the series decider but really there are lots of
young players that have been inducted into both teams and it could be very exciting from that
prospect we could see a young budding hero on your screen is one of those new faces for india
young praveen kumar who's a bit of an all-rounder he bowls he gets a little bit of swing he can
also be devastating with a bat up front and in fact in domestic cricket he comes up to open the
batting and make use of the field restrictions so lots of changes u
m there is his cap he just earned
it from sachin tendulkar he was given this cap and uh yes he was welcomed into the dressing
room and into in the international arena so a big day for ravine kumar there are some
changes in pakistan team too imran nazir who a lot of us felt should have been
there upfront now he's devastating a strike rate which is improving an average which
should get better he's a dangerous young cricketer and he's coming in with salman but so samantha
has been in great fo
rm in this series so these two should give a good beginning to pakistan so
all set for a very exciting encounter here well it's a good batting surface now
the last time a match was played here it sort of kept a little low it
was indifferent in bounce but suddenly the first delivery we saw a little
bit of bounce and carry if so very handy oh that's great feeling that's the kind of
feeling that puts pressure on the batting side that's rohit sharma he's got an in in this is an
opportunity for
rohit sharma in this game as well but this is stunning cricket a blend of experience
and youth those young legs very sharp mind and it doesn't matter what sport you're playing
now this young man bowling he believes that's wayward and it is signal wide went after it imran
is here so there's certainly some nerves there i tallied up my photo account yesterday after
the full day i took 80 pictures yesterday oh that's been smashed that
will give him a lot of joy for from the moment it left
the
bat it's eight without loss last ball last over short and dismissed brilliant
shot to me that ball was bowled without purpose it was just banged in it wasn't short enough
to be a bouncer but then he gives shots like this short outside the austin in fact i
thought he lost his footing on that occasion suddenly found that the last stride he
wasn't probably reaching he didn't abort just carried on bullying it it's just too
short and too wide the seam was bolt upright which told me that he's
b
owling in hope at the moment oh that got away that's probably
going to run away for four gotham come here well it makes a valiant
effort but in vain i wonder what happened there srishan was trying to probably
direct it to the stumps or something here's a good shot through the line
of the ball get on the front foot poor feeling by the bowler he's supposed to
stop that get down with his hands you just can't afford to shove a foot out that tells me
he's not really balanced on his follow-throu
gh former pakistani jeff lawson
the coach where did that go outside edge he's going to get a couple
not exactly where he intended it but he's getting runs all the same salman is getting to
a start now and that can be a little dangerous yeah he gets out front doesn't he gets
out front of his body to solomon but that can be close we went right across but didn't meet with the approval of
billy doctor maybe just sliding down it's been impressive praveen
kumar he's got a good release and he rel
eases the ball uses
the seam the way he wants it where did it pitch on middle and possibly
missing leg i really don't think so there bruce it may very well be but that is a good shot
that has been flicked off his toes for four that was a wonderful shot [ __ ] bit
over pitched but he made full use of it well first ball full toss second
ball rank half volley should have been both of them should have been
put away for four the second one was just at times these indian bowlers tend to just
pu
t the ball there the first over rather than as we saw from rp singh in the last match right
on the dot first two balls got a wicket got salman bart second ball there was purpose to the
first few deliveries rather than just running in rolling your arm over and hoping
it's very frustrating from here that's better he's got to complete
the action this can be close oh that's good running by nazir and he sort of
slid through as well made it with time to spare this could have been tough this could
have
been tough but look at him run his ear he's he's quick magnificently
quick ah he made it with ease that's for the way with his face as he were
mentioning he can't afford to bowl it shot that gives the bassman plenty
of time and he's in good touch first loose delivery from praveen kumar and
salman but was quickly across to that one to punch it away square through the offside he's off to a good start praveen kumar has
been impressive first loose delivery and he was looking at the at th
e footholds probably
didn't get a found footing imran nazir has been just a little circumspect salman
bird has been flourishing 26 from 34 opportunities for sir frazier will go through to the boundary it's 45 knows asking for trouble another short
delivery guess the treatment it deserved it could be that he is tiring a little
praveen kumari is bowling a sixth over a real half tracker and being treated
aggressively imperiously through the offside he's a very good player off the back foot imr
an
nazir struggles at time with the fuller length and again no half measures boundary
will bring up the 50 for pakistan bringing up the 50 with a classical cut shot he's
slapping the ball hard now through the offside bowling coach will be monitoring the efforts of
praveen kumar very closely a couple of loose balls with short and put away for fours it's gone fine could be
four more might be like buys runs all the same it's coming pretty
quickly in the last four overs is losing it now pravee
n kumar possibly
for the first time feeling the pressure of international cricket a couple of loose
deliveries outside the offstar and then trying to compensate over compensating
and four runs fine for leg buys in fact a little bit of a charge and then waited
for the ball to come on to him and it's beautifully placed as well plenty of boundaries
innings for salman but that was the sixth well the great thing about that drive was that
a it was executed well b the footwork he uh went down the
track and then uh
the placement which was brilliant again the short delivery mid on we'll take
it in the end and he's picked up the wicket like you mentioned he was a wicket taker rohit
sharma the catcher he's been all over the place but the change events has done the trick and he'll
be very relieved change of link good aggressive bouncer from i think salman but was surprised
and late it was a high bouncer and all was good was going to be difficult for him to
get it under control roy shar
ma had it in control good catch and sri santa is off the
mark go on for 35 pakistan one down for 65. 13 was gone pakistan 65 for one and they've
managed to get the breakthrough yes ramit is the new bachelorette increase good average strike rate
will improve as he progresses in his monday career i want to take you through the next top five first wicket has gone down and three cents
over salmon butter's gone let's try to fetch this bouncer from outside the off-stamp as well
as much as height
it's difficult to control it successfully sand he's not the
most accurate bowler on the park and he's got to use his aggression
to the best of his ability hello man have a run away for four that's a poor delivery
to end the over misjudgment of line by pattern 70 for one awesome lift and it's taken and the finger goes up it's the end of yazar mead this
change of ends is worth the sri sand very sharp in pace and he gets good bounce well praveen kumar was struggling falling from
this end espec
ially whenever he pulled this length he was taken for some runs but since
reson has some pace he's picked up a wicket pakistan losing earlier on they are 70 for two new batsman at the crease is mohamed
youssef no uniscan no shy to freely militia bacteria no cameron akmal in pakistan's
line up today 99 not out for mohammed youssef in the last match but again you come under
scrutiny for the way that he approaches the first half of his innings he needs to have
some sort of tempo at the best of
times and that's what i think srisan will for me
need to do more of because he doesn't seem to have that consistency of length and it's
no sense asking him to do that but he does generate his pace see when you talk about a
new look indian team this is the difference aggression he's off and running straight away this is a good
sign it's how he carries on here mohamed yousef he does have a lot of ability his
record proves that and he needs to express himself and play with that freedom it was
a gift to muhammad yusuf shot and white
outside the off stamp even though muhammad yusuf is junk at the craze see whatever he's doing out
there is forgetting he has to rotate the strike he's gone that's what happens to you
as a batsman if you playing unnaturally 50th wicket for srisan well it was i suppose clever thinking
because it was slower delivery it was very slow indeed in fact
out of the back of the hand and it ran luzier couldn't generate enough peace
on the ball he couldn't hit i
t over sri santo into a gap he was on obviously caught in two
minds and received he's gone for 20 77 for free malik pakistan's captain makes his way to the
middle with time on his hands but he will need to play a significant innings his 150th odi
he replaces imran is here it was a good catch great idea excellent execution from sri
santa on that occasion surprising imran nazi will be disappointed to give shirt malik
that have volley to get off the mark picks up two and it'll be 79 for free g
ood timing the placement as always
will be good for mama youssef and also the running much better he took up three i think muhammad yusuf said
does he walk past him then after the three runs beautifully placed for three he said how'd you like that one and three
south just put his hand out and said yeah everything's fine but a lovely
comeback from mum of yousef it's in the gap will be a boundary to end the
over it's 99 for three i think there's a there's a couple of factors contribute to thi
s that one that
the batsman hasn't scored a boundary in the over and two that the ball was pretty feeling pretty
happy with the way the over's gone so far and just relaxes that was a bad ball
and it should have been put away so in the front of the world cup that
iphone pattern decided that if he was going to win the game for india he had
to bowl the opposition out within the 20 overs there's no reason why he can't
bowl as an attacking bowler morally kartik singh will also bring up the 100
for pakistan and this is a big ground i wonder if it's uh the kind of ground you look to go over
the top to clear the men on the boundary it's hit it cleanly this time nobody had
deepened wicket so he'll get a boundary just pick the gap didn't he so he's smart enough not to hit it in the
air to a fieldsman he knows where they are cemented wide long on his man
fairly straight at long off i'm sure malik likes to hit left side likes
to go over the top against the off spinners the man that shot
midwicket was pushed
deep it's an easy single there to be taken 70 years had a good tournament that should be a wide down the track and he has found the
gap towards the leg side and found bhutan collecting the ball on the return
is good but two runs picked 130 for three sri sand has been uh the real strike
power for india today three for 35. yay nicely played he'll pick up at least one
mohamed youssef will come back for the second 135 for three but tony has balanced his egg
quite nicely a
s a keeper in the cap down the track and just over the field
he may have got his fingertips to that one more like was expecting
something brilliant from you raj he's not wearing uh the shades and probably
the sun would have hurt him badly when he was making that attempt yes indeed i think he sort
of jumped a little early he didn't get his eyes really or his hands behind that ball the sun was
really inconveniently placed now that is a good hit that's going to fetch four good over 10 runs
fr
om it 145 for three so they've got four out of the fifth bowling option three several one yuvraj
and i would have i actually would have advocated maybe not wholesale changes maybe just one or
two that can be close that can be very close did the ball straighten did it straighten enough
that was the problem in the minds of the empire yes very close indeed it usually does from you raj
is not a big spinner of the ball now billy doctor had to uh really make out
whether uh he was playing across t
he line and but it was straight enough finds the fielder mohamed use of getting just
a little bit frustrating frustrated as well ball from wider of the crease
and uh that ball actually spun back just a little it was a close
thing you're raj clearly disappointed just like that forget about that one first
six of the innings shred malik is a terrific hitter and he'll be appreciated by mahmoud use
of 150 is raised as a result of that massive six that's a good crisp shot six
from the moment it
left the blade what a sweet sound it made although the bat
did shimmy in his hands but it really traveled finds the gap treb malik is
a good mover will he get the response from mohammed yusuf he does good running that six was his 50th in one day career very good striker of the ball beautifully done
got to the pitch and played it with the spin malik attacking and getting the boundaries because
yusuf is an absolute master in getting the singles he's not going to play too many dot balls
now no
w that he's set the field is spread he's an absolute master he
never played two fielder 40s 50s 70s really will not make
pakistan win matches on regular basis that's why the real wide one chase
for sev will he get there dives no chance four wides five runs in all what happened there donaik was beaten as well he's not happy
with himself he thought he had it covered the ball didn't turn at all it just carried on
and with a little bit of an extra bounce as well nicely played by shui malik
he'
s played a captain's knock 149 he's run well and he's he's been aggressive
striker almost well exactly now ninety point seven um shanthi home obviously you've seen it you
went without me stunning film really looked uh magnificent there as well but you're right
he's terrific now that's going to be quick in fact that is his 50. malik
will be much much happier for this occasion getting that 50 under
his belt really do wonders for him his confidence and the pakistan side not
only in this game
but in the games to follow mohammed yusuf will will run hard
will come back for the second he does i think it'll avoid everyone
falls in no man's land shreve mulligan the process picks up a couple of runs karim kumar surprising him with a high bouncer too often in the series i think
even they scored a couple of good innings is that his beginnings have been slow it could be two good running from shirt malik he
ran the first one hard he always thought there was two muhammad yusuf was in doubt
but surely
nothing kept his eye on the ball he turned well competing at this level he really does churn them out mohammed
yusef his third 50 of this series is 60th overall in one day internationals scores quite a few against india too
strike rate is good in this innings and he'll want together even higher
as he continues to batten this innings good hit second six for sure malik came down to the track with all the positivity
and then riddled the ball and off she went oh morons his fifth bowl
ing option
is proving to be expensive tonight it wasn't the case in the last match
at uh where they got a good period by using their feet they have created
lots of doubts in baller's mind that's in the there now india badly neither wicked
will this be caught no it falls safe and they pick up two maybe it just might be pakistan's lay but
there's a long way to go for pakistan tonight well it looks like that he's
taking his bowling very seriously problem for him near one of them
is that kart
ik is going for runs good feeling how many does he
save saves one run inviting them for once as well there's no
problems with that from the third empire that's well
done little shy to 3d either this could go for four it's gonna push the
field up and he doesn't stop it so another four nine runs off the over so far
and still a delivery to come they've forced the baller
to fall flatter and quicker saffron's army into this pakistan team as well flash away comes off the bat
wonderfully well an
d it's gone for four yes they'll be after him because they want
to maintain their momentum joseph and malik precision persona fired on that occasion he was flashing hard but at the same time he
delayed his stroke to get the placement right superb to watch short delivery has been punished
over midwicket good cricket from schweppe malik he threatened to come down the track and then
stayed where he was and punished it over midwicket yes he's played well tonight mixed a bit of defense not too
m
uch he's got 82 from 77 balls with some aggression just at the right time
but now it's uh it's time for the charge he's in punishing mode will he come
back for the second or only one ah beautifully dry driven through the offside
trev malik is playing a gem of a knock well when i walked out to the middle before the
match today and looked at the pitch i thought well if you couldn't bet on this give the
game away it's a glorious surface for cricket just like that ahmed youssef wants uh shreve
malik to come back for the second brilliantly done was escorting the ball gotham gambir was in two minds and by that time it was all
too late for the indian fielders this is the ball is stopped good bowling
from murli karthik he saw him coming good body language as well
and the crowds are ecstatic schweb malik will just as he was looking good
is stumped brilliant bowling saw him coming and back to speed right off and got him with his
orthodox left arm spinner brilliantly bowled a bit sad f
or mullik gone for 89 and 245 for four miss mobile hockey is the new man in for pakistan it's a fledgling uh one day career shreve malik trying to make room and uh molly
karthik rated to perfection look at the length and the ball was always going to be away
from alec because of that spin that he got the rest was done by a mahindra
singh not a problem whatsoever quick single take and you'll rush with the
throw and it hit the batsman otherwise it could have been curtains for miss bolhak becaus
e
he's usually very good with the direct hits he can afford a smile now your raj
probably sulking an opportunity missed he's fabulous you raj throwing across his
body wow very close that would have been it's a bigot that's gone out of here miss
balhack announces himself with that brilliant six lots more please he's got this uh amazing ability to hit
them over the fence going straight down the ground he doesn't have to do anything else
from here no fancy little flicks over his head reverse
sweep and that's miss the
fielder and may just run away for a four when it comes off it looks brilliant
six followed by that improvised boundary i nearly had a heart attack when he played
this reverse reverse sweep but he got away with it because that's all he has to do he's
brilliant when he smacks him down the ground hit a monster in the 2020 partnership that remained the biggest hit for a
good part of the tournament until yo raj hit one even bigger he's gone for the stumping mind the sin
ging
is convinced that uh he's got the best man in fact mohammed yusuf has started to walk back
terrific stuff from uh mahindra singh dhoni and credit has got to go to yuvraj also for getting
the ball to spin critical wicket taken by india so i've taken the billy doctor i've actually
gave him out stumped only knew that he was gone there he's dragged his foot forward clear-cut
decision for umpire but we've got drove no way did he get back clear enough for everyone to see
fabulous innings co
mes to an end it's 261 for five the youngster is in forward he's an electric
wire in the field a very bright young cricketer good average in that list day career maintenance
got two stompings now this was terrifically done malik in no man's land trying to hit the
ball away towards the offside and then brilliantly done in fact this was
a better effort than the first one mohammed youssef was on the line
yuvraj got the ball to rip and spin more consistent runs in the playing eleven he's
off t
he mark in his one day international career this is his second game didn't get even a
single in his first one just like before first ball dismissal covering the stamps and strong appeal
from praveen kumar suresh he was not moved good he's walking a long way
across his stumps isn't he too much too much footwork there it's all over the
shop he's he's better off to be just steady at the crease he's batting way outside leg stump and
walking across to off and the legs going nowhere too many move
ments but tornado was none for
41 now he's got experience he can vary the ball he can vary his length four
men in the ring two for wadalan down the track and that's been punished over a good start to the over
he didn't middle it but even then the ball will go across for a four good start to the
over it found patan under a little bit of he's had pressure go hasn't
he charged him good on him dropped it in a bit short and was punished so
with ms barr at the other end he's either gotta hit a b
oundary or drop it and run and get uh on
the strike that's a good start for a miss over slow delivery and uh the pizza run irfan patan
with a direct hit youngster diving full length trying to protect his life thankfully the
ball didn't hit the stumps a bit of drama these short singles you've got to run to block
the stump so you're doing why gone nice dive let's put it away over midwicket challenge for
windows he's way away from the ball terrific placement from the left-hander well that's th
at
angle around the wicket and it's just got to be spot-on and if you get too straight straight
for the legs and that's a simple shot flick over midwicket there's no one out there quite safe
you can see that it was gonna miss leg stump it's just come into his strike
zone poor bowling that one and see what he dishes up and deal with it slow delivery has been punished
will it go the distance no and they come back for the second
good running from miss balhack strong drive roy sharma gets
aro
und it good forget miss malhot they just couldn't quite get underneath
it it was a good length delivery look out missed by 21 from 15 his partner is
also looking good 18 from 16. you're down the track and has lifted the ball
hasn't timed it but it'll at least be two he's charging just about
everything isn't he i think probably uh he gets a better swing more
momentum into the into the shot by attacking coming down the track
rather than just standing there oh that's a great strike beautifull
y hit straight it's gone for a six would you
believe it terrific timing from alam it went flat and it went the distance great shot on was just a little wide mid long
off was down there and he split them just snuck it over six more great stuff there he goes it's india with this be taken here
found bataan is getting around it and does well terrific catch he was circling underneath
the ball in the end it was a good take this is a fabulous court and bowl
this is as good as you'll ever see he's
bowled it it was a slower delivery nizmos
through the shot early and he's had to turn around and run back make position get balanced fabulous
catch that's what we come to see great qriket now for 22 299 for six rugged looking sweltenbeer is on strike he can hit the ball a mile good start from praveen kumar that pincher
run so strike is importantly back with uh alum 28 from 20 balls fabulous and
that's the 300 with that single he hasn't timed it i've always always thought that uh showed afrid
i
should have been a pace bowler very aggressive good bowling from praveen kumar once
again hitting the right area yorka terrific stop it pick for somebody who
hasn't played international cricket fastball down the track ravine
camarez bulldog brilliant over coming back for the second oh he misses the ball so extra run taken by the pair they end up with
306 for six the last time henderson dhoni played here he got 183 knot out batting second time
around so this is his favorite ground in surf
ace but pakistan would be pretty happy with uh 306 on
the board that last ball fumble could be the game here it is easy run out he grabbed at it was too anxious and that extra run might be
the game he's not happy but he bowled very well good effort from he uh remained not out
he's had a terrific series sachin tendulkar highest number one day matches for anybody
in the world highest number of runs highest number of hundreds name it he's got it highest
number of 90s as well it's been in great
form expect a good readings from this
young man as well good potential over a thousand runs good decent strike rate
and the left right combination for india another man in good form with the ball
um gamble will be the man on strike a lot depends on omar girl's first pair most
experienced amongst the pakistan bowlers here we go the run chase is on great delivery
everything right about it the line the length and good carry as well almost a
perfect delivery to start with the only thing missi
ng in that
delivery was the outside edge good scene position again short hasn't timed it too well nothing
gonna be we'll get off the mark with that too a bit clumsy plenty happening out there
he's asked for the third empire just got the feeling gautam gambian may have
got back home he doesn't look confident ran two and ten turning back look at this i think he just got back just
home i have to wait for the third empire he's safe had lucky forgotten the bad
didn't bounce off the ground super
b shot he's very good square of the wicked
in the offside the first opportunity we've got to freeze arm does that well nothing
it was the room outside the off stamp which was given to the left-handed batsman delayed
his stroke open the face of the bag deliberately to get the placement right no chance for
the fieldspin at point to stop that one and that scorecard india chasing
300 runs for just four wickets and it tells you the story how good this pitch is very lucky very lucky gotham
compa
red on that occasion it was a terrific delivery from omar
ghoul had the pace and the bounce well he was standing out of the crease
so wasn't in a good position to control it there's good thinking on the part of the bowler gumby standing out of the crease
testing him with the shot deliberate modern control staying in line standing out of the trees ill-directed
delivery nicely picked off could be a tight one very close up goes the
finger breakthrough achieved and it's the left arm immediate p
ace to sanveer who's provided
it for pakistan once again well he has lived dangerously gotham compared he was lucky a couple
of occasions where the baller came very close and this time around it was the
baller who was a luckier one and pakistan making early inroads gotham
compete is out for 12 india 15 for one robin uttapa works on at number three very good strike rate he's got to get runs in
this position it's been very effective down the order the ball just darting around it's got to
be
a little cautious at the start of the innings it's a good opportunity for papa to
improve his average plenty of ovals big target to chase as well a great delivery very rarely you
see such control over land at length into the gap is very good square of
the wicket hasn't timed it too well but i've been well enough to get to the boundary you could play your part on that one he created his own room it wasn't a white delivery see how far back he went into
that crease to maneuver the length oh maj
estic can't get better that's 24
for one oh and it's going down that won't help you've got to take every chance miss
valhack and that was pretty straightforward pakistan usually have unescon in that position and he's uh brilliant in that
slipcorn unicorn not miss bolhat maybe the greasy ball was a problem let's see the technique yes i think the ball
hit him hard he wasn't expecting this kind of pace on the ball and ralph the heart could
have been off the mark in his first over i quite like
the energy from uh the pakistani
fielders this really was not required because this can put the team down his hands were
also in an awkward position fingers weren't pointing downwards so he wasn't really ready
for it even though he's got bucket-like hands he's got it this time this valhack he dropped
one a couple of deliveries ago and rao if the car must have been left winded but
he's come back strong and sort of pretty embarrassing exit for robin uthappa
nicking the ball second time in th
ree deliveries and this time miss barlock was ready for it
terrific effort from raj if the car can't be said at the same uh of robin uthappa it'd
be gutted gone for one twenty six for two perinda seywag is a new batsman had an impressive
innings in the last match pakistan need to make early in roads they've picked up two
wickets they need to continue doing so fear around these parts is that
the deal will form much heavier just straighten it the touch i think you
have a point right he's abo
ut the hands of this man because it was coming at him
high he jumped off the ground to try to get the hand with the fingers pointing down look
at the hands in fact his left hand fingers were pointing up and the right hand fingers are
pointing though he was a little bit in between and then he made up for it at a much more
comfortable height with the second one pulling from uh over around the wicket
into the gap is a sweet timer of the ball very similar in style to sachin tendulkar not possib
ly or probably as classy as sachin but
this will do this is very much such a like all slicing of the blade and running away quickly there's a fielder there and one
nazir could do nothing about it really is striking chris there's been criticism of his
captaincy seven losses and five wins has lost the series in india and that
uh can be very unsettling because uh folks back home want you to win all the
time against india and that hasn't happened courtesy india's brilliance in this one day
ser
ies and so he's under a lot of pressure but good captains come through for that kind of
pressure done it was so good in that last game in this particular area wrong line to be bowling to
sachin tendulkar we will play you for plenty 39.2 the problem that developed later in that game
was due formed so heavily that you can see the footprint of the bowlers as they ran into bowl
the spinners became a liability in the match how he's generated the power to get it passed in the middle and so easily
is amazing
he gets three forty three for two they're having a field day tendulkar and siwag at
the moment the partnership is just 16 balls old oh that sounded like a diwali cracker brilliantly hit by sachin tendulkar the middle of
the bat lot of width stated go and watched it go to the boundary that field has got to be adjusted
and short cover it's got to be put at point 50 comes up for india he's in
sublime touch sachin tendulkar yes that magical touch hasn't deserted him he was
flawless
in the last innings and today started off brilliantly stroking the ball uh fluidly through
the offside and then this typical sachin tendulkar flick through square lake great balance and
had plenty of time ready to find the gap stylishly played sachin has 166 of them and he goes third man it might have been an
advertent sheriff malik grabs his hat pressures on runs are starting to flow the run
rate is just climbing towards six i still feel that you've got to keep it simple
for somebody like
sahil khanveer i think he's messing him up by having all these
kinds of uh brand new field positions it wasn't uh of the middle of the bat but it did
the job and more pressure now on soil than wheel ask him to keep the ball nice and up
make him drive through the offside last two hours 27 had been stroked stroked off
his bowling and taken sachin tendulkar is gone has the last laugh just slightly loose around his
offstar channel that's a huge wicket oh she can't believe it the crowd
has been
uh punched into a silence driving and miss paula takes a neat catch and
swell converse adrenaline is certainly flowing almost punched in the process 57
for three tendulkar goes for 30. there was such a huge wicket in the context of
the outcome of this match because it brings roy sharma to the crease by the experienced man
an informed man well one of them at least is gone sachin tendulkar 10
overs gone first power play gone that is a good take i like this young
guy when i saw him in the yo
uth world cup san francisa and energy giving
wicked keeper always in the action savage was clearly surprised by that extra
bit of lift and the ball curling back into him yeah good shot he can't get with and when hands on to it so he slaughtered
and stopped it from going for four and which armor is off the map gone another one down danvers having a ball saw
a pakistan they've taken to the front in this odi first catch for sapphires as well he's
having a good night behind the stumps a terribl
e shot from sevag really not
required at this stage when sachin tendulkar has been lost to them going at
a wide one and an easy take for sir france so elton veer has done it again two wickets
in two overs 62 for four gone for ten sevag uveraxing has enough experience to know that
what is needed is a partnership we've talked about potential difficulties with the dew-forming and what the spinners may have to go through
cannot say that siwat shot was a wise one when you're informed don't waste
it and be a little bit patient wasn't expecting it he didn't like it at all raj
but you're absolutely right about it there's this window of opportunity about an hour into the game
the first hour after that once it gets a little wet it could be a problem
but here this is beautiful so india of uh didn't he didn't pick
it up at all did he where'd it go the thing is that the batsmen are aware
that 99 of the time the ball is going to go away from them if you're a right-hander
and yet he manag
es to get these wickets oh that has been creamed through the cover
region for four that is a special shot now someone but is in that little ring of
fielders there and he was applauding because it could have very easily gone to one of the
players he's bowled to his field it's just that he hid it that well wrong sharma that it's
got through salman but applauded the delivery well there's not a lot in that except
for pakistan had lost two wickets lesser they lost another one very close on that
graph oh that's one way to get off the mark
he was stuck on for about 10 deliveries no runs to his name but he's now
got four no justice for the bowler he's drawn the era that that corridor we
just mentioned here is just outside off stump inside edge probably just a little
bit of movement back in towards the stumps well that is comprehensive that's what he
can do that's six that's massive 84 for four so after 17 overs pakistan did
ten fours in india have hit 11 fours and a six but they've
lost the four wickets india magnificent hit look at that straight through
the line of the ball more skidding on so that's the way to play wasn't such a bad delivery
he just uh turned it into a magnificent shot does it have enough to get to the
fence miss the man in the deep power of the fielder 220 over
it's 87 for four run rate required at the start of the innings with six point one
four it's playing with a six point eight eight there's four early tickets and the first
twelve overs have
set back in there in this chase you slid him
on the helmet hasn't been very comfortable at the crease
tonight you brought thing well there's pepper in haven't if the car they
particularly go to a lesser extent and the challenges laid down here early in his innings
yuvraj doesn't play the pull shot well against good piece when he's set he can play it a lot
better and more securely so i i just love the use of the bounce in the pitch and
the extra piece here on the lights it's intimidating an
d it's testing
yuvraj's character as much as his skill well there's two right from the moment it
left the bat he's putting pressure on the field and the deep fauda was the fielder
sure manic wasn't very happy and rightly so i agree with him because as you said it's
not over by any stretch of the imagination it is still possible if you lack or eat take your
foot off the accelerator then you make it easier for the opposition the batting team to get a
partnership going partnerships are vital
here again a lot of support from the
wicked keeper for the captain single will bring up the 100
for india it's 100 for four yeah why no margin for error on the left side one one one three and converging your raj wants to three men
converging on the ball and at some point in time each one thought the other was going to
get to it the new garage picks up two communication communication is the
second time tonight that has happened where failures converge on a ball and no one
knows whose it is
for sure don't allow that sloppiness to creep into the game don't lower
your intensity level don't take it for granted looking to be aggressive somebody's
going to get a few boundaries here with sharma let's move on to 33. this is a
very good effort with uh roy sharma he's on 18 from 32 just a little uh on the slower side
but we know that he can up the base at will nicely played away the ball will skid away because of the dew of the raman
is on the field 12th man yeah very classy from him i
said just skid on the rotation of the ball
was for its turn from off to leg but it's not going to turn tonight beautifully placed he's
nicely balanced isn't he throughout sharma 25 to 35 over mark they've just
chipped it around i thought they could have accelerated a bit earlier tonight he's growing in confidence and improvising with good effect roy sharma has picked
up doppler a couple of runs i'll comment they'll run away to the boundary sharma has raised his 50 with a delightful cut shot
made in one day 50 huge roll from the crowds and he's delighted always feels good when
you've uh got it under the belt 135 for four beautifully played it's paced himself pretty well strike rate of 86 so he's got 50 from 58
deliveries no fuss that's what i've liked about it we'll pick up one keep the strike 136 for four it's getting extremely difficult
this could go all the way beautiful shot for four it's gonna be
extremely difficult to grip this ball he's got uh robot alarm down the other
end and
he's struggling to grip it and maybe he brings the quicks back for a few leading up to the
34th over and then come back with the spinners this should be taken has made it
look extremely easy and sharma will be disappointed just a chip
over the infield couldn't control that shot he's disappointed i think he
didn't mean it to uh hit it that far and nicely taken by yasir
amir remember it's a wet ball it's a very very good catch and well bowl too he
got the bowler with a very high ar
m action i think it just dropped on him a fraction and he didn't
get quite get it gone for 52 it's 143 for five terrific strike rate 94.9 very good average
as well for somebody who batslowed down the he's order isn't he donny quite often the bat doesn't come through
straight but he hits it in the middle before the challenge ball you know and maybe with this wet ball you're right maybe
with this wet ball if he brings back the quicks just slips on a bit get through his defenses it's
just one
more wicket and they've got the match you've just they're just picking them off they're
batting at at least a runner ball at the moment he's good in the field for him i like his attitude
he's throwing himself on the ball ready to dive ready to take up the challenge these little
things mean a great deal or should mean a great deal to pakistan because the feeling
has been the acting is not good in the field it was like a fresh breeze for that that really is a great backdrop to the
cricket gro
und great architecture and it's uh it's getting very serious now 31 overs
158 for five dhoni yuvraj partnership is making things look quite
easy still a long way to go well he's gone for it he's played it in the gap
and he's got runs for it boundary there that was it was almost imperative that they
find a boundary every second over it's good use of the feet from your branch
there won't be a lot of spin on this ball because of the moisture so he just needs to
get close enough to it and hit
through the line better tell them but they've
run for the single 164 for five so the required rate now reaching eight and over
i think sure malik's plan of action seems to be to put pressure hey he's got him he's gone he's
asking for it but yuvraj i think has gone his bat was still in the air i would support
you with that from the natural eye i thought he was gone as well it's a wonderful angle
that alarm has bold he's not looking to spin the ball he knows it will be difficult but he's
ang
ling from around the wicket across you raj i don't know that the bat is on the ground oh it's
a tight one yes this is definitely the one framer oh the bales have to be totally off there's
definitely doubt there this frame now is that the bat on the ground the law says that the
veils have to be totally dislodged this can be very very close not an easy decision and if
it's if there's any debate if it's too tight you have to know where the umpires are going to go it's difficult to tell whether
the bat is grounded i think even you'll have to get
the benefit of it out to you brad yes i think he's in uh probably expect that kind
of a decision not out yes it is so but only just well he'll take a sigh of relief so will the
crowd they want this fight to carry on longer however difficult it may be they need these
two to be there to keep their hopes up you shouldn't look too glum surprised
because i don't think there's been a noticeable downward spiral in
the glove wood tonight at all h
e's been competent behind the stumps oh that
has been smashed that was a rank long hop what a follow-up delivery he almost had
your raj and now he's been clobbered for six she's starting to look dangerous 27 from 26 balls still a long way to go 1375 from
106. but not impossible for india yes we're talking about this is the attempted stomping chance and
i do agree with bish on this one uh that he really had to collect it first it grew
a little big on him it came up a bit an awkward height an
d uh well you've
raj got away india's lost five oh he saw him coming he sort of tried to
bullet wide but he got this back to it you've raised there's a little bit
of pressure now on your raj to try and get on with it get a boundary every over but these days eight runs and
over seems to be gettable in fact most teams feel that they've
got things under control it's just us in the commentary box
that start getting a little excited things have changed around after the
2020 world cup it's 50 f
or your raj and yet another 50. fourth for
the series that's consistency it's almost as though he's discovered the formula oh that is awesome power it's in fact his
first boundary and he's really bludgeoned that past mid-on he's getting himself in his
19 or 25 balls trying to intimidate him with the short ball not high enough and will be
effort by gold mcdonald equal to the task a slip in position they know the importance
of this wicket they're going for it oh have they got him they believe
they have yes
they have yuvraj not happy we're still standing but pakistan they've got their man and their ploy
has worked the fast bowlers have done it for them yuvraj was disappointed seemed to have hit something ghoul was
absolutely convinced so contrasting reactions from ghoul and akmal and yuvraj but
he has to go he's gone for 50. it's 188 for six the new man in is irfan patan it's got a fair strike rate the average
it's about 24 but take another look i can't judge from that angle it
definitely
touched something didn't look like the shoulder from that angle but yuvraj was devastated not
happy at all definitely clipped something on the way pakistanis did it with their appeal never
easy for the umpire it's so close to everything it remains at 188 for six it's in the air should be taken and taken and that's a big
wicket excellent catch was in the air for a long long time imran nazir the catcher but good
piece of bullying again by the captain sure malik bolted quicker throu
gh the air and the
wet ball normally skips doesn't turn goes into the shot a little early just a
hint to turn top edge nicely taken in the end isn't he happy leading from the front in
this match tony gone for 24 195 for seven crossing over as the catch was taken on strike pick up a single and the new man praveen kumar
making his debut in one internationals will be the man on strike he's got some ability with
the bat shown that in domestic one day career list a bad career good average good s
trike rate 1967 at the moment the pakistan is there
fighting to solve as some sort of a pride and also gain momentum and confidence to move
into test match series 200 comes up for india and strikes it firm this time and complete mess of it if the car
roll in the deep and get him a boundary well that was hit firmly there is
no doubt about it that this level that ball should have been stopped long on should take it and that's easily in the
end so here convenience got a good pair of hands and
praveen kumar's brief stay comes to an end shreve malik is a strong
contender for man of the match that was his third wicket he was
impressive with the bat as well couldn't really time the ball well hit
the ball straight to the fields man hold out two one four for eight
multi karthik is the new batsman at the greece will remember the knock against
australia and mumbai about three weeks ago two left handers together
now patan the man on strike did it turn with the red ball and of a good spe
ll although he's been hit for a boundary
but it was a good spell 222 for it good hit has it gone the distance oh he's got some ability with the
bat he proved it against australia from the leg stump and used the bounce at the base deliberately hit the ball in
the air and picked up six runs a little inside edge might run away to the
boundary it's turning out to be an expensive over from omar gold morley karthik so
far he's been able to pick up 10 runs from omer gold's over from four deliverie
s it wasn't pretty but handy for and he gets another one it's the end of kartik
and good reward for ralph dakar because he's both wonderfully well tonight bruce exactly he's bald
in that zone that corridor just short of a length and uh it was his opening spell that i i
just thought that put the indians under real pressure early on and they have crumbled
morally's gone for 16. it's 238 for nine the entertainer is at the cree shanta kamaran's
three cent he's the last man to come in for india
just wonder what sort of innings he will
attempt to play he can do some funny things it's not much you can do with
that and i think getting off strike is the best thing for sri
san giving patan the opportunity returns on strike solidly hit the tactic of pulling the short ball
of the indian batsman has paid dividends tonight but it was just good to see if in patan he had
a substantial pull shotting it's a great shot nicely controlled bookshop the great gary silva has always said that you sho
uld take
the ball from in front of your eyes when you pull and you can't lose control and that was in
the old days when there were no helmets either he did have a bat in his hand and he missed
it oh he's hit that a long way it's in the air and over big one it's a good strike from the time that brings
up the 250. right in the slot and showing that india have good depth in their batting
when he comes in this number in the order still 55 meters from 21 balls
might be a little too late good st
rike very good strike
ghoul looking for the yoka i suppose and got the lawful force in
but how well was it struck by patan this sort of thing can happen when you think
the game's all over you've got it in the bag and everybody relaxes just a little and
then the game gets away from you four runs unfortunate for foreign his
highest coin won the internationals as well balls but generally oh there it is
that's the game beautifully bowled and he's picked up his fourth wickets tanvir deserves
t
his there have been a couple of bowlers in this pakistan lineup tonight that maybe deserve it
as well but not no one much more than soil timber ideal way to build at the end of the year is
getting the joker in right on that bat increase and on the off stamp denying baton rouge
finishing off the game with an exclamation point pakistan win this fifth and final
one the international by 31 runs
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