Shaheen Afridi to KL Rahul, Really good stop! This is way too far outside off, on the fuller side, it is jammed out towards point. The fielder dives to his left and makes a half stop. A run taken.
Shaheen Afridi to Rohit Sharma, Rohit is off the mark too! Shaheen looks to go full again but serves another full toss on the pads, it is clipped through square leg for one.
Halt! Rohit Sharma has some issues with the sightscreen which needs to be resolved.
Shaheen Afridi to KL Rahul, Close! Fuller and around off, KL Rahul looks to push at it, this one comes back in a touch, it goes off the inside edge down to fine leg for one. Rahul and India are underway.
Shaheen Afridi to KL Rahul, Just short! What a start that would have been for Pakistan! No swing though first up! Shaheen goes full, he ends up bowling a full toss but it dips towards the end. Rahul plays a check-shot. It goes uppishly but lands just short of Shaheen.
We are back for India's reply. The players are out in the middle. Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul to open for India. Shaheen Afridi to start with the ball. Left-arm seamer to Rahul first. A slip in place. Let's go...
...THE CHASE...
The target is a stiff one! Pakistan have a brilliant bowling attack but India have a star-studded batting line-up. What will be interesting is, will the Pakistan bowlers get the same amount of movement as the Indian bowlers got earlier on? If they do, their pacers can be deadly. Stay tuned for what could be an amazing second half.
Arshdeep Singh is down for a chat. He says he just enjoyed the moment as he feels it may not come again. Adds they targeted the wickets and the pads as the square boundaries were big. Hopes they will chase it down.
I wanted to enjoy the moment, it will never come again. The straight boundaries were big, so we tried to use it to our advantage. Tried to hit the wickets and the pads. I think we can chase this total down.
India were absolutely brilliant with the new ball! Especially Arshdeep Singh who was easily the pick of the bowlers. He was well supported by Kumar first and then Shami. However, the Indian spinners just weren't upto the mark. They let the pressure off in the middle overs. India did manage to pull it back well though courtesy Hardik and but they will feel they gave a little too many runs towards the end. They would have loved to have kept Pakistan to below 150 but the death bowling was once again the issue for their side.
When Shan Masood walked in, it wasn't easy to bat. They had lost Babar early and the new ball was doing a lot. Rizwan also followed soon and Pakistan were 2 down for 15. Iftikhar Ahmed and Shan Masood then weathered the storm and once they got their eye in, started scoring fluently. Iftikhar Ahmed changed the momentum and the tide in the space of 7 balls but once he fell, there was a procession. From 91 for 2, they ended up being 120 for 7. However, Masood who got a fine half ton up and along with the tail have taken their side to a very good total.
That is a brilliant recovery from Pakistan and they will surely be the happier of the two sides in the break! They really have to be thankful to Shan Masood who played an absolutely brilliant knock. Yes, he did not go at a very high strike rate but hung in there when needed and is the main reason for his side to get to a total which can be considered par.
Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Haris Rauf, TWO BYES! This is full and outside off. Rauf swings and misses. Masood runs across. The keeper throws it to Kumar who has a shy at his side but misses. The ball rolls to long off and another single is taken. Two to end. PAKISTAN END WITH 159.
Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Haris Rauf, Two dots! Well done Kumar! Good comeback! Kumar bowls it outside off again. Rauf is swinging everything but fails to connect again.
Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Haris Rauf, DOT BALL! This is full and outside off. Rauf swings across the line and misses.