Birmingham (June 4, 2017):Yuvraj Singh steered India towards a large total against Pakistan during the high-voltage match at Edgbaston on Sunday.
In the rain-hit match which was reduced to 48 overs, India have set a 320 run target for Pakistan to chase.
Pakistan bowling was earlier given a breather after a throw by Babar Azam/Sarfraz Ahmed saw Rohit Sharma fall 9 runs short of a century.
India resumed batting at 173-1 (33.1 overs) after rain cleared for the second time during the game, looking in command even after young spinner Shadab Khan earlier gave Pakistan a much-needed breakthrough by breaking the Indian opening partnership with Shikar Dhawan’s wicket.
Shadab’s strike ended the opening stand of 136, after sure-footed fifties by openers Rohit Sharma and Shikar Dhawan put India in control after play resumed at 46-0 (9.5 overs) as rain cleared after a brief interruption at Edgbaston.
Pakistan bowlers earlier kept Indian openers quiet in the starting overs of the match before rain intervened. Mohammad Amir kickstarted the match with a fiery maiden, after Pakistan won the toss and opted to field against India to begin their Champions Trophy campaign at Edgbaston on Sunday.
But India were soon back in command as Sharma hit a fifty off 71 balls, followed by Dhawan who brought up his half-century soon after.
The two teams are expected to draw a global TV audience of over a billion for their high-octane clash Sunday, in the fourth match of the ICC Champions Trophy 2017. This is the first encounter between the subcontinental rivals in a year, and only the fourth time the two teams are meeting competitively on British soil.
India left out star off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin and experienced seamer Mohammad Shami from the side that launched their title defence in a 50-over tournament featuring the world´s top eight one-day international teams.
Left-arm spinner Ravindra Jadeja was the lone specialist slow bowler in an India attack also featuring pacemen Jasprit Bumrah, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Umesh Yadav and Hardik Pandya.
Pakistan left out all-rounder Fahim Ashraf but included 18-year-old leg-spinner Shadab Khan for just his fourth one-day international.
Score Board
India innings (48 overs maximum) | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
RG Sharma | run out (Babar Azam/†Sarfraz Ahmed) | 91 | 146 | 119 | 7 | 2 | 76.47 | |
S Dhawan | c Azhar Ali b Shadab Khan | 68 | 95 | 65 | 6 | 1 | 104.61 | |
V Kohli* | not out | 81 | 108 | 68 | 6 | 3 | 119.11 | |
Yuvraj Singh | lbw b Hasan Ali | 53 | 49 | 32 | 8 | 1 | 165.62 | |
HH Pandya | not out | 20 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 333.33 | |
Extras | (lb 2, w 2, nb 2) | 6 | ||||||
Total | (3 wickets; 48 overs) | 319 | (6.64 runs per over) |
Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | 0s | 4s | 6s | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mohammad Amir | 8.1 | 1 | 32 | 0 | 3.91 | 30 | 4 | 0 | ||
Imad Wasim | 9.1 | 0 | 66 | 0 | 7.20 | 22 | 4 | 3 | (1w) | |
Hasan Ali | 10 | 0 | 70 | 1 | 7.00 | 30 | 7 | 3 | (1nb) | |
Wahab Riaz | 8.4 | 0 | 87 | 0 | 10.03 | 13 | 11 | 2 | (1nb, 1w) | |
Shadab Khan | 10 | 0 | 52 | 1 | 5.20 | 21 | 0 | 2 | ||
Shoaib Malik | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 5.00 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
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