Sushant Mishra to Aamir Ali, out Caught by Siddhesh Veer!! In the air and taken at cover. Sushant digs it short, batsman tries to pull, the bat turns in his hands on impact with the ball and it's sliced to the off-side. Aamir Ali c Siddhesh Veer b Sushant Mishra 1(6)
43
W
Kartik Tyagi to Tahir Hussain, out Caught by Dhruv Jurel!! And the short ball works. Hussain tries to pull, clearly late on the shot because of Kartik Tyagi's pace, top edge goes straight up and keeper calls for the simple take. Tahir Hussain c Dhruv Jurel b Kartik Tyagi 2(10)
41.4
W
Sushant Mishra to Rohail Nazir, out Caught by Tilak Varma!! The roar from Sushant Mishra. Rohail Nazir drags himself off so reluctantly. He knows India have pulled this back, was trying hard to get close to 200. Elation for the boys in blue. Nice short delivery. Rohail Nazir was playing the pull shots well, but he's top edged this and credit to Garg for placing a square leg at this stage. A dolly for the fielder. Fighting innings from Nazir. Rohail Nazir c Tilak Varma b Sushant Mishra 62(102) [4s-6]
38.1
W
Ravi Bishnoi to Abbas Afridi, out Lbw!! Appeal, he's pleading. Given. I reckon the benefit of doubt should have gone to the batsman. But we've seen these marginal ones being given this tournament. This was a googly that beat Afridi's flick shot, impact was middle and leg but with Ravi Bishnoi bowling from over the wicket and getting it to turn into the right-hander, it may have slipped down leg or maximum touched the outside of leg stump. India won't mind though! Abbas Afridi lbw b Ravi Bishnoi 2(3)
38
4
Kartik Tyagi to Rohail Nazir, FOUR, now the well thoughtout slower delivery, Rohail Nazir didn't control the cut shot, hit it in the air and managed to get it wide of backward point, Jaiswal overruns and misfields at third man. Should have been maximum two
37.2
W
Kartik Tyagi to Irfan Khan, out Bowled!! Now this lad, Kartik Tyagi. How good are his yorkers. How does he get the blockhole so right. Lachlan Hearne knows well, now Irfan Khan will know too. Unplayable yorker at the base of the off stump, pitching close on the crease, Irfan was beaten for pace and the bat wasn't down in time. Out came the off stump off its groove. Six down Pakistan. Irfan Khan b Kartik Tyagi 3(9)
37
4
Ankolekar to Rohail Nazir, FOUR, short and wide outside off stump, Nazir cuts, no third man and once it passed backward point, it was escaping to the boundary. Nice finish to the over
36.4
F
Ankolekar to Rohail Nazir, 1 run, down the track and then an inside-out drive through cover and there is Rohail Nazir's first fifty of the tournament. What a game to pick - in the all important semi-final against India
34.4
W
Ankolekar to Mohammad Haris, out Caught by Saxena!! What a ripper. Is that a game changer? Saxena silences the noise. The fielder celebrates, the umps discuss and give the soft signal as OUT. Looks clean on the replay. So that effort gives India the fifth wicket. Flighted delivery on the stumps, Mohammad Haris plays the sweep, doesn't bother to keep it down, hits over deep square leg, Saxena runs to his right from deep mid-wicket, dives low and grabs inches from the ground. The dangerous Haris, who was looking for quick runs, is sent back. Mohammad Haris c Saxena b Ankolekar 21(15) [4s-1 6s-1]
32.3
6
Ravi Bishnoi to Mohammad Haris, SIX, gets hold of the googly, and gets hold of his slog. He's quickly on a knee, under the length and has a full extension of his arms to tonk it over cow corner
30.5
4
Ravi Bishnoi to Mohammad Haris, FOUR, shapes up to cut, but the bounce gets big, draws a thick outside edge , and beats slip
30.3
W
Ravi Bishnoi to Qasim Akram, out Qasim Akram Run Out!! Proper running confusion. So much so that Qasim gets sold down the river, courtesy both of them running towards the same end. So Akram taps it in front of cover, and both of them hesitate in getting half way down the pitch respectively. But Akram decides the other half is the one down the ground, while Nazir decides the other half is back to where he originally was. Yea, the skipper wins, like always. And the throw's at the striker's, with nobody out there, and with the keeper having the easiest job in the world. Qasim Akram run out (Ankolekar/Dhruv Jurel) 9(16) [4s-1]
29.4
4
Jaiswal to Qasim Akram, FOUR,
28.4
4
Sushant Mishra to Rohail Nazir, FOUR, reaches out to the wide-line, holding his cut back now in ensuring he times it perfectly in nailing it with more of a slice behind point
27.3
4
Jaiswal to Rohail Nazir, FOUR, overcompensates now anticipating another dance down. But Nazir's going the other way, going back in the crease and slapping away behind point
25.3
W
Jaiswal to Haider Ali, out Caught by Ravi Bishnoi!! It's a part-timer lobbing them up, it's a proper juicy drag down, but somehow, the mot-set batsman, finds a way to throw it away. He cuts, hard, and straight down backward point's throat. And out of nowhere, India find a way to claw back in. Haider Ali c Ravi Bishnoi b Jaiswal 56(77) [4s-9]
23.1
F
Ravi Bishnoi to Haider Ali, FOUR, flashy drive, thick edge and running away past slip. There really couldn't have been a better time for Ali to find his form, and also has a fifty
21.5
4
Ravi Bishnoi to Haider Ali, FOUR, another freebie of a drifter down leg. Ali sinks down, sweeps, and there's no fine leg to be stopping these
19.3
4
Ravi Bishnoi to Haider Ali, FOUR, a cheeky opened dab, reaching out to the line outside off and just checking it late in ensuring he gets it fine of short third man's dive
19
4
Ankolekar to Haider Ali, FOUR, gets too greedy with his line - trying a surprise full straight one, but ends up losing his radar down leg. Ali sweeps, nailing it comfortably behind square
13.2
4
Akash Singh to Rohail Nazir, FOUR, 137ks short and wide outside off, Rohail Nazir stands tall and slashes the width square past the diving backward point fielder to his right
10.3
4
Ravi Bishnoi to Rohail Nazir, FOUR, tosses this full and well wide of off, Nazir bends his back knee and hammers the drive in the gap through covers
8.5
W
Ravi Bishnoi to Fahad Munir, out Caught by Ankolekar!! Ravi Bishnoi puts an end to Fahad Munir's struggles at the crease. Pitches the googly on a good length and gets it to spin away from the left-hander, Munir was shaping up to pull it on the leg-side, but clearly didn't pick the variation from the bowler. Gets a soft leading edge which flies straight to the fielder at backward point. Fahad Munir c Ankolekar b Ravi Bishnoi 0(16)
6.4
4
Ravi Bishnoi to Haider Ali, FOUR, crouches, gets underneath the loopy legbreak and swats it over mid-on. Just needed some power to clear mid-on and he did that with ease
5
4
Kartik Tyagi to Haider Ali, FOUR, too full this time and Haider Ali makes the most of the freebie. Shuffles a tad, brings his bat down at a straight angle and biffs the drive past mid-off to his right
4.4
4
Kartik Tyagi to Haider Ali, FOUR, poor bowling from Kartik Tyagi! Too short and plenty of width outside off, Ali frees his arms and slashes it square on the off-side
3.2
4
Sushant Mishra to Haider Ali, FOUR, 138ks full pitcher wide of off, Ali leans across and slams the drive square on the off-side with immaculate timing
2
W
Sushant Mishra to Mohammad Huraira, out Caught by Saxena!! There's the first wicket India were after. Sushant Mishra digs it short and angles it into the batsman, forces Huraira into a hurried pull and the top-edge could only fly as far as square leg. Easy take for Saxena. Mohammad Huraira c Saxena b Sushant Mishra 4(6) [4s-1]
1.1
4
Sushant Mishra to Mohammad Huraira, FOUR, easy pickings for any top-order batsman. Juicy length delivery on the pads and Huraira flicks it away in the gap through mid-wicket, off the mark with a boundary
0.3
4
Kartik Tyagi to Haider Ali, FOUR, full inswinger from Kartik Tyagi and it was too good to handle for Haider Ali who got stuck on the back foot, just about managing to bring his bat down and send an under edge to the fine leg fence