Dhoni-led India trounce Pakistan; Advance

India made no changes to their playing eleven.

Pakistan made three changes to the eleven that last played the Indians – Younis Khan and the Umars (Akmal and Gul) made way for Asad Shafiq, Umar Amin and Wahab Riaz.

On winning the toss, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, India’s skipper, inserted the Pakistanis.

The first Powerplay of Pakistan’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the 10^th over. They scored 43, and lost a wicket.

Seven balls into the match, Pakistan sought a batting review. Nasir Jamshed was the batsman. It was upheld by English umpire Richard Kettleborough.  

Jamshed eventually faced nine balls, scoring just a couple. Fifteen balls into the match, he was caught by Suresh Raina. Bhuvneshwar Kumar, the player of the match, broke the four-run stand.

Pakistan scored 50 off 12 overs (72 balls). India had conceded an extra at that point.

It was at that point that the match was interrupted by rain. Pakistan had scored 50 for the loss of a wicket. While Kamran Akmal was batting was 20, Mohammad Hafeez was batting on 27.

Hafeez, whose 31-ball innings included five boundaries, didn’t add to the aforementioned score. Fifty-eight balls after Jamshed’s dismissal, he was caught by Dhoni. Kumar broke the 46-run stand.

Kamran, whose 38-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, eventually scored 21. Eighteen balls later, he was caught by Virat Kohli. Ravichandran Ashwin broke the six-run stand.

Nineteen overs into the match, there was another interruption due to rain. Pakistan had scored 70 for the loss of three wickets. While Shafiq was batting was 14, Misbah-ul-Haq, Pakistan’s skipper, was batting on five. Ten overs were lost, resulting in the match being reduced to a 40-overs-a-side match.

Pakistan scored 100 off 25.3 overs (153 balls). India had conceded a couple of extras at that point.

The fourth-wicket pair put on 50 off 67 balls. While Shafiq’s contribution to the partnership was 30, Misbah’s contribution to it was 22. Extras’ contribution to the partnership was a couple.

Misbah, whose 33-ball innings included a boundary, eventually didn’t add to the aforementioned score. Sixty-nine balls after Kamran’s dismissal, Ravindra Jadeja broke the 54-run partnership.

A hundred and eighty-seven balls into the match, India sought a bowling review. Shafiq, whose 57-ball innings included three boundaries, eventually scored 41, was the batsman. It was upheld by Kettleborough. Twenty-seven balls later, he was caught by Dhoni. Ishant broke the 21-run stand.

Thirty-three overs into the match, Pakistan sought a batting review. Shoaib, whose 23-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 17, was the batsman. It was upheld by English umpire Ian Gould. He was trapped leg before wicket by Jadeja, who broke the eight-run stand.

Amin, whose 26-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 27. He was unbeaten.

Riaz, who faced a couple of balls, didn’t get off the mark. Three balls later, Ashwin broke the one-run stand.

The second Powerplay of Pakistan’s innings – which was the batting Powerplay – was between the 36^th and the 37^th over. They scored 15, without the loss of a wicket.

Pakistan scored 150 off 36.1 overs (217 balls). India had conceded three extras at that point. That was, incidentally, the number of extras they eventually conceded.

Saeed Ajmal, who faced 16 balls, scored just five. Twenty-eight balls after Riaz’s dismissal, he was caught by Rohit Sharma. Ishant broke the 19-run stand.

The ninth-wicket pair didn’t get off the mark. Junaid Khan, who faced a ball, didn’t open his account. The next ball, Virat Kohli ran him out.

The tenth-wicket pair put on half-a-dozen. Mohammad Irfan, who faced a couple of balls, didn’t get off the mark. Eight balls later, Umesh Yadav ran him out.

Pakistan were dismissed for 165 off 39.4 overs. Kohli, who bowled a couple of overs, conceded 11. He was wicketless, as was Yadav, who bowled 6.4 overs, conceding 29.

Ishant, who bowled seven overs, conceded 40. He picked up a couple of wickets. Ashwin, Jadeja (whose spell included a maiden) and Kumar (who spell included a couple of maidens) bowled eight overs each, picking up a couple of scalps apiece. They conceded 35, 30, and 19, respectively.

The first Powerplay of India’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the eighth over. They scored 45, without the loss of a wicket.

Forty-nine balls into the chase, there was an interruption due to rain. India had scored 47, without the loss of a wicket at that point. While Rohit was batting on 16, Shikhar Dhawan was batting on 29. Four overs were lost.

India scored 50 off nine overs (54 balls). Pakistan had conceded a couple of extras at that point. While Rohit’s contribution to the partnership was 17, Dhawan’s contribution to it was 33.

Rohit, whose 32-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, eventually scored 18. Sixty-four balls into the chase, he was caught by Misbah. Ajmal broke the 58-run partnership.

Sixty-nine balls into the chase, there was another interruption due to rain. India had scored 63, for the loss of a wicket at that point. While Dhawan was batting on 39, Kohli was batting on four. Ten overs were lost, resulting in the chase being reduced to 22 overs, and India’s target being revised to 102.

Dhawan, whose 41-ball innings included five boundaries, eventually scored 48. Twenty-three balls after Rohit’s dismissal, he was caught by Jamshed. Riaz broke the 20-run stand.

India scored 100 off 19 overs (114 balls). Pakistan had conceded three extras at that point. That was, incidentally, the number of extras they eventually conceded.

Kohli, whose 27-ball innings included three boundaries, eventually scored 22. He was unbeaten, as was Dinesh Karthik, who scored 11. His 15-ball innings included a boundary.

India, who scored 102 for the loss of a couple of wickets off 19.1 overs, won by eight wickets with 17 balls to spare under the Duckworth-Lewis method.

Hafeez bowled 13 balls, conceding eight. He was wicketless, as were Irfan and Junaid, who bowled four overs apiece. While the former conceded 24, the latter conceded 21.

Riaz bowled four overs, conceding 20. He picked up a wicket, as did Ajmal, who bowled five overs, conceding 29.

India advanced to the semi-finals.