Suryakumar Yadav is being serenaded by the crowd for his birthday. He says its a great feeling to win and the win is a perfect return gift from him to India on his birthday. He talks about the winning six, he says it's a box he wanted to tick, to stay there till the end. He says playing Pakistan is just another game, they come to the ground and prepare the same as any other opposition. He says India won the champions trophy with a lot of spinners and that was where it started. He also adds he is a big fan of spinners and likes picking them. Finally just as the presentation ends, without being prompted, he says "we stand with the victims of the families of the Pahalgam terror attack and we express our solidarity and we want to dedicate today's win to the armed forces"

10.05pm Kuldeep Yadav is the Player of the Match. He says he just kept things simple, wanted to execute the plans he had when he got the ball in his hand. He says all he tried to do was react to what Pakistan were trying to do. He says the first ball should always be a wicket-taking ball and you have to go with that mindset and execute because whoever is batting is new at the crease and you have a chance to get on top of him. He says he doesn't feel on top of the world, he still feels he has to work on his bowling, he says he tries too many variations and has to learn there

Comfortable win for India. Curious performance from Pakistan, starting with their decision to bat first at the toss on a ground with a history of chasing teams winning. Salman Agha's day only got worse from there, as he scored 3 off 12 with India's spinners taking control. Kuldeep Yadav and Axar Patel took 5 for 36 in eight overs.

There was no time to feel nervous about a chase of 128 because Abhishek Sharma came out with so much intent, smashing Shaheen Afridi around in the first over itself. India got 60 of the runs they needed in the powerplay itself and from there it was a cruise. Huge win, with a net run rate boost as well.

Salim Hariz : "Huge dip in the NRR for India from 10 to 4 . Should improve"

15.5

Sufiyan Muqeem to Suryakumar, SIX runs

and it's done. Clears the front leg to meet a short ball outside off and hammer it over midwicket. No handshakes between the players once again. The two batters have walked off the field. No post-game handshakes either between the players and the staff of the two sides.

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15.4

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Sufiyan Muqeem to Suryakumar, no run

looks to finish it off with a big heave, but ends up with an inside edge to short fine

Shivendra : "@Zeeshan Are you suggesting what I am guessing to bring a pair back? "

15.3

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Sufiyan Muqeem to Suryakumar, no run

on the pads, he goes for the sweep, bowler and keeper appeal, umpire is unmoved. Pakistan have gone for the review. They're not likely to see red here. No bat involved. Ball-tracking says impact is in line on leg stump, projection says it's umpire's call

15.2

Sufiyan Muqeem to Dube, 1 run

cuts the short and wide delivery to deep point

15.1

Sufiyan Muqeem to Suryakumar, 1 run

forces the fast and short delivery on leg stump away to wide long-on

end of over 1513 runs

IND: 123/3CRR: 8.20 • RRR: 1.00 • Need 5 runs from 30b

Shivam Dube9 (6b 1x6)

Suryakumar Yadav40 (33b 5x4)

Saim Ayub 4-0-35-3

Mohammad Nawaz 3-0-27-0

14.6

Saim Ayub to Dube, SIX runs

comes charging out and launches the length ball straight down the ground. That's the Dube we all know. He didn't look at all comfortable playing those prods, trapped in his crease

14.5

Saim Ayub to Suryakumar, 1 run

punches the good length ball on off stump through cover

Zeeshan : "I think the issue lies in the balance of experience, India has at least 3 experience batters, gill, SKY and pandya to nurture the young ones. On the other hand pak only has fakhar, and today it showed that pak were going till fakhar's dismissal"

14.4

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Saim Ayub to Suryakumar, no run

defends a good length ball on middle

14.3

Saim Ayub to Suryakumar, 2 runs

picks the gap between backward and cover point with a cut shot that he really has to reach for

14.2

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Saim Ayub to Suryakumar, no run

defends the flighted carrom ball on off stump

14.1

Saim Ayub to Suryakumar, FOUR runs

down leg and it's a fairly straightforward shot option for Surya, who goes down to sweep and finds the gap to the left of the deep fielder at fine. India three hits away from victory.

end of over 1410 runs

IND: 110/3CRR: 7.85 • RRR: 3.00 • Need 18 runs from 36b

Shivam Dube3 (5b)

Suryakumar Yadav33 (28b 4x4)

Mohammad Nawaz 3-0-27-0

Saim Ayub 3-0-22-3

13.6

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Nawaz to Dube, no run

inside edge as Dube tries to play from the crease. A nothing kind of shot, just hanging his bat in the vicinity of the ball

najam: "is saim quietly doing a reverse Steve Smith? come in as a batter and become a spinner "

13.5

Nawaz to Suryakumar, 1 run

nice and tight on middle and leg, he clips it to long-on

13.4

Nawaz to Suryakumar, FOUR runs

too short and so it comes off the pitch far too slowly and SKY is able to rock back, make room and hammer the ball in front of point

13.3

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Nawaz to Suryakumar, no run

tossed up and SKY drives, though he is not to the pitch of it, to cover

13.2

Nawaz to Suryakumar, FOUR runs

almost carries to point, but try as well as Nawaz did, it dips on him and scurries under his hands and away to the boundary. Lucky escape for SKY with the cut shot

13.1

Nawaz to Dube, 1 run

taps it to long-off

Doctor: "Of all the talks between India's bowling and Sanju's batting, I totally forgot that Dube is also playing.. I was expecting Sanju to come out next followed by Pandya and Axar.."

end of over 133 runs • 1 wicket

IND: 100/3CRR: 7.69 • RRR: 4.00 • Need 28 runs from 42b

Shivam Dube2 (3b)

Suryakumar Yadav24 (24b 2x4)

Saim Ayub 3-0-22-3

Mohammad Nawaz 2-0-17-0

nitin: "one match and Indian fans are giving verdicts. Cricket is a funny old game, and in T20s, momentum is critical. We are yet to see how this Indian team copes with a bad start." As far as problems go, that's a pretty useful one

12.6

Saim Ayub to Dube, 1 run

stands up tall to the shortish offbreak outside off and drags it to long-on

12.5

Saim Ayub to Suryakumar, 1 run

full toss on off stump, knocks it down to long-on

12.4

Saim Ayub to Dube, 1 run

full on middle, nudges it behind square leg

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