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.

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

India win bowl-out; Pakistan D(hon)isappointed

India made no changes to their playing eleven.

On winning the toss, Shoaib Malik, Pakistan’s skipper, inserted the Indians.

India’s openers didn’t get off the mark. Gautam Gambhir, who faced three balls, didn’t open his account. Three balls into the match, he was caught by Mohammad Asif, the player of the match, off his own bowling.

Virender Sehwag, whose three-ball innings included a boundary, scored five. Ten balls later, Asif broke the nine-ball stand.

Yuvraj Singh, who faced four balls, scored a run. A dozen balls later, he was caught by Malik. Asif broke the 10-run stand.

Dinesh Karthik, whose nine-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 11. Fifteen balls later, Asif broke the 17-run stand.

India scored 50 off 9.2 overs (58 balls). Pakistan had conceded four extras at that point.

Sixty-three balls into the match, there was an interruption due to rain. India had scored 68 for the loss of four wickets at that point. While Robin Uthappa was batting on 38, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, India’s skipper, had scored eight.

A dozen overs into the match, there was an interruption due to rain. India had scored 82 for the loss of four wickets at that point. While Uthappa had scored 50, Dhoni was unbea‘ten’.

Uthappa’s half-century – which included four boundaries and a couple of sixes – came off 38 balls. He faced 39 balls, failing to add to the aforementioned score. Thirty-three balls after Karthik’s dismissal, he was caught by Kamran Akmal. Twenty20 International debutant Sohail Tanvir broke the 46-run stand.

India scored 100 off 15.4 overs (97 balls). Pakistan had conceded five extras at that point. That was, incidentally, the number of extras they eventually conceded.

Irfan Pathan, whose 15-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 20. Twenty-three balls after Uthappa’s dismissal, Shahid Afridi broke the 29-run stand.

Seventeen overs into the match, there was an interruption due to rain. India had scored 123 for the loss of half-a-dozen wickets at that point. While Dhoni was batting on 30, Harbhajan Singh had scored a run.

Harbhajan, who faced four balls, (Afri)didn’t add to the aforementioned score. The all-rounder had a reason to be in seventh heaven – he broke the 12-run stand.

Dhoni, whose 31-ball innings included three boundaries and a six, eventually scored 33. A dozen balls later, he was caught by Younis Khan. Yasir Arafat broke the 15-run stand.

The ninth-wicket pair put on three. Ajit Agarkar, whose nine-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 14. Five balls later, Akmal ran him out.

Sreesanth, who faced three balls, scored a run. He was unbeaten.

India scored 141 for the loss of nine wickets off 20 overs.

Each of the bowlers bowled four overs apiece. Umar Gul, who conceded 27, was wicketless. Arafat and Tanvir picked up a wicket apiece. While the former conceded 39, the latter conceded 18. Afridi, who conceded 37, picked up a couple of wickets. Asif, who conceded 18, picked up four scalps.

Although his eight-run innings included a boundary, Imran Nazir had no reason to be in seventh heaven – 13 balls into the chase, Rudra Pratap Singh broke the 12-run stand.

Salman Butt, whose 25-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 17. Thirty-one balls later, he was caught by Dhoni. Agarkar broke the 32-run stand.

The third-wicket pair put on three. Akmal, whose 13-ball innings included a boundary and a six, scored 15. Five balls later, Yuvraj ran him out.

Khan, who faced eight balls, scored just a couple. Four dot balls later, he was dismissed by Pathan.

Pakistan scored 50 off 9.1 overs (60 balls). The number of extras they had conceded at that point gave India no reason to be in seventh heaven.

Malik, whose 18-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 20. Thirty-seven balls after Khan’s dismissal, he was caught by Harbhajan. Pathan broke the 40-run stand.

Pakistan scored 100 off 16.5 overs (107 balls). India had conceded eight extras at that point. That was, incidentally, the number of extras they eventually conceded.

Afridi, who faced nine balls, scored seven. Sixteen balls later, he was caught by Karthik. Harbhajan broke the run-a-ball stand.

The seventh-wicket pair put on 38. Misbah-ul-Haq, whose 35-ball innings included seven boundaries and a six, scored 53. Fourteen balls later, Agarkar and Sreesanth ran him out.

Arafat, whose five-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored a dozen. He was unbeaten.

Pakistan scored 141 for the loss of seven overs off 20 overs.

Each of the bowlers bowled four overs apiece. Sreesanth, who conceded 29, was wicketless. Agarkar, Harbhajan and R P picked up a wicket apiece. They scored 35, 32 and 29, respectively. Pathan, whose spell included a maiden. He conceded 20, picking up a couple of scalps.

The match ended in a tie.

It was decided by a bowl-out.

In the first round, Sehwag hit the stumps, and Arafat missed.

In the second round, Harbhajan hit, and Gul missed.

In the third round, Uthappa hit, and Afridi missed.

India won the bowl-out 3-0.

Both India and Pakistan advanced to the Super Eights.