SKY-led India beat the UAE

India made three changes to their playing eleven – Rinku Singh, Mohammed Shami, and Ravi Bishnoi made way for Shubman Gill, Kuldeep Yadav (the player of the match), and Jasprit Bumrah.

The UAE made eleven changes to their playing eleven – Rohan Mustafa, Swapnil Patil, the Mohammads (Shahzad and Naveed), Shaiman Anwar, the Muhammads (Usman and Kaleem), Amjad Javed, Fahad Tariq, Ahmed Raza, and Qadeer Ahmed made way for Alishan Sharafu, the Muhammads [Waseem (the UAE’s skipper), Zohaib, and Rohid], Rahul Chopra, Asif Khan, Harshit Kaushik, Dhruv Parashar, Simranjeet Singh, Haider Ali, and Junaid Siddique.

Suryakumar Yadav, India’s skipper, elected to field.

The first Powerplay of the UAE’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the 10^th over. They scored 41, and lost a couple of wickets.

Sharafu, whose 17-ball innings included three boundaries and a six, scored 22. Twenty-two balls into the match, Jasprit Bumrah broke the 26-run stand.

Zohaib faced five balls, scoring two. Half-a-dozen balls later, he was caught by Kuldeep. Chakravarthy broke the three-(Va)run stand.

Chopra had no reason to be in seventh heaven – he scored three. Twenty-one balls later, he was caught by Gill. Kuldeep broke the 18-run stand.

Fifty-two balls (8.4 overs) into the match, the UAE sought a batting review. They challenged the decision for a wicket. Waseem, the batter, scored 19 off 22 balls, which included three boundaries. It was struck down by Afghan umpire Izatullah Safi. He was trapped leg before wicket by Kuldeep.

The UAE scored 50 off 8.5 overs (53 balls). India had conceded an extra at that point.

Kaushik faced two balls, scoring as many. A couple of balls after Waseem’s dismissal, Kuldeep broke the run-a-ball stand.

Fifty-six balls (9.2 overs) into the match, India sought a bowling review. They challenged the decision for a wicket. Asif was the batter. It was struck down by Bangladeshi umpire Gazi Sohel.

Fifty-eight balls (9.4 overs) into the match, the UAE sought a batting review. They challenged the decision for a wicket. Parashar was the batter. It was upheld by Sohel.

Ten overs into the match, the drinks break was taken. The UAE had scored 51 for the loss of five wickets at that point. While Asif was batting on a couple, Parashar had not opened his account.

Asif had no reason to be in seventh heaven – he scored just two. Nine balls after Kaushik’s dismissal, he was caught by Sanju Samson. Shivam Dube broke the one-run stand.

Sixty-eight balls (11.2 overs) into the match, the UAE sought a batting review. They challenged the decision for a wicket. Simranjeet, the batter, scored a run off five balls. Using the umpires’ call, it was struck down by Sohel. He was trapped leg before wicket by Axar Patel.

Seventy-three balls (12.1 overs) into the match, the UAE sought a batting review. They challenged the decision for a wicket. Parashar, the batter, scored a run off seven balls. It was struck down by Safi. He was trapped leg before wicket by Dube.

Siddique faced three balls, failing to open his account. Three balls later, he was caught by Suryakumar. Dube broke the one-run stand.

Haider faced two balls, scoring one. Three balls later, he was caught by Samson. Kuldeep broke the two-run stand.

Rohid faced two balls, scored as many. He was unbeaten.

India eventually conceded a couple of extras. The UAE were dismissed for 57 off 13.1 overs.

Hardik Pandya bowled a wicketless over, conceding 10.

Chakravarthy bowled two overs, conceding four. He picked up a wicket, as did Bumrah and Axar, who bowled three overs apiece. While the former conceded 19, the latter conceded 13.

Dube bowled two overs, conceding four. He picked up three wickets.

Kuldeep bowled 2.1 overs, conceding seven. He picked up four scalps.

The first Powerplay of India’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the 10^th over. They scored 60 off 4.3 overs, and lost a wicket.

Abhishek Sharma, whose 16-ball innings included a couple of boundaries and three sixes, scored 30. Twenty-three balls into the match, he was caught by Haider. Siddique broke the 48-run stand.

Gill, whose nine-ball innings included a couple of boundaries and a six, scored 20. He was unbeaten, as was Suryakumar, who had a reason to be in seventh heaven – his two-ball innings included a six.

India scored 50 off four overs (24 balls). The UAE had conceded three extras at that point. That was, incidentally, the number of extras they eventually conceded.

India won by nine wickets with 15.3 overs to spare.

Simranjeet bowled three wicketless balls, conceding half-a-dozen.

Rohid, Parashar, and Haider bowled a wicketless over apiece. They conceded 15, 13, and 10, respectively.

Siddique bowled an over, conceding 16. He picked up the only wicket that fell.

 

 

 

Dhoni-led India crush UAE; Advance

India made three changes to their playing eleven – Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin and Ashish Nehra made way for Twenty20 International debutant Pawan Negi (who hasn’t represented India in any format since), Harbhajan Singh and Bhuvneshwar Kumar.

This was the first – and, so far, only – time they played the United Arab Emirates in the shortest format.

On winning the toss, Amjad Javed, the UAE’s skipper, chose to bat.

The Powerplay of the UAE’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth over. They scored 21, and lost a couple of wickets.

Swapnil Patil, who faced nine balls, scored a run. Sixteen balls into the match, he was caught by Kumar, who broke the one-run stand.

Mohammad Shahzad, who faced four balls, didn’t get off the mark. Five balls later, he was caught by Suresh Raina. Jasprit Bumrah broke the one-run stand.

Rohan Mustafa, whose 22-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 11. Thirty-one balls later, he was caught by Virat Kohli. Hardik Pandya broke the 23-run stand.

The UAE scored 50 off 12.4 overs (76 balls). India had conceded five extras at that point.

Muhammad Usman, whose nine-ball innings included a boundary, scored a dozen. Twenty-five balls later, he was caught by Harbhajan. Negi broke the 26-run stand.

Javed, who faced a ball, didn’t get off the mark. Three balls later, he was caught by Negi. Harbhajan broke the two-run stand.

Muhammad Kaleem, who faced 10 balls, scored just a couple. Fifteen balls later, he was caught by Pandya. Yuvraj Singh broke the nine-run stand.

The seventh-wicket pair put on four. Fahad Tariq, who faced five balls, scored three. Seven balls later, Negi and Mahendra Singh Dhoni, India’s skipper, ran him out.

Mohammad Naveed had no reason to be in seventh heaven – he scored five. Fourteen balls later, he was caught by Negi. Kumar broke the run-a-ball stand.

The ninth-wicket pair put on a run. Shaiman Anwar, whose 48-ball innings included three boundaries and a six, scored 43. Three balls later, Dhoni ran him out.

Ahmed Raza, who faced a ball, didn’t get off the mark. He was unbeaten, as was Qadeer Ahmed, who faced a ball, failing to open his account.

The number of extras they eventually conceded gave India no reason to be in seventh heaven. The UAE scored 81 for the loss of nine wickets off 20 overs.

Yuvraj, who bowled a couple of overs, conceded 10. He picked up a wicket. Negi and Pandya bowled three overs each, picking up a wicket apiece. While the former conceded 16, the latter, whose spell included a maiden, conceded 11.

Bumrah and Harbhajan bowled four overs each, picking up a wicket. While the former conceded 23, the latter, whose spell included a maiden, conceded 11. Kumar bowled four overs, including a couple of maidens. He conceded eight, picking up a couple of scalps.

The Powerplay of India’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth over. They scored 43, and lost a wicket.

Rohit the player of the (Shar)match, scored 39. His 28-ball innings included seven boundaries and a six. Thirty-five balls into the chase, he was caught by Naveed. Qadeer broke the 43-run stand.

India scored 50 off 7.1 overs (44 balls). India had conceded a couple of extras at that point. That was, incidentally, the number of extras they eventually conceded.

Shikhar Dhawan, whose 20-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 16. He was unbeaten, as was Yuvraj, who scored 25. His 14-ball innings included four boundaries and a six.

India, who scored 82 for the loss of a wicket off 10.1 overs, won by nine wickets with 59 balls to spare.

Mustafa, who bowled a wicketless over, conceded half-a-dozen. Shahzad, who bowled seven wicketless balls, scored 14. Javed, who bowled two wicketless overs, conceded 18. Naveed, who bowled four wicketless overs, conceded 21. Ahmed, who bowled two overs, conceded 23. He picked up the only wicket to fall.

India, who were unbeaten, advanced to the final.