ICC Champions Trophy: Pakistan lose 3 wickets in quick succession, India back in charge

Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat first against arch-rivals India in a blockbuster ICC Champions Trophy Group A clash at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium on Sunday.Live coveragePakistan started the innings cautiously before Babar Azam took the charge. Just when he looked good, having scored five boundaries in his 23-run innings, Babar chased one outside the off from Hardik Pandya and got caught in the eighth over. His partner Imam-ul-Haq took a suicidal run and got run out, thanks to a direct hit from Axar Patel, in the very next over.Mohammad Rizwan and Saud Shakeel slowed down the scoring rate. They took their time and built a 103-run stand for the third wicket before losing the plot. The next three wickets fell in quick succession, with Rizwan (46), Saud (62), and Tayyab Tahir (4) falling within the span of 17 balls. Pakistan slipped from 153/2 to 159/4.Pakistan inningsOver 41: PAK – 188/5Kuldeep continues.There is an LBW appeal as Khushdil Shah misses a reverse sweep. India take review, but the umpire’s call saves Khushdil.5 runs from this over.Over 40: PAK – 183/56 runs from the 40th over.Over 39: PAK – 177/57 runs from Jadeja’s 7th over.Over 37: PAK – 167/5Just two singles from this over.Over 36: PAK – 165/5WICKET: Jadeja clean bowls Tayyab Tahir for 4.Pakistan lose three wickets in quick succession.Over 35: PAK – 160/4WICKET: Saud Shakeel holes this one to deep midwicket. He departs for 62 runs from 76 balls. Pakistan are four down with both set batters out.FOUR: Saud Shakeel pulls Hardik Pandya for a boundary.Over 34: PAK – 154/3Saud Shakeel gets a life as Kuldeep Yadav drops him at mid-on.WICKET: Axar Patel clean bowls Rizwan. He departs for 46 off 77 balls.Over 33: PAK – 151/2Rizwan skies this one, but Harshit Rana drops this one.100-run partnership between Rizwan and Saud Shakeel in 142 balls.Hardik Pandya is back in the attack.He starts off with a wide.No six from Pakistan in 32 overs.Over 31: PAK – 142/2Axar Patel continues.Three singles and a double from this over.Over 31: PAK – 137/2Saud brings up his 50 in 63 balls.Saud Shakeel paddle-sweeps Jadeja for a FOUR.8 runs from this over.Over 30: PAK – 129/2Just three runs from this over of Jadeja.Over 27: PAK – 116/29 runs from this over, including a boundary for Rizwan.Over 26: PAK – 107/2Saud Shakeel hits two boundaries to Kuldeep Yadav.Over 25: PAK – 99/2Rizwan sweeps Jadeja hard for a four. First boundary since the 10th over.6 runs from it.Over 24: PAK – 94/2Four more singles.Over 22: PAK – 86/2Four singles from the 22nd over.Over 21: PAK – 82/2Three runs from Harshit Rana’s over.Over 20: PAK – 79/2Just two runs from Kuldeep’s second over.Run rate goes down below 4 an over.Pakistan scored only 14 runs.Over 19: PAK – 75/2Harshit Rana is back in the attack.Over 18: PAK – 74/2Another tidy over by Axar Patel.Just two singles from it.Over 17: PAK – 72/2Just two runs from it.Over 16: PAK – 70/2Axar Patel is back in the attack.Saud Shakeel paddled sweep his first ball for a boundary.7 runs from this over.Over 15: PAK – 63/2Both Rizwan and Saud are playing too many dot balls.Pakistan have scored only 11 in the last five overs.Just two singles from it.Over 14: PAK – 61/2Shami streams in, and bowls another tidy over.Just two singles from this one.Over 13: PAK – 59/2Hardik continues.Just one run from it.Over 12: PAK – 58/2Mohammed Shami is back.Three singles from it.Over 11: PAK – 55/2Two singles from this over, and a leg-bye.Over 10: PAK – 52/2Another wicket. Imam-ul-Haq run-out for 10.Mohammad Rizwan comes in.Rizwan sweeps Kuldeep through the big gap at midwicket for a first-ball four.Over 9: PAK – 45/1Saud Shakeel is the new batter in.Big Wicket for India. Babar Azam departs for 23 off 25 balls.Babar edge and taken by KL Rahul behind the wicket!Babar laces this half volley from Pandya through the covers.That’s his fifth boundary.Over 8: PAK – 37/0Second bowling change. Axar Patel replaces Harshit Rana.Babar looks solid.Over 7: PAK – 31/0First bowling change by skipper Rohit Sharma.Hardik Pandya replaces Shami who left the field after feeling discomfort. Overpitched, and Babar Azam creams it through the covers for his third boundary.Over 6: PAK – 26/0Another tight over.Harshit Rana gives away just one run, and that too came off a wide.Over 5: PAK – 25/0Tidy over by Mohammad ShamiJust three runs from it.Over 4: PAK – 22/0Babar Azam struck the first two boundaries of the innings.Babar showcased his class, ready to dominate.He expertly split the field on both occasions.Over 2: PAK - 10/0Indian seamer Harshit Rana bowled the second over.He conceded four runs in the over.Babar Azam scored two runs off his bat to start Pakistan’s innings, while Imam took a single.A wide delivery added an extra run to the total.Over 1: PAK - 6/0Imam takes a single.Mohammad Shami started loosely, bowling five wides in the first over.Imam-ul-Haq, who replaced the injured Fakhar Zaman, came out to open the innings with Babar Azam.TossSpeaking at the toss, Pakistan skipper Mohammad Rizwan said that the wicket looked favourable for batting, which is why he decided to bat first.“Just one forced change. Imam-ul-Haq replaces injured Fakhar Zaman,” he confirmed.Pakistan can beat India by playing fearless cricket: Iqbal QasimIndian skipper Rohit Sharma said the surface looked on the slower side.“We are going in with the same team that did the duty against Bangladesh.”Team NewsPakistan XI: Imam-ul-Haq, Babar Azam, Saud Shakeel, Mohammad Rizwan (c & wk), Salman Agha, Tayyab Tahir, Khushdil Shah, Shaheen Afridi, Naseem Shah, Haris Rauf, Abrar Ahmed.Buoyant India, beleaguered Pakistan clash in Champions Trophy blockbusterIndia XI: Rohit Sharma (c), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (wk), Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Shami, Harshit Rana.

Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat first against arch-rivals India in a blockbuster ICC Champions Trophy Group A clash at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium on Sunday.Live coveragePakistan started the innings cautiously before Babar Azam took the charge. Just when he looked good, having scored five boundaries in his 23-run innings, Babar chased one outside the off from Hardik Pandya and got caught in the eighth over.

His partner Imam-ul-Haq took a suicidal run and got run out, thanks to a direct hit from Axar Patel, in the very next over.Mohammad Rizwan and Saud Shakeel slowed down the scoring rate. They took their time and built a 103-run stand for the third wicket before losing the plot.

The next three wickets fell in quick succession, with Rizwan (46), Saud (62), and Tayyab Tahir (4) falling within the span of 17 balls. Pakistan slipped from 153/2 to 159/4.Pakistan inningsOver 41: PAK – 188/5Kuldeep continues.

There is an LBW appeal as Khushdil Shah misses a reverse sweep. India take review, but the umpire’s call saves Khushdil.5 runs from this over.

Over 40: PAK – 183/56 runs from the 40th over.Over 39: PAK – 177/57 runs from Jadeja’s 7th over.Over 37: PAK – 167/5Just two singles from this over.

Over 36: PAK – 165/5WICKET: Jadeja clean bowls Tayyab Tahir for 4.Pakistan lose three wickets in quick succession.Over 35: PAK – 160/4WICKET: Saud Shakeel holes this one to deep midwicket.

He departs for 62 runs from 76 balls. Pakistan are four down with both set batters out.FOUR: Saud Shakeel pulls Hardik Pandya for a boundary.

Over 34: PAK – 154/3Saud Shakeel gets a life as Kuldeep Yadav drops him at mid-on.WICKET: Axar Patel clean bowls Rizwan. He departs for 46 off 77 balls.

Over 33: PAK – 151/2Rizwan skies this one, but Harshit Rana drops this one.100-run partnership between Rizwan and Saud Shakeel in 142 balls.Hardik Pandya is back in the attack.

He starts off with a wide.No six from Pakistan in 32 overs.Over 31: PAK – 142/2Axar Patel continues.

Three singles and a double from this over.Over 31: PAK – 137/2Saud brings up his 50 in 63 balls.Saud Shakeel paddle-sweeps Jadeja for a FOUR.

8 runs from this over.Over 30: PAK – 129/2Just three runs from this over of Jadeja.Over 27: PAK – 116/29 runs from this over, including a boundary for Rizwan.

Over 26: PAK – 107/2Saud Shakeel hits two boundaries to Kuldeep Yadav.Over 25: PAK – 99/2Rizwan sweeps Jadeja hard for a four. First boundary since the 10th over.

6 runs from it.Over 24: PAK – 94/2Four more singles.Over 22: PAK – 86/2Four singles from the 22nd over.

Over 21: PAK – 82/2Three runs from Harshit Rana’s over.Over 20: PAK – 79/2Just two runs from Kuldeep’s second over.Run rate goes down below 4 an over.

Pakistan scored only 14 runs.Over 19: PAK – 75/2Harshit Rana is back in the attack.Over 18: PAK – 74/2Another tidy over by Axar Patel.

Just two singles from it.Over 17: PAK – 72/2Just two runs from it.Over 16: PAK – 70/2Axar Patel is back in the attack.

Saud Shakeel paddled sweep his first ball for a boundary.7 runs from this over.Over 15: PAK – 63/2Both Rizwan and Saud are playing too many dot balls.

Pakistan have scored only 11 in the last five overs.Just two singles from it.Over 14: PAK – 61/2Shami streams in, and bowls another tidy over.

Just two singles from this one.Over 13: PAK – 59/2Hardik continues.Just one run from it.

Over 12: PAK – 58/2Mohammed Shami is back.Three singles from it.Over 11: PAK – 55/2Two singles from this over, and a leg-bye.

Over 10: PAK – 52/2Another wicket. Imam-ul-Haq run-out for 10.Mohammad Rizwan comes in.

Rizwan sweeps Kuldeep through the big gap at midwicket for a first-ball four.Over 9: PAK – 45/1Saud Shakeel is the new batter in.Big Wicket for India.

Babar Azam departs for 23 off 25 balls.Babar edge and taken by KL Rahul behind the wicket!Babar laces this half volley from Pandya through the covers.That’s his fifth boundary.

Over 8: PAK – 37/0Second bowling change. Axar Patel replaces Harshit Rana.Babar looks solid.

Over 7: PAK – 31/0First bowling change by skipper Rohit Sharma.Hardik Pandya replaces Shami who left the field after feeling discomfort. Overpitched, and Babar Azam creams it through the covers for his third boundary.

Over 6: PAK – 26/0Another tight over.Harshit Rana gives away just one run, and that too came off a wide.Over 5: PAK – 25/0Tidy over by Mohammad ShamiJust three runs from it.

Over 4: PAK – 22/0Babar Azam struck the first two boundaries of the innings.Babar showcased his class, ready to dominate.He expertly split the field on both occasions.

Over 2: PAK - 10/0Indian seamer Harshit Rana bowled the second over.He conceded four runs in the over.Babar Azam scored two runs off his bat to start Pakistan’s innings, while Imam took a single.

A wide delivery added an extra run to the total.Over 1: PAK - 6/0Imam takes a single.Mohammad Shami started loosely, bowling five wides in the first over.

Imam-ul-Haq, who replaced the injured Fakhar Zaman, came out to open the innings with Babar Azam.TossSpeaking at the toss, Pakistan skipper Mohammad Rizwan said that the wicket looked favourable for batting, which is why he decided to bat first.“Just one forced change.

Imam-ul-Haq replaces injured Fakhar Zaman,” he confirmed.Pakistan can beat India by playing fearless cricket: Iqbal QasimIndian skipper Rohit Sharma said the surface looked on the slower side.“We are going in with the same team that did the duty against Bangladesh.

”Team NewsPakistan XI: Imam-ul-Haq, Babar Azam, Saud Shakeel, Mohammad Rizwan (c & wk), Salman Agha, Tayyab Tahir, Khushdil Shah, Shaheen Afridi, Naseem Shah, Haris Rauf, Abrar Ahmed.Buoyant India, beleaguered Pakistan clash in Champions Trophy blockbusterIndia XI: Rohit Sharma (c), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (wk), Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Shami, Harshit Rana..