India thought they had another when Shan Masood top-edged a pull against a Shami bouncer towards Ashwin at fine leg. Iftikhar walks off having done his job with a 34-ball 51. The pacer went full, straight and fast and trapped the right-hander leg before. Rohit Sharma brought back Shami and the move worked perfectly. Iftikhar absolutely carted Axar Patel around in his first over, hitting straight sixes at will! He got to a half-century on the way, getting Pakistan's scoring rate up. Iftikhar Ahmed flies, Iftikhar Ahmed fallsĦ 0 6 6 0 3 - what a way to signal Pakistan's shift of gears than an over like this worth 21 runs. The two hole out straight to Suryakumar Yadav at long on and deep midwicket. Two identical wickets for the India pacer as he works his hard length skills on Shadab Khan and Haider Ali. When India fans say 'over to Kohli', they truly mean it. Suryakumar looked to adjust last minute by swaying back and lapping the ball over the slip cordon but the bounce was steep and an edge went to Rizwan behind the stumps. MCG has been silenced! Pakistan are ecstatic! And why shouldn't they be? Haris Rauf has taken out India's current best T20 batter with a mean short ball. It was a close call but went Pakistan's way.
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So the TV umpire ruled in Pakistan's favour.
The bail lit up and was out of the groove before Rizwan could break the stumps with his hands. But replays showed that the ball ricocheted off his glove and hit the stumps. Pakistan only just picked the wicket there because Rizwan didn't collect the ball cleanly and seemed to have broken the stumps with his hands. Axar turned around, dashed back and even put in a dive but he was caught short. A bit of a yes-no while trying to pinch a single and Kohli sent him back. Not because the left-hander couldn't play hit shots, but because of a miscommuncation with Kohli on a run. The Axar Patel experiment at #5 is a failure. Pakistan's left-arm spinner Mohammad Nawaz was at the receiving end this time - getting hit for three sixes in the over.
Virat Kohli pulls a Shaheen Afridi delivery to get his half-century but the equation - 48 off 18 - is tricky for India, considering Haris Rauf still has one over left.Įerily, they do it in the 12th over too (Remember, the 21-run Axar Patel over?). 16 to get from 6 with Nawaz to bowl.įifty for Kohli but India's chase equation tricky. And then a leg-side ball has been deposited over fine leg for another six. First a slow bouncer that Kohli saw through and hit for a straight six. The 19th over was turning Pakistan's way as Haris Rauf kept up his pace and control, but erred on the very last two balls. India have dwarfed the 48 off 18 equation to 31 off 12 and now to 16 off 6.
What scenes! Indian players crowd Kohli, Rohit picks him up, and it appears Kohli is in tears. Then the field came up and a calm Ashwin hit one over mid off to complete a phenomenal chase. The equation was now 2 off 1 and R Ashwin let a leg side ball go down and it was 1 off 1. The equation was down to 3 off 2 and then Dinesh Karthik got out stumped.
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As the ball was a free hit delivery, the dismissal didn't count. The next ball Kohli was foxed but the ball hit the stumps and ran down to the third man.
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Nawaz then bowled a high full toss that Kohli deposited over deep square leg and the umpire ruled it a no ball. Next two balls fetched a single and a double, taking India's equation to 13 off last 3 balls. Hardik fell first ball trying to hit big. He bowled with a long run up with Rizwan standing back to deny the Indian pair of Kohli and Hardik to get a win. 16 needed off the final over and only left-arm spinner Mohammad Nawaz to bowl. What an incredible finish to this exceptional fixture. India vs Pakistan is here! Who wins it this time? © Getty India clinch the final-ball thriller!
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