to Arshdeep Singh, That had some serious heat on it! |
| 15.5 : Naseem Shah to Arshdeep Singh, Goes full and straight now but takes pace off, this gives Arshdeep Singh time to just push it away to short cover. |
| 15.6 : Naseem Shah to Arshdeep Singh, Good length around off and angling away, Arshdeep Singh walks across and tucks it to the leg side in front of square for one more. The 100 comes up for India as well. |
| 16.1 : Mohammad Amir to Arshdeep Singh, FOUR! Stand and dleiver from Arshdeep Singh. This is banged in halfway down the pitch, no real intent on that one. Singh picks it up and lifts it high in front of the mid-wicket region. The ball pitches and trickles into the fence. |
| 16.2 : Mohammad Amir to Arshdeep Singh, Bowls it full now and on off stump, Arshdeep Singh stays in the crease and manages to block it off. |
| 16.3 : Mohammad Amir to Arshdeep Singh, Ouch, that is a stinging blow! |
| 0.0 : A halt in play as Arshdeep Singh has copped a blow on the glove and he is whining his right hand in pain. The physio sprints out to have a look. The magic spray seems to have done its job and Arshdeep is ready to resume. |
| 16.4 : Mohammad Amir to Arshdeep Singh, Pitched up around the off stump, Arshdeep Singh hangs deep in the crease and uses the bottom hand to whip the ball across towards deep mid-wicket. The man in the deep gets to his right and keeps it down to a brace. |
| 16.5 : Mohammad Amir to Arshdeep Singh, Edged but lands short! |
| 16.6 : Mohammad Amir to Arshdeep Singh, Pace on this time, seemed like another cross-seamer, bowled a tad full and outside off. Arshdeep Singh swings wildly at it but only connects with thin air. |
| 17.1 : Haris Rauf to Hardik Pandya, FOUR! Nicely done in the end by Hardik Pandya. Banged in quick and short outside the off stump, Pandya backs away a bit and slashes at it. The ball goes off the outer half of the bat and fine of third man. Naseem Shah runs across to his left but cannot get there and it will be a boundary. |
| 17.2 : Haris Rauf to Hardik Pandya, Slightly short again, bowled from wider on the crease and angled back in a long way into the pads. Hardik Pandya looks to get inside the line and flick but misses and gets hit on the thigh pad. |
| 17.3 : Haris Rauf to Hardik Pandya, Steep bounce on that occasion! Quick and just short of a good length around off, shooting off the deck. Hardik Pandya is late on the cut and the ball flies down well fine of third man. Shadab Khan there does extremely well to run across and put in a big dive to save the boundary. Two more. |
| 17.4 : Who comes in next? |
| Haris Rauf to Hardik Pandya, OUT! CAUGHT! In the air and taken! |
| Jasprit Bumrah walks out to bat now. |
| 17.5 : Haris Rauf to Jasprit Bumrah, OUT! CAUGHT! Straight to the man and India are going down in a hurry here. Haris Rauf goes for the quick and full ball, gets it in at around 150 clicks and just outside the off stump. Jasprit Bumrah just leans right ahead and drives it straight into the hands of Imad Wasim at short cover who takes a sharpo catch and Pakistan are just a wicket away from bundling India out. |
| 17.6 : Haris Rauf to Mohammed Siraj, No hat-trick! Haris Rauf went for the yorker at the toes but got it a bit too full on the leg stump, Mohammed Siraj manages to get bat on it and nudges it away behind square leg for a couple of runs. |
| 18.1 : Shaheen Afridi to Mohammed Siraj, Overthrows! That was unncessary from Pakistan's point of view. Full and right in the blockhole around off, Mohammed Siraj bunts it off the toe end of the bat towards point where Shadab Khan dives to his right and fires in a throw at the keeper's end. It is well wide and Siraj picks up an extra run. |
| 18.2 : Shaheen Afridi to Mohammed Siraj, Two more! These could be crucial runs in the context of the game. |
| 18.3 : Shaheen Afridi to Mohammed Siraj, Yikes, that is so sloppy from Shaheen Afridi and Pakistan on the whole. Nice and full around off stump, Mohammed Siraj just opens the bat face and plays it away square through covers for a single. The throw from the deep is a bit wide and Shaheen is somewhat lazy to collect it and lets it through his hands. Siraj gets another extra run. |
| 18.4 : Shaheen Afridi to Mohammed Siraj, No run. |
| 18.5 : Shaheen Afridi to Mohammed Siraj, Trying too many things here Mohammed Siraj. |
| 18.6 : Shaheen Afridi to Mohammed Siraj, OUT! RUN OUT! Uh, oh! Complete miscommunication there between Mohammed Siraj and Arshdeep Singh and finally, Pakistan are able to close out the innings. This is pitched up by Shaheen around off, Siraj clears the back leg and thumps it just on the bounce to Babar Azam at mid off. Babar does well to get behind it and Siraj is off for a single. Arshdeep Singh doesn't have much of a clue and has to just go for it in the end. Babr throws it at the right en |
| 0.0 : A masterful bowling effort from Pakistan to bowl India out for 119. Having won a crucial toss in overcast conditions, the Pakistan pacers have done Babar Azam justice. It was the ball attack of Shaheen Afridi and Naseem Shah that set the tone, removing both Indian openers early. Naseem struck again after the Powerplay but despite that, Pakistan failed to stem the flow of runs and were a bit sloppy with the ball. Brought back into the attack to break the flourishing stand, Haris Rauf answered |
| As for India, this has been a collapse of some enormity, losing their last 7 wickets for just 30 runs and they will certainly be disappointed with their batting effort. Having lost the toss, it was always going to be challenging upfront for their openers. Rohit Sharma got an early maximum before the rain interruption but post the resumption, neither Virat Kohli nor Rohit could have much of an impact. Sent in at number 4, Axar Patel took his chances as did Rishabh Pant to keep the scoreboard ti |
| Mohammad Amir is in for a chat. He says that the wicket is a bit tricky and it is a decent total on board and they need to bowl well. Adds that his role was to set the tone for the team and hit the right areas and feels he was able to do his job. Reckons that the batting needs to be sensible from them and a lot will depend on how they start. |
| Right then, the Pakistan bowlers have set the game up nicely for them and the onus is now on their batters to take them over the line. It will be nowhere close to being easy on a tricky surface where the odd ball is stopping in the surface. Despite posting only 119 on the board, India are more than in with a shout and they have the resources to make a match out of this. Wickets in the Powerplay will be of utmost importance and the first six overs will be pivotal in deciding the outcome for the |
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