Turning Points

India v Pakistan - turning points

Turning points from the first T20 international between India and Pakistan played in Bangalore on December 25.

10.5 Shahid Afridi to Rahane, OUT, 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
AM Rahane c Umar Akmal b Shahid Afridi 42 (43m 31b 5x4 1x6) SR: 135.48

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12.4 Shahid Afridi to Gambhir, 1 run, OUT, 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
G Gambhir run out 43 (56m 41b 2x4 1x6) SR: 104.87

15.1 Saeed Ajmal to Dhoni, OUT, 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
MS Dhoni b Saeed Ajmal 1 (7m 2b 0x4 0x6) SR: 50.00

From 77 for 1 to 124 for 9 tells the story of how complete Pakistan's comeback was. Ajinkya Rahane feels India are 10-15 runs short. I feel that is an understatement, but there are still 20 overs left in this game

14.6 Jadeja to Mohammad Hafeez, SIX, and again, this is getting over fast, nothing unrestrained about Mohammad Hafeez today, unlike the World Twenty20 game, he jumps out, and pings the long off boundary with a flat six, also brings up his 50

18.3 Dinda to Shoaib Malik, 1 run, low full toss slogged to long on, and that is fifty for Shoaib Malik

Ten needed off the last over. Who will it be? MS turns to Jadeja, oh ho
19.4 Jadeja to Shoaib Malik, SIX, Shoaib Malik has done it for Pakistan, he;s wound up and deposited a length delivery from outside off just in front of the sightscreen

Ajinkya RahaneShoaib MalikShahid AfridiMohammad HafeezMohammad HafeezYuvraj SinghGautam GambhirMS DhoniPakistanIndiaPakistan tour of India