India made just one change to their playing eleven – Ravindra Jadeja made way for Ravichandran Ashwin.
Pakistan
made no changes to their playing eleven.
On winning
the toss, Mohammad Hafeez, Pakistan’s skipper and the player of the series,
inserted the hosts.
The first
Powerplay of India’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the
first and the sixth over. They scored 48, and lost a wicket.
Gautam
Gambhir, whose 11-ball innings included four boundaries, scored 21. Twenty-nine
balls later, he was trapped leg before by Umar Gul, who broke the 44-run stand.
India scored
50 off 6.2 overs (38 balls). Pakistan hadn’t conceded any extras at that point.
Ajinkya
Rahane, whose 26-ball innings included four boundaries, scored 28. Thirteen
balls later, he was caught by Gul, who broke the nine-run stand.
The
third-wicket pair put on 35. Virat Kohli, whose 22-ball innings included three
boundaries, scored 27. Five overs later, Gul ran him out.
India scored
100 off 12.4 overs (76 balls). Pakistan had conceded an extra at that point.
The
fourth-wicket pair put on 50 off 27 balls. While the contribution of Yuvraj
Singh, the player of the match, to the partnership was 24, the contribution of
Mahendra Singh Dhoni, India’s skipper, to it was 22. Extras’ contribution to
the partnership was four.
India scored
150 off 17.2 overs (104 balls). Pakistan had conceded five extras at that
point.
Yuvraj,
whose 36-ball innings included four boundaries and seven boundaries, eventually
scored 72. Forty-four balls after Kohli’s dismissal, he was caught by Shoaib
Malik. Gul broke the 97-run partnership.
Dhoni,
whose 23-ball innings included four boundaries, scored 33. Three balls later,
Gul broke the two-run stand.
Suresh Raina,
who faced a ball, scored a run. He was unbeaten, as was Rohit Sharma, who faced
a ball, scoring a boundary.
Pakistan eventually
conceded half-a-dozen extras. India scored 192 for the loss of five wickets off
20 overs. Hafeez bowled a wicketless over, conceded 11. Shahid Afridi, who
bowled three wicketless overs, conceded 33.
Sohail
Tanvir, Ajmal and Mohammad Irfan bowled four wicketless overs apiece. They
conceded 44, 42, and 20, respectively. Gul, who bowled four overs, conceded 37.
He picked up four scalps.
The first
Powerplay of Pakistan’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between
the first and the sixth over. They scored 54, without the loss of a wicket.
Pakistan’s
openers put on 50 off 5.1 overs (31 balls). India had conceded an extra at that
point. While Nasir Jamshed’s contribution to the partnership was 32, Ahmed
Shehzad’s contribution to it was 17. Extras’ contribution to the partnership
was a run.
Jamshed,
whose 32-ball innings included four boundaries and a six, eventually conceded
41. Fifty-nine balls into the chase, he was caught by Kohli. Ashwin broke the
74-run partnership.
Shehzad,
whose 29-ball innings included three boundaries and a six, eventually scored
31. Half-a-dozen balls later, he was stumped by Dhoni. Yuvraj broke the 10-run
stand.
Pakistan’s
openers put on 100 off 12.2 overs (74 balls). India had conceded five extras at
that point.
The third-wicket
pair put on 50 off 22 balls. While Umar Akmal’s contribution to the partnership
was a dozen, Hafeez’s contribution to it was 36. Extras’ contribution to the
partnership was a couple.
Akmal, whose
17-ball innings included a boundary and a six, eventually scored 24.
Thirty-three balls after Shehzad’s dismissal, Ashok Dinda broke the 62-run
partnership.
Pakistan’s
openers put on 150 off 16.3 overs (99 balls). India had conceded five extras at
that point.
Hafeez’s
half-century – which included five boundaries and three sixes – came off 23
balls.
Afridi,
whose five-ball innings included a boundary and a six, scored 11. Nine balls later,
he was caught by Rohit. Bhuvneshwar Kumar broke the 17-run stand.
Hafeez,
whose 26-ball innings included half-a-dozen boundaries and three sixes,
eventually scored 55. Three balls later, he was caught by Raina. Dinda broke
the five-run stand.
Kamran Akmal,
whose three-ball innings included a boundary, scored five. A couple of balls
later, he was caught by Kohli. Dinda broke the four-run stand.
Malik, who
faced three balls, scored as many. He was unbeaten.
Gul, whose
run-a-ball innings included a boundary, scored five. Eight balls after Kamran’s
dismissal, he was caught by Rahane. Ishant Sharma broke the nine-run stand.
India had
conceded half-a-dozen extras at that point. Pakistan, who scored 181 for the
loss of seven wickets off 20 overs, lost by 11 runs. Raina, who bowled two wicketless
overs, conceded 12.
Yuvraj, who
bowled two overs, conceded 23. He picked up a wicket, as did Kumar, Ishant and
Ashwin, who bowled four overs apiece. They scored 46, 34, and 28, respectively.
Dinda bowled four overs, conceding 36. He picked up three scalps.
India
levelled the two-match series 1-1.
