CRICKET NEWS
ASIA CUP-2016
PAKISTAN V INDIA
INDIA WON THE TOSS AND ELECTED BOWLLING
INDIA BEAT PAKISTAN IN A IN LOW SCORING
Dhaka on Saturday,
FEB,17,2016
Scoring list of Indian Team and Pakistani Team;
Virat Kohli (49) and Yuvraj Singh (14*) stitched a 68-run partnership.Hardik Pandya was the pick of Indian bowlers, finishing with 3 for 8 as Pakistan were routed for just 83, their lowest T20I total against India. Such was the pressure on Pakistan that spin twins Ravindra Jadeja (2 for 11) and R Ashwin were brought only in the 12th and 13th over, respectively.Chasing a below-par total of 84, India were in all sorts of trouble early in the innings after Amir's fiery spell rocked the India's top order. The left-arm pacer picked up Rohit Sharma (0), Ajinkya Rahane (0), and Suresh Raina (1) with just 8 runs on the board inside 3 overs.However, Kohli and Yuvraj kept their nerves and stitched an important stand for the fourth wicket to overcome the threat of what would have been an embarrassing defeat.Amir nearly had Rohit out LBW off the first ball he bowled, but the appeal was turned down. He was right on the money on the second delivery as well and the umpire raised his finger. Two balls later the pacer bowled an identical delivery that was too good for Ajinkya Rahane, who played in place of the injured Shikhar Dhawan.Raina walked in at No. 4 and played a nothing shot to be out after making just 1. Kohli and Yuvraj then batted sensibly and took their time to settle in but kept on rotating the strike. Kohli ran well between the wickets and drove wonderfully but Yuvraj was not that fluent in his innings of unbeaten 14 off 32 deliveries. But to the left-hander’s defence, he managed to keep his wicket intact.Kohli made a match-winning 49 but missed his fifty as he was wrongly adjudged LBW, with replays showing that he had got a thin edge onto the pad facing Mohammad Sami. Pandya came in and went out in two balls, edging one to slip. Dhoni then finished the match with a boundary.Earlier, after winning the toss and opting to bowl, the Indian bowlers were all over the Pakistani batsmen from the word go as they picked up wickets at regular intervals.Nehra and Bumrah picked up the openers in no times while Pandya, Yuvraj and Jadeja struck early in their spells as none of the Pakistan batsmen, except wicketkeeper Sarfaraz Ahmed, were able to show any fight.Meanwhile, two needless run-outs in the middle overs further turned the screws on Pakistan innings. The only Pakistan player to cross the 10-run mark was Sarfraz (25).Mohammad Hafeez and Sharjeel Khan came out to open for Pakistan, but Hafeez was sent packing by Nehra off the third ball of the first over when the right-hander nicked one to MS Dhoni. Bumrah started off with a maiden over and sent back Sharjeel on the second ball of his second over. Pakistan were 22 for 2 in the fourth over of the innings.India could have made it three had umpire SIS Saikat not erred with an easy decision of Khurram Manzoor. However, the batsman was run-out in the very next over in a freakish manner off a direct hit from Kohli.Pandya then made it 35 for 4 when Shoaib Malik (4) chased a fullish delivery moving away, giving Dhoni his second catch of the match. Yuvraj bowled the perfect arm ball to trap Umar Akmal for 3 in front of the stumps. Pakistan’s innings was tumbling at that moment, as they tottered at 35 for 5.Shahid Afridi was the next man to go after he decided to challenge Jadeja's arm from the deep. The Pakistan skipper went for a suicidal second run only to be run-out by a fair distance. At the halfway stage, Pakistan were 47 for 6.Riaz was then snapped up LBW by Jadeja for 7 and Sarfraz, who was the only batsman looking in any type of form, was then bowled by the left-armer. Pandya induced a top-edged pull to get Mohammad Sami out for 7, and then bowled Amir off the very next ball to finish with 3 wickets for just 8 runs.
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