India vs Pakistan, Super Fours, 14th Match (A1 v A2), Asia Cup 2025 - CommentaryIND vs PAK, Super Fours, 14th Match (A1 v A2), Asia Cup 2025 - Commentary

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Shaheen Afridi to Tilak Varma, FOUR, India win with 7 balls to spare. A low full-toss and sliding down leg, Tilak Varma flicks and it's into the gap at deep backward square-leg, rolls away into the cushions. And if you are wondering, there's no handshakes as Tilak and Hardik Pandya walk off. The only handshakes are between the own set of team-mates. Let's see if India close the dressing room door like they did in their opening game

Shaheen Afridi to Tilak Varma, SIX, in the slot and it flies into the crowd at long-off. Abhishek watching on loves it. A slower-ball off-cutter and full outside off, Tilak Varma with a clean loft as he gets forward and it's into the top-tier at long-off, he plays this shot so well

Faheem Ashraf to Tilak Varma, SIX, that should ease any nerves in the Indian camp. A short delivery and doesn't trouble Tilak Varma much, he goes on the back foot and swivels to pull it over the deep square-leg fielder

Haris Rauf to Hardik Pandya, FOUR, fine start by Hardik Pandya. This is drifting into the pads, full and Hardik Pandya flicks it wide of mid-wicket and puts it into the gap, well wide of deep square-leg too

Haris Rauf to Samson, out Bowled!! Top of middle-stump. End of a scratchy knock. Samson never looked settled except for one fine cover drive. A pacy short of length delivery and hint of reverse for Haris Rauf, Samson pulls and misses, the ball skidded on and hits top of middle-stump. No big celebrations from Pakistan. Samson b Haris Rauf 13(17) [4s-1]

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Shaheen Afridi to Tilak Varma, FOUR, that's in the slot and Tilak Varma lofts Shaheen Afridi straight down the ground for four. It's full outside off, Tilak breaks the shackles that was building up a bit with a loft through the line, mid-off was up

Faheem Ashraf to Samson, FOUR, splendid from Samson. Full outside off, he gets forward and drives on the rise, no-one moved on the off-side as the ball flies wide of cover. He held the pose too, high elbow and all that

Abrar Ahmed to Abhishek Sharma, out Caught by Haris Rauf!! Good catch by long-on. Rauf takes it and flings the ball away in frustration. Abrar Ahmed bowls it on a length and well wide outside off, forces Abhishek Sharma to drag the pull, there's no timing on this as a result, Rauf comes in and sinks to his knees to take it well. Abhishek stands there in disappointment before going off. End of a tremendous innings which has put India well ahead. Abhishek Sharma c Haris Rauf b Abrar Ahmed 74(39) [4s-6 6s-5]

Abrar Ahmed to Abhishek Sharma, SIX, tossed up full on middle and in the slot, Abhishek Sharma gets forward and clears his front leg, to allow him to loft, frees the arms and that's into the top-tier at wide long-on, that was hit so cleanly

Faheem Ashraf to Abhishek Sharma, FOUR, beautiful shot. Such nice hands. A short of length delivery just outside off, fast hands, Abhishek Sharma cuts and gets it wide of backward point and no chance for sweeper cover to his right, came forward to meet it on top of the bounce

Faheem Ashraf to Abhishek Sharma, FOUR, slower-ball and sits up short outside off, Abhishek Sharma gets forward and flat-bats it over mid-off, he is seeing them so well

Faheem Ashraf to Abhishek Sharma, FOUR, slower-ball and sits up short outside off, Abhishek Sharma gets forward and flat-bats it over mid-off, he is seeing them so well

Haris Rauf to Suryakumar Yadav, out Caught by Abrar Ahmed!! The thick leading-edge and caught at third man. Pakistan have two quick wickets and are back in this. This is full on off, angled in, SKY shuffles across to play his favorite leg-side flick, the leading-edge flies and Abrar is under it to take it. Usually when he is in form, SKY sends them for sixes, but not tonight. Suryakumar Yadav c Abrar Ahmed b Haris Rauf 0(3)

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Faheem Ashraf to Gill, out Bowled!! Look at Faheem Ashraf. He roars in delight with clenched fists in Gill's direction. This is a fine delivery, good length and nips back in sharply, pitches outside off and comes back in, Gill gets forward to drive, leaves a gap between bat and pad, the off-stump is knocked back. The break in play has worked for Pakistan. Gill b Faheem Ashraf 47(28) [4s-8]

Saim Ayub to Abhishek Sharma, FOUR, 50 for Abhishek Sharma. He raises the bat to the dugout and blows a flying kiss in someone's direction. SKY is pumped and Gambhir is clapping in admiration. This is tossed up full on middle, he gets forward and drives, in the air but flies wide of the dive of cover, to his left, no chance for sweeper cover or long-off. Fantastic innings from Abhishek so far

Saim Ayub to Gill, FOUR, that's quite unusual from Gill. Never seen him play the reverse-sweep much. This is tossed up full outside off, he turns around and reverse-sweeps over backward point, gets it away to the fence

Abrar Ahmed to Abhishek Sharma, SIX, dropped by Sahibzada at long-off. This is short on middle, Abhishek Sharma goes on the back foot and pulls, Sahibzada is moving to his left at long-off and is close to the cushions - that's on his mind, it hits the hands hard and pops outside the cushions. There was deep mid-wicket too coming towards him, he could have taken it and lobbed it to him. Instead a life for Abhishek

Abrar Ahmed to Abhishek Sharma, SIX, lobbed up outside the leg-stump, full, Abhishek Sharma with a massive slogsweep and he finds the crowd at deep mid-wicket, that's right into the arc of the batter

Saim Ayub to Gill, FOUR, ends the over badly. This is the attempted leg-break/carrom-ball, but it's very short outside off, Gill has all the time, goes on the back foot and pulls hard, beats mid-wicket's dive to his left. India racing away

Saim Ayub to Gill, FOUR, beautiful late-cut. On a length outside off, Gill uses the pace as it's quicker, goes on the back foot and cuts between backward point and short third man, used the pace so well there

Saim Ayub to Abhishek Sharma, FOUR, Abhishek Sharma looks pumped. After all the words exchanged. On a length on off, he goes on the back foot and pulls cleanly over mid-on, nearly all the way, one bounce over the ropes

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Haris Rauf to Gill, FOUR, more words between Abhishek Sharma and Haris Rauf. Umpire Gazi Sohel has to get involved. A short of length delivery outside off, Gill short-arm jabs the pull wide of mid-wicket and that raced off the bat, he plays the shot so well, right into the gap and then it started off between Rauf and Abhishek

Haris Rauf to Abhishek Sharma, FOUR, the thick outside-edge and it flies away. A slower-ball off-cutter full outside off, Abhishek Sharma throws the bat on the drive, the outside-edge flies and beats both short third man and deep backward point on the dive to his right

Abrar Ahmed to Abhishek Sharma, SIX, this is bigger and Abrar Ahmed looks perplexed. Tossed up on middle, turns in, Abhishek Sharma swings with the spin and gets a meaty connection on it, flies into the top-tier at deep mid-wicket, into the crowd and he brings the Indian fans on their feet

Abrar Ahmed to Abhishek Sharma, FOUR, lobbed up on a length outside the leg-stump, Abhishek Sharma goes on the back foot and pulls, over mid-wicket and it's into the gap

Shaheen Afridi to Gill, FOUR, Gill on the charge and smashed for four. And now Gill has a go at Shaheen Afridi who just turns back and walks off. Things heated out there. Length delivery outside off, Gill comes down the track and flays that wide of extra-cover for four, that sped off the bat. At the end of that shot, Gill looked at Shaheen and pointed with his hand where the ball went - shades of Aamer Sohail vs Venky Prasad in 1996

Shaheen Afridi to Gill, FOUR, another slower-ball but it's in the slot and full outside off, Gill gets forward and low to loft over mid-off, clean strike and runs away

Saim Ayub to Gill, FOUR, this is way too short outside off, Gill goes on the back foot and cuts hard, beats cover and extra-cover both, one to his right and the other to his left, that is another bad ball and Gill doesn't miss out

Saim Ayub to Gill, FOUR, poor delivery and put away. Tried the one-finger seam-up delivery but it drifts down leg, Gill just needed some bat and he sweeps fine and beats short fine to his right

Shaheen Afridi to Abhishek Sharma, SIX, Abhishek Sharma starts with a six. And then has a go at Shaheen Afridi. Some words between the two. It's short outside the leg-stump, Abhishek swivels and pulls, the top-edge flies all the way and behind Haris. In the first game against Pakistan in this tournament, Abhishek charged Shaheen and hit him straight down the ground for four. This time, Shaheen goes short and Abhishek doesn't show any mercy. What a start and to add spice - words as well

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Hardik Pandya to Faheem Ashraf, SIX, carved over backward point and it's just out of reach of a backpedalling Dube at the boundary! He was standing a few yards inside the ropes. Would've been a catch for him had he been all the way back. Full and wide outside off and Hardik goes for the wide yorker again, misses his mark and Ashraf gets a good piece of it

Hardik Pandya to Faheem Ashraf, FOUR, balloons off the top-edge over short third! Dug in short outside off, it's an off-cutter that climbs on Ashraf as he looks to pull and goes off the edge over the fielder

Bumrah to Faheem Ashraf, SIX, high full toss, swung hard and it flies over the fine leg boundary. Bumrah continues to travel

Bumrah to Salman Agha, out Nawaz Run Out!! 1 run completed Salman misses out! He steps across the stumps while advancing, turns it into a full toss and swipes across the line. Square leg is in the ring but he mistimes it straight to the fielder. Oh what's happened here! That's so poor from Nawaz, showing no awareness and failing to ground his bat in the crease. He wasn't even looking at the fielder who threw it and caught him short of the crease.Nawaz run out (Suryakumar Yadav) 21(19) [4s-1 6s-1]

Shivam Dube to Nawaz, FOUR, full toss outside off, third man is in the ring and it runs away past him off the outside edge. Nawaz had a full-blooded swing at that one

Shivam Dube to Nawaz, SIX, not the cleanest of contacts, but still goes all the way! Short of length just outside off, pace off at 112kph, and Nawaz swats it over midwicket. Two fielders converge but it goes over them

Kuldeep Yadav to Salman Agha, SIX, goes with the turn and clears long-off! Googly on leg, Salman dances down and hits it with a straight bat down the ground. Gets enough on it to clear the ropes

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Shivam Dube to Sahibzada Farhan, out Caught by Suryakumar Yadav!! His ploy of bowling the wide line has paid off. Did that in the previous over too and didn't allow Farhan to tee off. Slower length ball quite wide outside off, Farhan tries reaching out for a hack, ends up slicing it off the toe-end, then loses his bat as it goes flying out of his hands, and Surya settles under the skier at extra cover. Dube doing a superb job out there so far. Sahibzada Farhan c Suryakumar Yadav b Shivam Dube 58(45) [4s-5 6s-3]

Kuldeep Yadav to Hussain Talat, out Caught by Varun Chakaravarthy!! The top-edge goes to hand! Floated up outside off, probably the googly, and Talat's execution is off the mark with his reverse-sweep. Dolly for Chakaravarthy at short third and he makes no mistake as Talat departs. Didn't make much of an impression in the middle. Hussain Talat c Varun Chakaravarthy b Kuldeep Yadav 10(11)

Shivam Dube to Saim Ayub, out Caught by Abhishek Sharma!! Having dropped a couple of catches earlier, Abhishek takes a superb one this time and he roars in celebration. Saim Ayub has to go. Back of a length on middle and leg, not short enough to pull, he goes for it and gets a thick top-edge. There's a lot of ground to cover for Abhishek as he runs in from deep backward square. He does really well to get to it and then dives forward, grabbing it with both hands before throwing it away in delight. Dube has struck in his very first over to break a brilliant partnership. Saim Ayub c Abhishek Sharma b Shivam Dube 21(17) [4s-1 6s-1]

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Axar to Sahibzada Farhan, SIX, gets to fifty in style! Slightly short outside off, he rocks back and pulls it a long way back over midwicket. He does a rocket-launcher celebration with his bat

Kuldeep Yadav to Sahibzada Farhan, SIX, oh that's big! Plenty of air on this googly, Farhan backs away, finds the ball right in the slot and launches it over long-on

Kuldeep Yadav to Saim Ayub, SIX, good use of the feet as he puts Kuldeep under pressure! Comes dancing down, gets right to the pitch and smashes it straight back for six. Surya walks up to Kuldeep and puts an arm around his shoulder, offering some advice

Varun Chakaravarthy to Sahibzada Farhan, SIX, Abhishek shells another chance! Difficult chance this time! It's a leg-break turning away from off, Farhan isn't to the pitch after dancing down but connects well with the slog. Abhishek has to cover some ground to his right at long-on. He's quite close to the ropes as well. Tries reaching out one-handed, going full stretch across his right shoulder but the ball doesn't stick and he tips it over the ropes

Bumrah to Sahibzada Farhan, FOUR, smoked over mid-off to end a productive powerplay for Pakistan! Bumrah has gone for 34 off his three! Pitched up just outside off, in the slot for Farhan who clears the front leg and blasts it over the infield

Bumrah to Sahibzada Farhan, FOUR, slogged away! On a length outside off, he clears the front leg and goes bang through midwicket! Bumrah proving very expensive so far

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Varun Chakaravarthy to Sahibzada Farhan, FOUR, very unlucky for Chakaravarthy who had the batters at sea right through the over. The final delivery has flown off the top-edge over slip. Kicks up with some overspin off a good length, Farhan tries a slog-sweep and is the beneficiary off a thick edge

Bumrah to Sahibzada Farhan, FOUR, Farhan pulls Bumrah to the boundary! He sent one into the crowd in the previous game off Bumrah, and this time he has struck it along the carpet through square leg. Did well to fetch it from outside off

Hardik Pandya to Saim Ayub, FOUR, finally Ayub is off the mark in the tournament! And he breaks his drought in emphatic fashion, getting on top of the bounce of a short ball and pulling it through midwicket

Hardik Pandya to Fakhar Zaman, out Caught by Samson!! That's the end of Fakhar. He's hanging around and the umpires want to check if the ball carried. Oh this seems a little tricky. It's very close to the ground before going into the gloves - does he have his fingers under it? A zoomer has been employed and the third umpire still needs another angle. Okay now he seems convinced to make a decision. And that decision is OUT. Fakhar can't believe it and is shaking his head as he walks off. He stood around a little confused before starting to make his way back. But the decision is final and he has to go. It's an off-cutter that has done the trick for Hardik. Rolls his fingers across it, grips a tiny bit off a length and the edge is found to the keeper. Fakhar Zaman c Samson b Hardik Pandya 15(9) [4s-3]

Hardik Pandya to Fakhar Zaman, FOUR, Fakhar throwing caution to the wind! Backs away premeditatedly, makes enough room and slaps it from middle stump through point

Bumrah to Fakhar Zaman, FOUR, the intent is clear from Pakistan. Again he advances, gets a length ball swinging away outside off and clatters it down the ground. No chance for mid-off. Fakhar taking on the best in the world

Bumrah to Fakhar Zaman, FOUR, first boundary of the innings as Fakhar capitalises on Bumrah's error in line. Full on leg, might've been an attempted away-swinger but it didn't move much. Ended up on the pads and he flicked it nicely behind square

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