An expensive over by Pawan Negi. The move of deploying a finger spinner didn’t pay off as Pakistan Champs smash three boundaries to go past the 50-run mark. Kamran Akmal goes after Negi and Pakistan Champs has a blast.
PAK Champs: 55/2 in 6 overs
Wicket no. 2 for India Champions. Vinay Kumar bounces back after getting hit for a couple of big shots. Kumar bowls it straight into the pads, Maqsood opens his stance and holes out to Shukla at deep mid-wicket.
PAK Champs: 43/2 in 5 overs
Vinay Kumar to Maqsood: 6, 4
Shoaib Maqsood belts Vinay Kumar with back-to-back big shots. A cracking six over covers and then follows it up with a boundary over mid-wicket.
PAK Champs: 42/2 in 4.3 overs
Anureet Singh to Shoaib Maqsood: SIX!
First maximum for Pakistan Champions in the finale. Short ball from Singh, Maqsood picks up the length perfectly and deposits it into the stands, slapping it over covers.
PAK Champs: 31/1 in 4 overs
Rahul Shukla has been right on the money with the ball. After a tidy first over, he returns into the attack and concedes just 5 in his second. Superb bowling for the India Champions pacer
PAK Champs: 19/1 in 3 overs
Anureet Singh strikes and Pakistan Champions lose Sharjeel Khan early. Length ball, onto the pads and Sharjeel flicks it straight to the hands of Rahul Shukla at deep square leg.
PAK Champs: 14/1 in 2 overs
Anureet Singh to Sharjeel: 4!
Overpicthed delivery, width on offer and Sharjeel tonks it over the bowler’s head for a boundary down the ground. Four more to Pakistan Champions.
PAK Champs: 14/0 in 1.5 overs
Anureet Singh to Sharjeel: 4!
First boundary for Pakistan Champions. Singh bowls a good length delivery, Sharjeel looks for the drive but gets a thick outside edge that goes pas the third man for a boundary through backward point.
PAK Champs: 10/0 in 1.2 overs
Rahul Shukla, the former Rajasthan Royals pacer, provides a decent start to the India champions. Just six runs off the first over.
PAK Champs: 6/0 in 1 overs
Fasten your seatbelts because the epic battle begins in the United Kingdom.
Kamran Akmal and Sharjeel Khan out walk. Akmal on strike. Rahul Shukla opens the Indian attack.
Players from both teams and the match officials walk out for the national anthems. It will be the national anthem of India followed by the national anthem of Pakistan.
“The deck is dry with no grass and there are a lot of cracks too which will help the spinners. Adds that the seamers could hit the cracks in the middle and aim the stumps which will keep the balls low. Mentions that the boundary dimensions are 60 meters all over with a strong breeze going across the ground,” reckons Niall O’Brien on Fancode.
Kamran Akmal(w), Sharjeel Khan, Sohaib Maqsood, Shoaib Malik, Younis Khan(c), Shahid Afridi, Misbah-ul-Haq, Aamer Yamin, Sohail Tanvir, Wahab Riaz, Sohail Khan
Robin Uthappa(w), Ambati Rayudu, Suresh Raina, Yuvraj Singh(c), Yusuf Pathan, Irfan Pathan, Pawan Negi, Vinay Kumar, Harbhajan Singh, Rahul Shukla, Anureet Singh
Pakistan Champions have won the toss and have opted to bat
Kamran Akmal(w), Sharjeel Khan, Sohaib Maqsood, Shoaib Malik, Younis Khan(c), Shahid Afridi, Misbah-ul-Haq, Aamer Yamin, Sohail Tanvir, Wahab Riaz, Sohail Khan, Abdul Razzaq, Taufeeq Umar, Mohammad Hafeez, Yasir Arafat, Saeed Ajmal, Umar Akmal, Tanvir Ahmed
Robin Uthappa(w), Ambati Rayudu, Suresh Raina, Yuvraj Singh(c), Yusuf Pathan, Irfan Pathan, Gurkeerat Singh Mann, Pawan Negi, Vinay Kumar, Harbhajan Singh, Dhawal Kulkarni, Rahul Shukla, RP Singh, Naman Ojha, Saurabh Tiwary, Anureet Singh, Rahul Sharma
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