Dev: “If Pakistan don’t get Abhishek in Powerplay, this could be over very quickly.” Indeed. Join Alagappan to see the chase unfurl
Saqib Anjum: “This pitch is not that bad where you score 127. If shaheen can hit some, so can Indian batting. Haris played a poor shot to Bumrah, and Saim has yet to understand what shots to play as his first in a tournament. Hoping Shaheen’s batting gave him something that will get him to topple some wickets too!”
H. Prasanna : “Could hardly call Shaheen’s innings a cameo. he was Pakistan’s best batsman today.” Fair point, he faced 16 balls which was the second-most of the innings as it turns out
8:16pm A rough ride for Pakistan for most of that innings but a cameo from Shaheen have pushed them to 127. India’s spinners were clinical as expected, Bumrah and Hardik got early wickets too. They controlled most of the innings but Shaheen, unlike most of his team-mates, connected with big hits. The specialists tried. Haris, Fakhar, Nawaz all fell looking for boundaries. Ayub’s was a soft dismissal, Agha struggled in his 12-ball stay. Varun and Axar drove the ball into the pitch, got the odd ball to turn. With bounce to boot, they were lethal. Kuldeep also strangled the scoring. There were 63 dots in total which could be match-defining.
Pandya to Shaheen Shah Afridi, 2 runs, Cloths another pull… Finds long-on, two more to finish. Similar line and length from Hardik, looked like pace on. Shaheen played that on one leg
