Champions Trophy, Feb 19 - March 9

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Hardik giving just 18 runs and a wicket in 6 overs. Pakistan batsmen making Hardik look like Jasprit Bumrah.

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Partnership of 42 runs from 84 balls between Saud and Riz at strike rate of 50. All 4 Pakistani batsmen have played test match here. Is this even an ODI. Good for India though, very good.

90/2 in 23 overs. Day 1 session 1 in progress.

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70 from 108 balls. There is no spin as well. Indian spinners havve bowled well inspite they have not picked wickets. The batsmen are in block mode. Have to be patient and keep the scoring rate down, soemtime they will look to atatck and wicket will come. Have to be patient on such a wicket and so defensive batting.

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Shakeel gets his half century.

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Very, very slowly.

But not as slow as Rizwan.

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Pak 142/2 in 32 overs. 18 to be bowled.

Jaddu and Axar hardly turn the ball, obviously no spin for them on this wicket. All 3 spinners have 5 overs left. Pacers will bowl their share of overs as spinner won't be given death overs, but the lack of run scoring has helped Rohit with enough bowling options for remaining innings.

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Dropped by Harshit, Rizwan survives. Hope more such chances will comes as these two natural run accumulators will be out of their comfrt zne and look to boost scoring rate again.

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Dropped by Harshit, Rizwan survives. Hope more such chances will comes as these two natural run accumulators will be out of their comfrt zne and look to boost scoring rate again.

There it is . Doesn't makes any use of the life given by dropped catch. Tries to attack stepping down the crease and gets bowled. Out for 46 from 77.

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Saud tries to atatck and he survives as well. Kuldeep isn't a good fielder, lucky he hit it to him.

[Arthur Crabtree]

Hundred partnership, but at what cost?

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Hardik giving just 18 runs and a wicket in 6 overs. Pakistan batsmen making Hardik look like Jasprit Bumrah.

Picks another one. Saud out which was bound to ahppen . Just not a natural ODI format player. 2 wickets for 31 runs in 8 overs for Hardik in a crucial match.

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Sir strikes, Tayyab clean bowled. Who tries to play shot like those against Jaddu

Pak 165/5.

Khusdil won't last much playing defense. Hoping for 6 down soon.

Salman is the only hope really for Pakistan. India get him and this is a far lower total than 260 which I thought they would get at the most.

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At least no one can claim Pakistan innings is going nowhere fast.

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One wicket here and India are into the tail although Shaheen tonks a few on his day.

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Kuldeep strikes with the big wicket of Salman. Pak 200/6 in 42.4 overs.

That might force Khushdil to give off his natural atatcking game and play defensively.