India vs Pakistan Highlights: Supershow by captain Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan with the bat and incredible bowling by Shaheen Afridi where he picked three wickets helped Pakistan thrash Team India by 10 wickets Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai on Sunday. Azam scored unbeaten 68 runs in 52 balls with the help of six boundaries and two sixes while Rizwan hit 79 runs in 55 balls with the six boundaries and three sixes in his innings.
India vs Pakistan Highlights: Big Flop show by India, Babar & Rizwan punishes listless bowling to thrash India by 10 wickets
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India vs Pakistan Highlights: For India no bowler looked in form as they failed to take a single wicket. Bhuvaneshwar Kumar was hit for 8.30 runs per over while Mohammad Shami leaked runs at 11.20. Mystery spinner Varun Chakaravarthy was expected to take wickets but he also leaked runs at 8.20. Jasprit Bumrah was also hit for 7.30 runs per over.
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Chasing 152, Pakistan got off to a steady start as openers Mohammad Rizwan and Babar Azam took Pakistan to 35 after five overs. The two batsmen looked in great touch and steered the side to 71/0 after the end of 10 overs. Both Rizwan (79) and Babar (68) not only hit timely boundaries but also made sure they rotate the strike at regular intervals to put pressure on India Rizwan and Babar continued to pile further pressure as they both smashed respective half-centuries to take Pakistan over the 100-run mark without losing a wicket.
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India vs Pakistan Highlights: Big Flop show by India, Babar & Rizwan punishes listless bowling to thrash India by 10 wickets
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India vs Pakistan Highlights: Earlier, India skipper Virat Kohli once again showed what it takes to be a big match player as he hit a quality 57 to take India to a respectable 150/7 in their 20 overs against Pakistan.
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Put into bat, India got off to the worst start possible as it was once again a left-arm pacer who came in to haunt the Indian top order after Mohammad Amir had rocked the lineup in the 2017 Champions Trophy final. Shaheen Shah Afridi got the better of Rohit Sharma (0) and KL Rahul (3) and the Men in Blue were reduced to 6/2 in the third over. Suryakumar Yadav then joined skipper Virat Kohli in the middle and the hopes were high from them.
India vs Pakistan Highlights: Big Flop show by India, Babar & Rizwan punishes listless bowling to thrash India by 10 wickets
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India vs Pakistan Highlights: Both batters put on a brief 25-run stand for the third wicket, but as soon as the innings started streamlining for India, Hasan Ali dismissed Suryakumar (11), leaving the Men in Blue at 31/3. Rishabh Pant then came together with Virat and at the halfway mark, India’s score read 60/3.
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Pant changed the tempo of India’s innings with two sixes in the 12th over bowled by Hasan Ali and the Men in Blue started to gain some momentum. However, Pant went for a shot too many and he perished off the bowling of Shadab Khan after playing a knock of 39, reducing India to 84/4 in the 13th over.
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Kohli brought up his 29th half-century in the 18th over of the innings and he changed his batting gears upon reaching the landmark. Jadeja departed after scoring 13, and Shaheen once again changed the game as he took the key wicket of skipper Kohli (57). In the end, India registered a score of more than the 145-run mark.
India vs Pakistan Highlights: Big Flop show by India, Babar & Rizwan punishes listless bowling to thrash India by 10 wickets
| Batsmen | R | B | 4S | 6S | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mohammad Rizwan (WK) | 64 | 51 | 4 | 2 | 125.49 | |
| Babar Azam (C) | 66 | 51 | 6 | 2 | 129.41 | |
| Extra | 5 (b 0, w 4, nb 0, lb 1) | |||||
| Total | 135/0 (17) | |||||
| Yet To Bat | FK Zaman, Mohammad Hafeez, S Malik, Asif Ali, IM Wasim, SH Khan, Hasan Ali, S Afridi, Haris Rauf | |||||
| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bhuvneshwar Kumar | 3 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 8.33 |
| Mohammed Shami | 3 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 8.67 |
| Jasprit Bumrah | 3 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 7.33 |
| Varun Chakravarthy | 4 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 8.25 |
| Ravindra Jadeja | 4 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 7.00 |
| Batsmen | R | B | 4S | 6S | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KL Rahul | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 37.50 | |
| Rohit Sharma | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Virat Kohli (C) | 57 | 49 | 5 | 1 | 116.33 | |
| Suryakumar Yadav | 11 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 137.50 | |
| Rishabh Pant (WK) | 39 | 30 | 2 | 2 | 130.00 | |
| Ravindra Jadeja | 13 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 100.00 | |
| Hardik Pandya | 11 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 137.50 | |
| Bhuvneshwar Kumar | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 125.00 | |
| Mohammed Shami | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Extra | 12 (b 6, w 4, nb 1, lb 1) | |||||
| Total | 151/7 (20) | |||||
| Yet To Bat | JJ Bumrah, Varun Chakravarthy | |||||
| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shaheen Afridi | 4 | 0 | 31 | 3 | 7.75 |
| Imad Wasim | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 5.00 |
| Hasan Ali | 4 | 0 | 44 | 2 | 11.00 |
| Shadab Khan | 4 | 0 | 22 | 1 | 5.50 |
| Mohammad Hafeez | 2 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 6.00 |
| Haris Rauf | 4 | 0 | 25 | 1 | 6.25 |
| Fall Of Wickets | FOW | Over |
|---|---|---|
| Rohit Sharma | 1-1 | 0.4 |
| KL Rahul | 2-6 | 2.1 |
| SA Yadav | 3-31 | 5.4 |
| Rishabh Pant | 4-84 | 12.2 |
| RA Jadeja | 5-125 | 17.5 |
| Virat Kohli | 6-133 | 18.4 |
| HH Pandya | 7-146 | 19.3 |
Toss Report
As for Playing XI, Haider Ali misses out for Pakistan. For India, Suryakumar Yadav as reported by InsideSport has been favoured ahead of Ishan Kishan. Varun Chakravarthy has also been picked ahead of Ravichandran Ashwin.
Pakistan Playing XI: Babar Azam, Mohammad Rizwan, Fakhar Zaman, Mohammad Hafeez, Shoaib Malik, Asif Ali, Imad Wasim, Shadab Khan, Hassan Ali, Haris Rauf and Shaheen Afridi.
India Playing XI: Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul, Virat Kohli(c), Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant(w), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mohammed Shami, Varun Chakaravarthy, Jasprit Bumrah
Virat Kohli after toss:
We are pretty happy with setting the target. We would have bowled first too, but the toss is not in your control. We are pretty balanced with our squad and you need to be prepared for it. We need to stay as professional as possible. We need to stay focused on the processes. Everyone watches it closely all over the world. We can use that as a motivation, but we need to ensure we don’t get too emotional and need to just stay professional. The pitch looks very different. Evenly rolled and there is no grass at all which was the case during the IPL, and I’m sure that was done to hold it together well for the World Cup. We expect the pitch to stay good all through and set a good total. The four not playing are: Rahul Chahar, Ishan Kishan, Ashwin and Thakur.
Babar Azam after toss:
We are going to bowl first. We’ll look to take early wickets and put pressure. Dew is also a factor. We have had good practice sessions and am confident about our preparations. Pakistan’s bowlers are known to trouble other teams but I am confident about our batting too. Haider Ali is left out.
