Dhoni-led India win (Pakist)another clash

India made no changes to their playing eleven.

Pakistan made one change to the eleven that last played the Indians – Khurram Manzoor made way for Ahmed Shehzad.

On winning the toss, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, India’s skipper, inserted the Pakistanis.

Owing to rain before the start of play, the match was reduced to an 18-overs-a-side match.

The Powerplay of Pakistan’s innings – which was the mandatory over – was between the first and the fifth over. They scored 24, without the loss of a wicket.

Sharjeel Khan, whose 24-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 17. Forty-six balls into the match, he was caught by Hardik Pandya. Suresh Raina broke the 38-run stand.

Shehzad, whose 28-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 25. Ten balls later, he was caught by Ravindra Jadeja. Jasprit Bumrah broke the eight-run stand.

Pakistan scored 50 off 9.3 overs (57 balls). India had conceded three extras at that point.

Shahid Afridi, Pakistan’s skipper, scored eight off 14 balls, which included a boundary. Fifteen balls later, he was caught by Virat Kohli, the player of the match. Pandya broke the 14-run stand.

Pakistan scored 100 off 15.3 overs (94 balls). India had conceded five extras at that point.

Umar Akmal, whose 16-ball innings included a boundary and a six, scored 22. Twenty-four balls after Afridi’s dismissal, he was caught by Dhoni. Jadeja broke the 41-run stand.

Shoaib Malik, whose 16-ball innings included three boundaries and a six, scored 26. Three balls later, he was caught by Ravichandran Ashwin. Ashish Nehra broke the four-run stand.

Sarfaraz Ahmed, whose six-ball innings included a boundary, scored eight. He was unbeaten, as was Mohammad Hafeez, who faced five balls, scoring as many.

The number of extras they had conceded at that point gave India no reason to be in seventh heaven. Pakistan scored 118 for the loss of five wickets off 18 overs. Ashwin, who bowled three wicketless overs, conceded a dozen.

Raina, who bowled an over, conceded four. He picked up a wicket. Pandya, who bowled a couple of overs, conceded 25. He picked up a wicket. Bumrah, who bowled four overs, conceded 32. He picked up a wicket. Nehra and Jadeja bowled four overs, conceding 20, each. They picked up a wicket apiece.

The Powerplay of India’s innings – which was the mandatory over – was between the first and the fifth over. They scored 23, and lost three wickets.

Rohit Sharma, whose 11-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 10. Thirteen balls into the chase, he was caught by Malik. Mohammad Amir broke the 14-run stand.

Shikhar Dhawan, whose 15-ball innings included a boundary, scored six. Fourteen balls later, Mohammad Sami broke the nine-run stand.

The third-wicket pair didn’t get off the mark. Raina, who faced a ball, didn’t open his account. The next ball, he was dismissed by Sami.

India scored 50 off 8.3 overs (52 balls). Pakistan had conceded nine extras at that point.

The fourth-wicket pair put on 50 off 37 balls. While Kohli’s contribution to the partnership was 30, Yuvraj Singh’s contribution to it was 16. Extras’ contribution to the partnership was five.

Yuvraj, whose 23-ball innings included a boundary and a six, eventually scored 24. Forty-four balls after Raina’s dismissal, he was caught by Sami. Wahab Riaz broke the 61-run partnership.

India scored 100 off 14.1 overs (86 balls). Pakistan had conceded 11 extras at that point. That was, incidentally, the number of extras they eventually conceded.

Kohli’s half-century – which included half-a-dozen boundaries and a six – came off 34 balls. He eventually scored 55 off 37 balls, which included seven boundaries, in addition to the six. He was unbeaten, as was the man from Ranchi, who scored 13 off (Dho)nine balls, including a six.

India, who scored 119 for the loss of four wickets off 15.5 overs, won by half-a-dozen wickets with 13 balls to spare.

Malik, who bowled a couple of wicketless overs, conceded 22. Mohammad Irfan, who bowled 2.5 wicketless overs, conceded 25. Afridi, who bowled four wicketless overs, conceded 25.

Riaz, who bowled a couple of overs, conceded 16. He picked up a wicket, as was Amir, who bowled three overs, including a maiden. He conceded 11. Sami, who bowled a couple of overs, conceded 17. He picked up a couple of scalps.