India made a couple of changes to their playing eleven
– Harshit Rana and Arshdeep Singh made way for Varun Chakravarthy and Jasprit
Bumrah.
Pakistan made a couple of changes to the eleven that
last played the Indians – Hasan Nawaz and Sufiyan Muqeem made way for Hussain
Talat and Haris Rauf.
Suryakumar Yadav, India’s skipper, elected to field.
The first Powerplay of Pakistan’s innings – which was
the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth over. They scored
55, and lost a wicket.
Fakhar Zaman, whose nine-ball innings included three
boundaries, scored 15. Fifteen balls into the match, he was caught by Sanju
Samson. Hardik Pandya broke the 21-run stand.
Pakistan scored 50 off 5.5 overs (36 balls). India had
conceded a couple of extras at that point.
The second-wicket pair put on 50 off 35 balls. While
Sahibzada Farhan’s contribution to the partnership was 33, Saim Ayub’s
contribution to it was 19. Extras’ contribution to the partnership was three.
Farhan’s half-century – which included five boundaries
and three sixes – came off 34 balls.
Ten overs into the match, the drinks break was taken.
Pakistan had scored 91 for the loss of a wicket at that point. While Farhan had
scored 52, Ayub had scored 21.
Ayub, whose 17-ball innings included a boundary and a
six, did not add to the aforementioned score. Forty-eight balls after Zaman’s
dismissal, he was caught by Abhishek Sharma. Shivam Dube broke the 72-run
partnership.
Pakistan scored 100 off 11.2 overs (70 balls). India
had conceded five extras at that point.
Talat, who faced 11 balls, scored 10. Sixteen balls
after Ayub’s dismissal, he was caught by Chakravarthy. Kuldeep Yadav broke the
17-(Va)run stand.
Farhan eventually scored 58 off 45 balls. Half a dozen
balls later, he was caught by Suryakumar Yadav. Dube broke the five-run stand.
A hundred and one balls (16.3 overs) into the match,
India sought a bowling review. They challenged the decision for a wicket.
Salman Ali Agha, Pakistan’s skipper, was the batter. It was upheld by
Bangladeshi umpire Gazi Sohel.
Mohammad Nawaz, whose 19-ball innings included a
boundary and a six, scored 21. Twenty-eight balls after Farhan’s dismissal,
Suryakumar ran him out.
Pakistan scored 150 off 18.4 overs (114 balls). India
had conceded eight extras at that point.
Agha, whose 13-ball innings included a six, eventually
scored 17. He was unbeaten, as was Faheem Ashraf, who scored 20. His eight-ball
innings included a boundary and a couple of sixes.
India eventually scored nine extras. Pakistan scored
171 for five off 20 overs.
Axar Patel, who bowled an over, conceded eight. He was
wicketless, as were Bumrah and Chakravarthy, who bowled four overs apiece. They
conceded 45 and 25, respectively.
Hardik, who bowled three overs, conceded 29. He picked
up a wicket, as did Kuldeep, who bowled four overs, conceding 31.
Dube bowled four overs, conceding 33. He picked up a
couple of scalps.
The first Powerplay of India’s innings – which was the
mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth over. They scored 69,
without the loss of a wicket.
India’s openers put on 50 off 4.4 overs (28 balls).
Pakistan had not conceded any extras at that point. While Abhishek’s
contribution to the partnership was 27, Shubman Gill’s contribution to it was
23.
Abhishek’s half-century – which included four
boundaries and as many sixes – came off 24 balls.
India’s openers put on 100 off 8.4 overs (52 balls).
Pakistan had conceded an extra at that point. While Abhishek’s contribution to
the partnership was 56, Shubman Gill’s contribution to it was 43.
Fifty-eight balls (9.4 overs) into the chase, the
drinks break was taken. India had scored 105 without the loss of a wicket at
that point. While Abhishek had scored 57, Gill had scored 47.
Gill, whose 28-ball innings included eight boundaries,
did not add to the aforementioned score. Fifty-nine balls into the chase,
Ashraf broke the 105-run partnership.
Suryakumar, who faced three balls, did not open his
account. Four balls later, he was caught by Abrar Ahmed. Haris Rauf broke the
one-run stand.
Abhishek, whose 39-ball innings included half a dozen
boundaries and five sixes, eventually scored 74. Eleven balls later, he was
caught by Rauf. Abrar broke the 17-run stand.
Tilak Varma, whose 19-ball innings included a couple
of boundaries and as many sixes, scored 30. He was unbeaten.
Samson, whose 17-ball innings included a boundary,
scored 13. Twenty-six balls after Abhishek’s dismissal, Rauf broke the 25-run
stand.
India scored 150 off 16.5 overs (101 balls). Pakistan
had conceded a couple of extras at that point.
Hardik, whose run-a-ball innings included a boundary,
had a reason to be in seventh heaven – he was unbeaten.
Pakistan eventually conceded three extras. India, who
scored 174 for the loss of four wickets off 18.5 overs, had a reason to be in
seventh heaven – they won by half a dozen wickets.
Ayub bowled three overs, conceding 35. He was
wicketless, as was Shaheen Shah Afridi, who bowled 3.5 overs, conceding 40.
Abrar and Ashraf bowled four overs apiece, picking up
a wicket apiece. They conceded 42 and 31, respectively.
Rauf bowled four overs, conceding 26. He picked up two
scalps.
