Pakistan lose to SKY-led India

Pakistan made nine changes to eleven that last played the Indians – the Mohammads (Rizwan and Amir), Babar Azam, the Khans (Usman and Shadab), Imad Wasim, Iftikhar Ahmed, Naseem Shah, and Haris Rauf made way for Saim Ayub, Sahibzada Farhan, Mohammad Haris, Salman Ali Agha (Pakistan’s skipper, who elected to bat on winning the toss), the Nawazs (Hasan and Mohammad), Faheem Ashraf, Sufiyan Muqeem, and Abrar Ahmed.

The first Powerplay of Pakistan’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth over. They scored 42, and lost a couple of wickets.

Ayub, who faced a ball, did not open his account. A ball into the match, he was caught by Jasprit Bumrah off the bowling of Hardik Pandya.

Mohammad Haris, who faced five balls, scored three. Seven balls later, he was caught by Hardik. Bumrah broke the five-run stand.

Ten balls (1.4 overs) into the match, Pakistan sought a batting review. They challenged the decision for a wicket. Fakhar Zaman was the batter. It was upheld by Sri Lankan umpire Ruchira Palliyaguruge.

Zaman, whose 15-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 17. Thirty-eight balls later, he was caught by Tilak Varma. Axar Patel broke the 39-run stand.

Fifty balls (8.2 overs) into the match, Pakistan sought a batting review. They challenged the decision for a wicket. Agha was the batter. It was upheld by Bangladeshi umpire Masudur Rahman.

Agha, who faced 12 balls, scored just three. Fourteen balls later, he was caught by Abhishek Sharma. Axar broke the four-run stand.

Ten overs into the match, the drinks break was taken. Farhan was batting on 22.

Pakistan scored 50 off 10.1 overs (61 balls). India had conceded four extras at that point.

Hasan Nawaz had no reason to be in seventh heaven – he scored five. Sixteen balls later, he was caught by Axar. Kuldeep Yadav, the player of the match, broke the 15-run stand.

The sixth-wicket pair did not get off the mark. Seventy-three balls (12.5 overs) into the match, Pakistan sought a batting review. They challenged the decision for a wicket. Mohammed Nawaz, the batter, faced a ball, did not open his account. It was struck down by Masudur. He was trapped leg before wicket by Kuldeep.

Eighty-two balls (13.2 overs) into the match, Pakistan sought a batting review. They challenged the decision for a wicket. Farhan was the batter. It was upheld by Palliyaguruge.

Farhan, whose 44-ball innings included a boundary and three sixes, eventually scored 40. Twenty balls after Mohammad Nawaz’s bowling, he was caught by Hardik. Kuldeep broke the 19-run stand.

A hundred and six balls (17.4 overs) into the match, Pakistan sought a batting review. They challenged the decision for a wicket. Ashraf, the batter, scored 11 off 14 balls, which included a boundary. It was struck down by Palliyaguruge. He was trapped leg before wicket by Chakravarthy, who broke the 14-(Va)run stand.

Pakistan scored 100 off 18 overs (109 balls). India had conceded five extras at that point. That was, incidentally, the number of extras they eventually conceded.

Shaheen Shah Afridi, whose 16-ball innings included four sixes, scored 33. He was unbeaten.

Sufiyan Muqeem, whose six-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 10. Nine balls later, Bumrah broke the 14-run stand.

Abrar, who did not face a ball, was unbeaten.

Pakistan scored 127 for the loss of nine wickets off 20 overs.

Sharma bowled (Abhish)ek wicketless over, conceding five.

Hardik bowled three overs, conceding 34. He picked up a wicket, as did Chakravarthy, who bowled four overs, conceding 24.

Bumrah and Axar bowled four overs each, picking up a couple of scalps apiece. While the former conceded 28, the latter conceded 18.

Kuldeep bowled four overs, conceding 18. He picked up three scalps.

The first Powerplay of India’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth over. They scored 61, and lost a couple of wickets.

Shubman Gill, whose seven-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 10. A couple of overs into the chase, he was stumped by Mohammad Haris. Ayub broke the 22-rnu stand.

Abhishek, whose 13-ball innings included four boundaries and a couple of sixes, scored 31. Ten balls later, he was caught by Ashraf. Ayub broke the 19-run stand.

India scored 50 off 5.1 overs (31 balls). Pakistan had conceded a couple of extras at that point.

Ten overs into the chase, the drinks break was taken. India had scored 88 for the loss of a couple of wickets at that point. While Suryakumar Yadav, their skipper, had scored 17, Varma had scored 28.

The third-wicket pair put on 50 off 42 balls. While the contribution of Suryakumar, who was celebrating his 35^th birthday, to the partnership was 20, Varma’s contribution to it was 29. Extras’ contribution to the partnership was a couple. That was, incidentally, the number of extras they eventually conceded.

Twelve overs into the chase, Pakistan sought a bowling review. They challenged the decision for a wicket. Suryakumar was the batter. It was struck down by Palliyaguruge.

Varma, whose run-a-ball innings included a couple of boundaries and a six, eventually scored 31. Fifty-two balls after Abhishek’s dismissal, Ayub broke the 56-run partnership.

India scored 100 off 13 overs (78 balls). Pakistan had conceded a couple of extras at that point.

Suryakumar, whose 37-ball innings included five boundaries and a six, scored 47. He was unbeaten, as was Shivam Dube, who had a reason to be in seventh heaven – his innings included a six, and he was unbea‘ten’.

India, who scored 131 for the loss of three wickets off 15.5 overs, won by seven wickets with 25 balls to spare.

Shaheen bowled two wicketless overs, conceding 23.

Muqeem bowled 2.5 wicketless overs, conceding 29.

Mohammad Nawaz bowled three wicketless overs, conceding 27.

Abrar bowled four wicketless overs, conceding 16.

Ayub bowled four overs, conceding 35. He picked up three scalps.