- BATSMENRMB4s6sSR12.4 Gambhir is hitting it really hard now, but he might be in trouble this time, slogs it in front of square leg, the throw comes in, Gambhir comes back for the second, but his dive cannot beat the throw, Kamran Akmal does the remainder of the job 90/210.5 Rahane is gone, got a little too predictable, targetted extra cover again, lofted the full delivery cleanly, but there was a man in the deep there, straight to him 77/114.3 appeal for caught behind, and he is given, Kohli falls to his third successive wild swing, given for an underedge through to the keeper off the short of a length ball 103/316.2 shortish, and the sound of bat hitting ball gives it away, Yuvraj hasn't timed the pull at all, it sails tamely to deep midwicket, Gul raises his arms, it was the slow offcutter 115/515.1 and MS Dhoni is gone now, tame dismissal, he was on the back foot, trying to play his flailing punch through extra cover, plays outside the line, and the ball spins in a bit to graze the off stump enough to disturb a bail 108/417.3 gone, Ajmal strikes again, short of a length delivery makes Raina have a wild heave, he misses as the ball skids in, stays a touch low, and uproots leg stump, Ajmal punches the air, what a star 122/617.4 wow, now Rohit is run out by several feet, no way there was a second run there, it was nudged towards midwicket, and to Rohit's dismay, there was a direct hit as well 123/718.1 they keep going, sharp bounce from Gul just outside off, Jadeja tries to steer it on his toes, and gets an edge through to the keeper 124/818.2 and he is cleaned up by the Guldozer's yorker, this is like the Pakistan of old, and also, like the India of old, yorker on target, Ishant's bat comes down in another time zone, and in real time, the leg stump is flattened 124/9Extras5 (lb 2, w 3)TOTAL133/9 (20 Overs, RR: 6.65)Fall of wickets: 1-77 (AM Rahane, 10.5 ov), 2-90 (G Gambhir, 12.4 ov), 3-103 (V Kohli, 14.3 ov), 4-108 (MS Dhoni, 15.1 ov), 5-115 (Yuvraj Singh, 16.2 ov), 6-122 (SK Raina, 17.3 ov), 7-123 (RG Sharma, 17.4 ov), 8-124 (RA Jadeja, 18.1 ov), 9-124 (I Sharma, 18.2 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB Mohammad Irfan 4 0 25 1 6.25 11 2 0 2 0 Sohail Tanvir 4 0 22 0 5.50 8 1 0 0 0 Umar Gul 3 0 21 3 7.00 7 1 1 0 0 Saeed Ajmal 4 0 25 2 6.25 11 2 1 1 0 Shahid Afridi 3 0 26 1 8.66 5 2 1 0 0 Mohammad Hafeez 2 0 12 0 6.00 3 1 0 0 0
- BATSMENRMB4s6sSR0.6 and he's got his first wicket in international cricket, does it so many times for Uttar Pradesh, some move away, one comes in, like this one, and Jamshed has no answer, he has been set up by all those outswingers, big gap between bat and pad 2/12.2 huge appeal for caught behind, and it is eventually upheld, outswinger to the right hander, luring him into the drive, Dhoni snaps it up, will have to check replays to see if there was an edge, yes, clear sound of a nick as ball passes bat 11/217.1 short and wide outside off stump, and Hafeez has upper-cut it straight to third man 118/42.6 Bhuvneshwar Kumar, where have you been all this while, ripper, absolute, complete ripper, this has swung in a mile from wide of the crease, pitched, and seamed in as well, and hit the top of middle stump, bull's eye, with a white ball, Umar Akmal pushed a straight bat at it, it was all he could have done 12/318.5 what's happening to Pakistan, Kamran has made room and stabbed a full delivery straight to Ishant at third man, the fast bowler takes it and throws it into the ground, shouting out stuff that would make Virat Kohli proud 123/5Extras5 (lb 1, nb 1, w 3)TOTAL134/5 (19.4 Overs, RR: 6.81)Fall of wickets: 1-2 (Nasir Jamshed, 0.6 ov), 2-11 (Ahmed Shehzad, 2.2 ov), 3-12 (Umar Akmal, 2.6 ov), 4-118 (Mohammad Hafeez, 17.1 ov), 5-123 (Kamran Akmal, 18.5 ov)
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- Powerplay: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 37 runs, 0 wicket)
- India: 50 runs in 6.5 overs (41 balls), Extras 2
- 1st Wicket: 50 runs in 41 balls (G Gambhir 21, AM Rahane 27, Ex 2)
- India: 100 runs in 13.3 overs (81 balls), Extras 2
- Innings Break: India - 133/9 in 20.0 overs (B Kumar 6, AB Dinda 3)
- Powerplay: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 22 runs, 3 wickets)
- Pakistan: 50 runs in 10.2 overs (62 balls), Extras 3
- 4th Wicket: 50 runs in 53 balls (Mohammad Hafeez 28, Shoaib Malik 25, Ex 2)
- Mohammad Hafeez: 50 off 40 balls (4 x 4, 2 x 6)
- Pakistan: 100 runs in 15.2 overs (92 balls), Extras 3
- 4th Wicket: 100 runs in 80 balls (Mohammad Hafeez 57, Shoaib Malik 41, Ex 2)
- Shoaib Malik: 50 off 47 balls (3 x 4, 2 x 6)
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