flatter delivery outside off, Samson backs away to cut but once again he's too early into his shot and his frustration shows.
Pakistan vs India, 14th Match, Super Fours at Dubai, Asia Cup, Sep 21 2025 - Live Cricket Score
slices it and it lands safely with three fielders tracking it at cover. Lovely work from Abrar, getting the ball up and over the eyeline and then having it dip and turn away from Samson. The right-hander looks to clatter it straight or even over long-on but it goes over cover.
sees the ball flighted and angled into his pads, and so winds up. But in the end, he's not able to make any contact. The lack of pace as he starts his innings is not working well for Samson
taps it to the left of long-off and they sprint back for the second as well. Good work. It was Tilak's call all the way through.
rocks back to the back of a length delivery a shade outside off and tries to flat bat it down the ground. But the slowness of the pitch makes the ball pop up a bit and almost carry to the bowler, diving to his left
shifts his weight back to the flatter delivery outside leg and clips it behind square
India need 32 in 30 now
Syeed Khan: "14 overs gone,yet we need to see Mohammad Nawaz bowling,"
misses the full toss outside off as he goes searching for it with an open face
Bashir: "Being a Pakistani someone is just exciting and wants India to win just to have much more laddos in the office tomorrow as treatment by Indians in Dubai. "
waits on the slower, slightly short ball and pulls it to deep midwicket
crunched down the ground. A little overpitched by Shaheen and that's enough for another left-hander to plant his flag on this game. Controlled hit
heaves the length ball outside off away to deep square leg
firm push to cover off the front foot
full pace at Samson though, from around the wicket, but the line goes awry. Slips down leg as the batter looks to flick it over deep fine
grip and extra bounce as Shaheen comes back and surprises Tilak with a slower ball. The left-hander recoils as he works it around the corner to square leg.
Dr. Mohib: "Agha is the culprit for those 15-20 runs short. I would have sent Shaheen in place of Nawaz at that moment. Let him have some swing with the bat, who knows he could have added those or more than that. When someone is in good nick, capitalize it rather than saving it for the last. Poor captaincy none the less. "
width on offer but no pace. Samson taps it to point
slower ball that stays low too. Samson looks to pull it, but cue-ends it back down the pitch
whips the slower ball, without moving his feet, to midwicket.
splendid strike. All he does is meet the ball and extend his defence. And it scurries away to the cover boundary. Good length. Drive on the up. Perfection
takes all the pace off the full length outside off, Samson looks to work it away through midwicket, but doesn't delay his downswing like he would prefer
gorgeous shot, getting up on his toes, beside the back of a length ball outside off and punching it behind point
Amit: "Any signs of dew yet?" Not really. The spinners haven't struggled to grip the ball. The slower ones were gripping, if only slightly
Kamran: "India to chase it down in 19.1 overs. Agha will say that they were 15-20 runs short.... Story of Pakistan in T20Is"
shortish and outside off, Tilak is into the cut shot too early and mis-hits it into the covers
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Dubai International Cricket Stadium | |
Toss | India, elected to field first |
Series | |
Season | 2025 |
Match number | T20I no. 3468 |
Hours of play (local time) | 18.30 start, First Session 18.30-20.00, Interval 20.00-20.20, Second Session 20.20-21.50 |
Match days | 21 September 2025 - night (20-over match) |
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Over 16 • IND 145/3
IND needed 27 runs from 24 balls