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World T20: India makes it a no-contest, begins in style
At a packed Sher-e-Bangla Stadium, after the spinners restrict Pakistan, batsmen ensure victory with nine balls to spare It was never fully obvious whether India or Pakistan had the greater support at the Sher-e-Bangla stadium on Friday. Both teams were cheered ardently, both sets of players hooted at and rooted for. Theirs is a curious rivalry in this land, bound deeply, as all three nations are, by history.
Either way, it made for a crackling, fizzing opening night’s atmosphere at the ICC World Twenty20. Having ably limited Pakistan to 130, due in no small part to its trio of frugal spinners, India crossed the line with consummate ease. Suresh Raina, back in from the cold, made an effective unbeaten 35 and Virat Kohli a typically intense 36 as India won by seven wickets, with nine balls to spare.
Slow start
India’s pursuit had not begun convincingly, Mohammad Hafeez and Junaid Khan ensuring that no more than seven could be mustered in the first three overs. Rohit Sharma then smashed his way out of the trough, depositing Junaid over point for six. At the other end, Shikhar Dhawan looked decidedly diffident, having limped to five off his first 13 balls. But Rohit’s brio appeared to have rubbed off on him; the left-hander put Saeed Ajmal, Pakistan’s most effective weapon, away for three fours in an over.
The partnership, without having looked fearsome at any stage, ticked past fifty. But Dhawan fell at that stage, caught hooking Umar Gul on the fine-leg boundary. When Rohit (24) and Yuvraj Singh (1) too returned not long after, bowled by Ajmal and Bilawal Bhatti respectively, India had some reason to be edgy.
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Jadeja, Ashwin keep India alive
Ravindra Jadeja very nearly pulled off a sensational victory with some lusty hits but could not take India home in the last over as the third one-dayer against New Zealand ended in a nail-biting tie to keep the visitors afloat in the five-match series here today.
Chasing New Zealand’s stiff target of 315 largely built around opener Martin Guptill’s 111, India came back from the dead to tie the game, riding on R Ashwin’s 65 and Jadeja’s 45-ball unbeaten 66 to save themselves the blushes of another overseas ODI series defeat.
In the thrilling dying moments of the game, India needed 18 off Corey Anderson’s last over for a victory but Jadeja and last man Varun Aaron could get 17 to tie the game on a good batting track at the Eden Park.
The visitors needed just two runs off the last ball but Jadeja could manage just a single. Though India could not win the match, they can still draw the five-match series by winning the remaining two matches in Hamilton (Jan 28) and Wellington (Jan 31).
The tie also ensured that India remained in the number one position in the ICC ODI rankings, having regained it yesterday following Australia’s defeat to England in the fourth one-dayer.
Put into bat for the third time in a row, New Zealand piled up 314 with Guptill scoring his fifth ODI century and useful contributions from Kane Williamson (65) and Luke Ronchi (38). The score could have been much bigger had there not been not a minor collapse towards the end of the innings which pegged the Kiwis back to some extent.
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