Pakistan v India: Champions Trophy – live
Khushdil into his seventh over.Kohli misses a flick off his pads but the appeal is short lived as the ball was clearly heading down past the leg stump.Kohli takes a single and Shreyas Iyer clubs down the ground for four!GONE! Shreyas has to drag himself off as he is well caught by Imam who puts in the dive at short cover.The crowd go momentarily quiet.Fair to say that was against the run of play y’know.
38th over: India 209-2 (Kohli 84, Iyer 52) Haris Rauf worked for eight runs with no fuss whatsoever.All eyes on Virat and his quest for three figures.37th over: India 201-2 (Kohli 81, Iyer 50) Abrar Ahmed skips through his final over, he finishes with 1-28 from his ten overs which is a top effort but he would have dearly loved that wicket column to be more bulging.Shreyas Iyer goes to fifty with a drive down to long on.Pakistan are drooped and desperate.
36th over: India 200-2 (Kohli 81, Iyer 49) The two hundred comes up for India and Virat Kohli marches towards what would be his 51st ODI century.India need 42 runs… Kohli needs to get nineteen of them.35th over: India 189-2 (Kohli 71, Iyer 48) Abrar Ahmed with his ninth over, he’s been the one bright spot for Pakistan.The ball to get rid of Gill will provide a sliver of succour.Kohli and Iyer are content to work what they can without risk, four singles taken.
India need 53 runs in 90 balls,Time for a drink and a rummage into the abyss for Pakistan,34th over: India 185-2 (Kohli 69, Iyer 46) Naseem Shah goes to some short stuff to try and summon a wicket but there’s still six runs off the over as Iyer pulls for two off the final ball,He’s approaching a half century of his own in this cakewalk run chase,33rd over: India 179-2 (Kohli 67, Iyer 43) Singles coming easily for India, all very flat out there for the team in green.
Pakistan are starring down the barrel of aqn early Champions Trophy bath.Those spills will cost Pakistan dearly.Do they not know catches win matches? Ahem.32nd over: India 175-2 (Kohli 65, Iyer 41) Shreyas Iyer carves Khushdil for four off the first ball of the over to lump the pressure well and truly onto the bowler.Only three more added after but that is seven off the over and India are cantering towards their target.
31st over: India 168-2 (Kohli 65, Iyer 34) SIX! More spin from Salman Agha and Shreyas greets him with a gigantic swipe over the leg side and into the crowd.This could all be over quite quickly.The tv coverage clocks the six at 102 metres.India need 74 from 19 overs.30th over: India 160-2 (Kohli 64, Iyer 27) Shreyas Iyer has been subdued… until now! He reverse paddles powerfully for four and then goes back to back with an orthodox sweep for four more.
DROP! Shakeel spills Shreyas Iyer at midwicket! It was above his head but he got two hands to it as he leapt and the replay shows it was pretty regulation.Rizwan looks murderous under his zinc smears.29th over: India 150-2 (Kohli 64, Iyer 17) Kohli whips Shaheen down the ground with a flamingo flourish of the back leg.Plenty of ego in that shot and India’s target is now less than a hundred away.Ten runs in total off the over as Kohli whips, tucks and scampers.
He’s been at his imperious best so far today.28th over: India 140-2 (Kohli 55, Iyer 16) Another tidy over but sans breakthrough from Khushdil.Four singles off it.Shaheen is coming back on with Pakistan increasingly desperate to find a wicket.27th over: India 136-2 (Kohli 53, Iyer 14) Shot! Kohli breaks the shackles by clubbing Naseem Shah over the covers for a dismissive four off the first ball of the over.
That’s fifty up for Virat off 62 balls.India win if he bats another ten overs.Four more singles makes it eight from the over.26th over: India 128-2 (Kohli 47, Iyer 12) India have scored just 17 runs off the last five overs as Pakistan try to squeeze a wicket from the toothpaste tube.Khushdil returns to the attack and the left-armer keeps the pressure on with just two singles added.
25th over: India 126-2 (Kohli 46, Iyer 11) Naseem Shah is impressive on his return, just a single to Kohli who drives wide of point and scampers through to keep strike.24th over: India 124-2 (Kohli 45, Iyer 10) Another miserly over from Abrar, just a Kohli single nudged down the ground.Pakistan are bringing back Naseem for another burst.They need wickets, India have 26 overs to get 118 runs.23rd over: India 123-2 (Kohli 44, Iyer 10) Shreyas Iyer hangs back and slaps a Haris Rauf short ball for four through square leg.
22nd over: India 118-2 (Kohli 43, Iyer 6) Abrar Ahmed continues to impress with a warp speed over that costs just three runs,He has 1-18 from his six overs so far,Tidy,21st over: India 115-2 (Kohli 41, Iyer 5) Haris Rauf bangs one in short to Kohli who swivels with his leg in the air like a Tiller Girl to pick up four,20th over: India 109-2 (Kohli 36, Iyer 4) Abrar Ahmed is impressive again, finding some grip off the surface and landing the ball on a handkerchief.
Just two singles off it.19th over: India 107-2 (Kohli 35, Iyer 3) Haris Rauf returns and gets some sharp nip back off the surface that Shreyas Iyey does well to get bat on and squirt inoit the leg side.Things starting to happen for Pakistan, now is the time for them has to be.18th over: India 102-2 (Kohli 32, Iyer 1) Shreyas Iyer is the new batter.He clips a watchful single to get off the mark.
Abrar’s golden ball came out of the front of the hand too.The mind boggles.An absolute peach! What a ball from Abrar Ahmed to see the back of Shubman Gill.The batter can only stand rooted to the spot in disbelief as a ball that pitches outside leg stump spins sharply to nudge the off bail out of its groove.Play that! Pakistan strike just after drinks.
17th over: India 99-1 (Gill 46, Kohli 30) Khushdil continues and Gill and Virat put on a masterclass of rotating the strike by hitting the gaps.Six singles off six balls.India on the verge of three figures and time for a drink.16th over: India 93-1 (Gill 43, Kohli 27) Abrar Ahmed gets one to shoot through low and it nearly skittle Kohli! He jams down the blade just in the nick of time and collects two runs with the ensuing squirt.Two more singles make it four off the over and India continue to progress serenely.
15th over: India 89-1 (Gill 42, Kohli 24) Khushdil replaces Rauf,Is he being made to atone for the dropped catch? He can’t get the wicket but does rattle off a tidy over for the cost of two runs,You’re still thinking about the dropped catch aren’t you?14th over: India 87-1 (Gill 41, Kohli 23) Three singles off Abrar Ahmed,John Starbuck on the wires:“Jim,Hello,I notice that on 222 in the first innings there was a wicket.
Nice to see a Double Nelson is still working.Mind you, 55 is almost a Half Nelson, which probably indicates a dropped catch.Not that today’s players need that kind of encouragement to drop ‘em.”Half Nelson also a wrestling move isn’t it? That and a 2006 Ryan Gosling film, obvs.13th over: India 84-1 (Gill 39, Kohli 22) Virat Kohli unfurls a trademark Virat Kohli cover drive that whistles for four and sees him rack up 14000 runs in ODIs.
What a player, he’d love a telling score today.A single from Kohli brings Gill on strike and he clips for three runs through midwicket.Kohlie then finishes the over with another sublime punch through cover for four more.Be still my beating heart.The crowd clearly feel the same.
12th over: India 67-1 (Gill 35, Kohli 9) Time for some spin as Abrar Ahmed is summoned for a twirl.No real turn on offer and three singles worked off a quiet over.Pakistan still hurting from that drop off Rauf in the last over, every run will feel like a twist of the knife.11th over: India 67-1 (Gill 35, Kohli 9) Haris Rauf into the attack and Shubman Gill is DROPPED! Gah! Pakistan have their heads in their hands as an easy chance is shelled by Khushdil in the covers.Went at chest height and burst through the fielder’s hands.
Pakistan simply cannot afford to do that.10th over: India 64-1 (Gill 35, Kohli 6) Naseem Shah tightens things up, just a single off the over and that’s the end of the Powerplay.India on top but Pakistan have picked up the gilded scalp of Rohit for their efforts.9th over: India 63-1 (Gill 35, Kohli 5) Runs flowing again for India, Shubman Gill plays a classic front foot drive that goes like a scud missile off his bat and through cover for four.He holds the pose and that one too and why not.
Pure as a fresh alpine snow drift.Four more! Smacked down the ground! Gill is growing in confidence with every ball and seemingly seeing it as big as a beachball.Fourteen runs in total off the over.8th over: India 49-1 (Gill 25, Kohli 3) Naseem Shah is accurate once more, just three runs off his over.Kohli gets off the mark with a clip to leg that brings a couple and then nurdles one into the covers.
Pakistan are well aware how much Virat loves playing against them, his energetic running between the wickets is described as being like a ‘cat on a hot tin roof’ by HUGE Tennessee Williams fan Ravi Shastri.7th over: India 46-1 (Gill 25, Kohli 0) Gill hits a couple of princely boundaries off Shaheen Shah Afridi! A signature pull over midwicket is followed up by a delicious drive down the ground.A fluky inside edge brings the batter four more and makes it fourteen runs off the over.6th over: India 32-1 (Gill 11, Kohli 0) Top over from Naseem Shah who looks more at ease now he doesn’t have Rohit prowling down the other end.Five dots to Gill who then nudges a single off the last ball down to mid off.
He’ll keep strike for the next,5th over: India 31-1 (Gill 10, Kohli 0) Guess who comes out at number three for India? Correct! There’s a wild cheer as Virat strides purposefully out to the middle,A Shaheen special! Full and swinging in, Rohit can’t get the bat down in time and the stumps are splattered! Big moment in the match,Shaheen celebrates in his customary spread armed fashion,Nine more of those please squire.
4th over: India 26-0 (Rohit 16, Gill 9) Naseem Shah pulls his length back and is worked away for a couple of singles before Rohit takes a couple of steps down the wicket and launches over extra cover for four more! Hold the pose.The last two balls of the over are defended but Pakistan are in desperate need already.3rd over: India 20-0 (Rohit 11, Gill 8) Gill gets lucky with an inside edge off Shaheen that traces past the keeper for four.The Elvis-haired seamer is up at 90MPH and Gill defends the next four deliveries as they are right on the money.Shot! SSA goes too full and is belted away through cover for four by Shubman.
Eight runs off the over.India ticking already.2nd over: India 12-0 (Rohit 11, Gill 0) Incredible bating from Rohit! His first boundary is fortunate, a top edge off the slingy Naseem Shah that flies over the keeper and away for four.Next up is a drool-worthy clip off the pads that soars away for SIX over square leg.He’s the master of that nonchalant pick up shot and it is met with huge cheers from the Indian dominated crowd
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