The erroneous call, and Pandya's three in three

The snub of technology

Thisara Perera charged R Ashwin in the penultimate over but the offspinner slipped one past his bat, and it looked like an easy stumping for MS Dhoni. There wasn't a big appeal and the leg-umpire Shozab Raza gave it out. At first glance, it seemed that Raza was correct but replays showed that Perera had his bat back inside the crease before Dhoni had broken the stumps. It was a rare decision from an on-field umpire in the query for a stumping or run-out, and ultimately an erroneous one.

The quiet wicket

When Shehan Jayasuriya edged a good length ball in the fourth over, he walked off without any hassle. The umpire had also raised his finger but neither the bowler Jasprit Bumrah, nor the wicketkeeper MS Dhoni appealed instantly. Bumrah ran quite a long way before turning to appeal while Dhoni appealed even later.

The hat-trick that wasn't

Hardik Pandya took three wickets off three balls, but in different innings'. Pandya took the wickets of Mohammad Sami and Mohammad Amir off consecutive balls to finish the Pakistan innings in India's previous match. On Tuesday, Pandya bounced out Tillakaratne Dilshan of his first ball, caught at deep fine leg where Ashwin took an easy catch.

The tease

India needed 69 off the last nine overs when Suresh Raina toe-ended Dasun Shanaka's first ball towards mid-off where Nuwan Kulasekara settled under the easy catch. He completed the catch in the end but not without three heart-stopping moments. Kulasekara juggled three times to keep Raina interested, but then he ended the tease with a pumped fist.