ICC T20: Warm up Game – India Vs Pakistan
India Vs Pakistan
India lost the toss & Pakistan decided to bat first, and rightly they were off to a flying start, as they raised to 45/0 in 4 overs. All of a sudden Ishant’s 5th over made the turnaround, as 2 wickets fell along with a maiden, and afridi fell very next ball for a duck, which means pakistan stumbles back to 45/4 in 5.1 overs. Total turnaround in 7 balls… Later Younus Khan made the repair work and tried to keep up the run rate, and final work by yasar arafat and Misbah got pakistan toa decent total of 158/6 in 20 overs. Ishant bowled really well and rest did a fair job.
India went on with the same opening pair, Rohit and Gambhir, which really clicked for India, when needed, as these two batsmen looked so much in ease. It really didnt matter for them whether it is a single or four, they played the ball to merit and picked the gaps more perfectly, and not to leave out, who ran fabulously between the wickets, (guess they might have stolen atleast 20 runs). Rohit just ran out of energy when India needed 19 to win the match with 4 overs in hand, skipper joined the party and along with another half centurion, match ended with a Wide, which has been also a real problem , pak conceeded 17 extras which is not a good sign.
Both bowling and fielding looked so lethargic and rusty, hope they recover before their first game versus England on Sunday.
In the end, Summary read, India won the match by 9 Wickets with 18 balls to spare…
Which also kept the record straight which means, India has been never ever defeated by Pakistan in a world cup game. (both 50 overs and T20 game)… Hope it keeps going…. Chak de India….
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