2nd Match: Pakistan vs India at Dubai, Aug 28, 2022
India won by 5 wickets
IND 148/5 (19.4)
PAK 147/10 (19.5)
RR: 7.53
Last 12 Balls: 1 1 4 4 . 4 | W 1 . 6
Current Partnership: 1 runs, 0.3 overs, RR: 2 (Mohammad Rizwan, Babar Azam )
Last Wicket: Ravindra Jadeja 35(29)
Hardik Pandya | Player of the Match: In bowling, it's important to assess the situation and use your weapons. For me, bowling short and hard lengths have been my strengths. It's about using them well and asking the right questions to make the batters commit a mistake. In a chase like this, you always plan over by over. I always knew that there is one young bowler and also one left-arm spinner. We only needed 7 off the last over but even if we needed 15, I'd have fancied myself. I know the bowler is under more pressure than me in the 20th over. I try to keep things simple.
Rohit Sharma (India skipper): Halfway through the chase, we still knew that we can win irrespective of the situation. We had the belief and when you have that belief, these things can happen. It's about giving clarity to the guys so that they know their roles well. It was a bit challenging but I'll take wins like this any day over usual victories. Yes, they (India's pace bowling) have come a long way in the last year or so and they have adapted well to different situations. Since the time he (Hardik) made his comeback, he's been brilliant. When he was not part of the team, he figured out what he needs to do to his body and his fitness regime, and now he is clocking 140+ easily. His batting quality we all know and it's been brilliant since his comeback. He is a lot calmer now and more confident about what he wants to do, whether it's with the bat or with the ball. He can bowl really quick, we saw that today with those short balls. It was always about just understanding his game and he's doing that well now. In a high-pressure chase with 10 rpo needed, you can panic but he never showed any of that.
Babar Azam (Pakistan skipper): The way we started (with the ball), was great. We were about 10-15 runs short. Bowlers did really well to make a match of this. Our tail did step up a bit to add those handy runs. Thought was to take the game deep (and hold back Nawaz's last over). Idea was to create pressure but Hardik finished well. He (Naseem) is a very young bowler but bowled so well, and showed so much aggression.
Ravindra Jadeja: Thank you very much. We wanted to play till the end, they have a very good bowling attack, their fast bowlers don’t give anything away. I could have finished the game - left-arm spinner against the left-hander, but Hardik played superbly. He (Pandya) came out and said he was going to play his shots, and happy that he stayed till the end.
India won by 5 wickets.
19.4
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Over 19.4 Mohammad Nawaz tossed up delivery to Hardik Pandya,Six! Sits back and smash this quicker delivery over long-on for a flat maximum. Pandya finishes it in style.
