Champions Trophy: India thrash Pakistan by 8-wickets
Birmingham, Jun 15: Title favourites India produced yet another clinical performance as they outplayed arch-rivals Pakistan by eight wickets in a high-voltage group league encounter of the ICC Champions Trophy here today.In a match where
Pak Innings:
Over 39.4: Pakistan ALL OUT. Pak 165/10
Over 39: Ishant Sharma claims 2 wickets in this Over. Pak 160/9
Over 38: 3 runs of Yadav's over. Pak 159/7
Over 37: Umar Amin hits a FOUR of Jadeja's 2nd ball. Pak 156/7
Over 36: Umar Amin hits a FOUR of Ishant's 1st ball. Pak 149/7
Over 35: Jadeja bowls a maiden over. Pak 141/7
Over 34: Ashwin is brought back. Riaz OUT bowled. Pak 141/7
Over 33: Malik OUT, LBW of Jadeja's last ball. Pak 139/6
Over 32: Shafiq OUT, caught behind of Ishant's 1st ball. Pak 136/5
Over 31: 5 runs came of Jadeja's over. Pak 131/4
Over 30: Ishant Sharma replaces Kohli. Malik hits a FOUR of Ishant's 3rd ball. Pak 126/4
Over 29: Just 1 run came from Jadeja's over. Pak 119/4
Over 28: Virat Kohli replaces Ashwin. Malik hits a FOUR of Kohli's 5th ball. Pak 118/4
Over 27: Shafiq hits a FOUR of Jadeja's 1st ball. Misbah, bowled.Pak 111/4
Over 26: Four runs of Ashwin's over. Pak 101/3
Over 25: Just 1 run came from Jadeja's over. Pak 97/3
Over 24: 5 came from Ashwin's over. Pak 96/3
Over 23: Four runs of Jadeja's over. Pak 91/3
Over 22: 7 came from Ashwin's over. 88/3
Over 21: Four runs of Kohli's over. Pak 81/3
Over 20: Misbah's four off Ashwin third ball. Pak 77/3
Play resumes. Match reduced to 40 overs a side.
Over 19: Asad Shaifq's four off Yadav's 3rd ball. Drizzle again, the covers are up. Play stops. Pak 70/3
Over 18: Two runs off Ashiwn's over Pak 66/3
Over 17 : Three runs off Yadav's over. Pak 64/3
Over 16: OUT R Ashwin strikes. Kamran Akmal c Kohli b Ashwin 21 Pak in trouble at 56/3
Over 15: Asad Shafiq survives a runout scare during Kumar's over.
Over 14: Three runs off this over, spinner R Ashwin comes in. Asad Shafiq takes Hafeez's place.
Over 13: Play resumes. OUT Dhoni takes Hafeez's catch behind the wicket off Bhuvneshwar Kumar's first ball. Hafeez c Dhoni b Bhuvneshwar 27
Rain stops play for a brief period. Covers put on wicket.
Over 12: Pak reaches 50/1. Akmal 20, Hafeez 27.
Over 11: Indian fielders dive for a runout for Akmal in Kumar's last ball but fail. Pak 47/1, Drizzle again.
Over 10: Hafeez cracks a boundary off Ishant's 4th ball. Pak 43/1.
Over 9: Bhuvneshwar Kumar's over gives away only one run for the Pak team.
Over 8: Ishant's over now. Kamran cracks two fours off 3rd and last balls. Pak 35/1
Over 7: Akmal cracks a four off Kumar's first ball. Hafeez scores a four off 3rd ball. Light drizzle as fans open up umbrellas. Pak 26/1
Over 6: Hafeez cracks two consecutive boundaries off the last 2 balls of Yadav's over. Pak 17/1
Over 5: A maiden over from Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Kamran Akmal.
Over 4: Three runs off this over. Mohd Hafeez and Kamran get 1 and 2 runs respectively.
Over 3: OUT Bhubneshwar Kumar gets an outside edge off Nasir Jamshed and Suresh Raina takes an easy catch 4/1
Over 2: Jamshed gets a scare from Umesh Yadav. Umpire gives him lbw, but DRS review shows he is not out. 1 run off this over.
Over 1: Nasir Jamshed takes his first run off the first ball from Bhuvneshwar Kumar. Stronge breeze blows across the field. Three runs off this over.
3 pm: Match begins. Kamran Akmal, Nasir Jamshed on strike.
2:50 pm: National anthems of both nations are sung. Pakistan first, followed by Jana Gana Mana, India's glorious national anthem.
2:31 pm: Dhoni wins toss, opts to field first.
2:20 pm: Sunil Gavaskar gives his pitch report. Praises the pitch but adds, the match might not get a good number of runs.
Over 39.4: Pakistan ALL OUT. Pak 165/10
Over 39: Ishant Sharma claims 2 wickets in this Over. Pak 160/9
Over 38: 3 runs of Yadav's over. Pak 159/7
Over 37: Umar Amin hits a FOUR of Jadeja's 2nd ball. Pak 156/7
Over 36: Umar Amin hits a FOUR of Ishant's 1st ball. Pak 149/7
Over 35: Jadeja bowls a maiden over. Pak 141/7
Over 34: Ashwin is brought back. Riaz OUT bowled. Pak 141/7
Over 33: Malik OUT, LBW of Jadeja's last ball. Pak 139/6
Over 32: Shafiq OUT, caught behind of Ishant's 1st ball. Pak 136/5
Over 31: 5 runs came of Jadeja's over. Pak 131/4
Over 30: Ishant Sharma replaces Kohli. Malik hits a FOUR of Ishant's 3rd ball. Pak 126/4
Over 29: Just 1 run came from Jadeja's over. Pak 119/4
Over 28: Virat Kohli replaces Ashwin. Malik hits a FOUR of Kohli's 5th ball. Pak 118/4
Over 27: Shafiq hits a FOUR of Jadeja's 1st ball. Misbah, bowled.Pak 111/4
Over 26: Four runs of Ashwin's over. Pak 101/3
Over 25: Just 1 run came from Jadeja's over. Pak 97/3
Over 24: 5 came from Ashwin's over. Pak 96/3
Over 23: Four runs of Jadeja's over. Pak 91/3
Over 22: 7 came from Ashwin's over. 88/3
Over 21: Four runs of Kohli's over. Pak 81/3
Over 20: Misbah's four off Ashwin third ball. Pak 77/3
Play resumes. Match reduced to 40 overs a side.
Over 19: Asad Shaifq's four off Yadav's 3rd ball. Drizzle again, the covers are up. Play stops. Pak 70/3
Over 18: Two runs off Ashiwn's over Pak 66/3
Over 17 : Three runs off Yadav's over. Pak 64/3
Over 16: OUT R Ashwin strikes. Kamran Akmal c Kohli b Ashwin 21 Pak in trouble at 56/3
Over 15: Asad Shafiq survives a runout scare during Kumar's over.
Over 14: Three runs off this over, spinner R Ashwin comes in. Asad Shafiq takes Hafeez's place.
Over 13: Play resumes. OUT Dhoni takes Hafeez's catch behind the wicket off Bhuvneshwar Kumar's first ball. Hafeez c Dhoni b Bhuvneshwar 27
Rain stops play for a brief period. Covers put on wicket.
Over 12: Pak reaches 50/1. Akmal 20, Hafeez 27.
Over 11: Indian fielders dive for a runout for Akmal in Kumar's last ball but fail. Pak 47/1, Drizzle again.
Over 10: Hafeez cracks a boundary off Ishant's 4th ball. Pak 43/1.
Over 9: Bhuvneshwar Kumar's over gives away only one run for the Pak team.
Over 8: Ishant's over now. Kamran cracks two fours off 3rd and last balls. Pak 35/1
Over 7: Akmal cracks a four off Kumar's first ball. Hafeez scores a four off 3rd ball. Light drizzle as fans open up umbrellas. Pak 26/1
Over 6: Hafeez cracks two consecutive boundaries off the last 2 balls of Yadav's over. Pak 17/1
Over 5: A maiden over from Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Kamran Akmal.
Over 4: Three runs off this over. Mohd Hafeez and Kamran get 1 and 2 runs respectively.
Over 3: OUT Bhubneshwar Kumar gets an outside edge off Nasir Jamshed and Suresh Raina takes an easy catch 4/1
Over 2: Jamshed gets a scare from Umesh Yadav. Umpire gives him lbw, but DRS review shows he is not out. 1 run off this over.
Over 1: Nasir Jamshed takes his first run off the first ball from Bhuvneshwar Kumar. Stronge breeze blows across the field. Three runs off this over.
3 pm: Match begins. Kamran Akmal, Nasir Jamshed on strike.
2:50 pm: National anthems of both nations are sung. Pakistan first, followed by Jana Gana Mana, India's glorious national anthem.
2:31 pm: Dhoni wins toss, opts to field first.
2:20 pm: Sunil Gavaskar gives his pitch report. Praises the pitch but adds, the match might not get a good number of runs.