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India vs Hong Kong, 4th Match, Group B at Karachi, , Jun 25 2008 - Ball by Ball Commentary

RESULT
4th Match, Group B (N), Karachi, June 25, 2008, Asia Cup
374/4
(36.5/50 ov, T:375) 118

India won by 256 runs

Player Of The Match
101 (68)
suresh-raina
New
HKG
Full commentary

So a rather easy for the Indians. Hang on for the post-match ceremony

Dar The spinners bowled well again today. Our pace bowlers had problem bowling on these flat tracks.

Man of the Match: Suresh Raina: "I played really well here and hopefully will maintain the tempo against Pakistan. They bowled really well in 25 to 35 overs. Dhoni just asked me to play my natural game. I just played straight. We are ready for the important game against Pakistan.

Dhoni: "It was a good game to start of the tournament. It was good to win the toss; I had lost quite a few in earlier tournaments including the IPL. We got a good start and after that Raina played well. We practised taking singles and twos in the middle overs. If you score runs against sides like Hong Kong they would say you just scored against them! It was good opportunity for them as well, they will learn a lot from this experience. I have made a conscious effort to bat up the order. May be if I had batted in the final in Bangladesh, there might have been a different result, may be. I will bat up now on."

That's it from us. Alvida!

36.5
W
Sehwag to Nadeem Ahmed, OUT

Caught by Dhoni. It held its line after landing around the off stump line, he got a thin nick to defensive poke. Game over.

Nadeem Ahmed c †Dhoni b Sehwag 0 (1b 0x4 0x6 2m) SR: 0
36.4
W
Sehwag to Afzaal Haider, OUT

does it on his own with a yorker. Really full on the middle stump and he played all around it

Afzaal Haider b Sehwag 0 (10b 0x4 0x6 8m) SR: 0
36.3
Sehwag to Afzaal Haider, no run

huge shout for lbw but not given. The front leg was pressed across and he couldn't get back his bat around it in time. It hit him in front of middle and leg, umpire reckons it would have gone down leg

36.2
Sehwag to Afzaal Haider, no run

flighted outside off, driven to mid-off

36.1
Sehwag to Afzaal Haider, no run
end of over 368 runs
HKG: 118/8CRR: 3.27 RRR: 18.35
Najeeb Amar13 (16b 3x4)
Afzaal Haider0 (6b)
Yusuf Pathan 10-0-37-1
Virender Sehwag 2-0-5-0
35.6
4
Pathan to Najeeb Amar, FOUR runs

turning away and cut through backward point

35.5
4
Pathan to Najeeb Amar, FOUR runs

short and wide, cut hard to deep point boundary

35.4
Pathan to Najeeb Amar, no run

on the leg stump line, defended back to the bowler

35.3
Pathan to Najeeb Amar, no run

a tad quicker, on the middle stump, defended down the track

35.2
Pathan to Najeeb Amar, no run

beaten on the flirt outside off

35.1
Pathan to Najeeb Amar, no run

leans forward to defend a delivery on middle and leg line

end of over 351 run
HKG: 110/8CRR: 3.14 RRR: 17.66
Afzaal Haider0 (6b)
Najeeb Amar5 (10b 1x4)
Virender Sehwag 2-0-5-0
Yusuf Pathan 9-0-29-1
34.6
Sehwag to Afzaal Haider, no run

turning in to the middle stump, jabbed to the leg side

34.5
Sehwag to Afzaal Haider, no run

fuller and pushed to covers

34.4
Sehwag to Afzaal Haider, no run

floated on the off, defended off the front foot

34.3
Sehwag to Afzaal Haider, no run

just outside off stump, guided to backward point

34.2
1
Sehwag to Najeeb Amar, 1 run

on the leg and middle, swept to deep square leg

34.1
Sehwag to Najeeb Amar, no run

tossed on the middle and leg, driven to mid-on

end of over 344 runs • 1 wicket
HKG: 109/8CRR: 3.20 RRR: 16.62
Afzaal Haider0 (2b)
Najeeb Amar4 (8b 1x4)
Yusuf Pathan 9-0-29-1
Virender Sehwag 1-0-4-0
33.6
Pathan to Afzaal Haider, no run

slows up the pace, tosses it outside off, left alone

33.5
Pathan to Afzaal Haider, no run

on the off and middle, dabbed to silly point

33.4
W
Pathan to Lamsam, OUT

another run out. Pushed to backward point and only Lamsam ran and he had to run back. Too late.

Roy Lamsam run out (†Dhoni/Singh) 16 (30b 3x4 0x6 34m) SR: 53.33
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