The Indians’ WInning streak Ko(hli)ntinues

While India’s playing eleven remained unchanged, the West Indies made five changes to the eleven that (Nicho)last played the Indians – the Powells (Kieran and Rovman), Marlon Samuels, Keemo Paul and Devendra Bishoo made way for Chris Gayle, Sunil Ambris, Pooran, Carlos Brathwaite and Sheldon Cottrell.

On winning the toss, Virat Kohli, India’s skipper, chose to bat. Rohit Sharma, whose 23-ball innings included a boundary and a six, scored 18. Six overs into the match, he was caught by Shai Hope. Kemar Roach broke the 29-run stand.

Lokesh Rahul, whose 64-ball innings included half-a-dozen boundaries, scored 48. Eighty-eight balls later, Jason Holder, the West Indies’ skipper, broke the 69-run stand. Vijay Shankar, whose 19-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 14. Thirty-three balls later, he was caught by Hope. Roach broke the 28-run stand.

Kedar Jadhav, whose 10-ball innings included a boundary, wasn’t in seventh heaven. Sixteen balls later, he was caught by Hope. Roach broke the 14-run stand. Kohli, the player of the match, scored 72. His 82-ball innings included eight boundaries. Fifty-seven balls later, he was caught by the substitute, Darren. Holder Br(av)oke the 40-run stand.

Mahendra Singh Dhoni, whose 61-ball innings included three boundaries and a couple of sixes, scored 56. He was unbeaten. Hardik Pandya, whose 38-ball innings included five boundaries, scored 46. Ten overs later, he was caught by Fabian Allen. Cottrell broke the 70-run stand.

Mohammed Shami, who faced a couple of balls, didn’t get off the mark. Three balls later, he was caught by Hope. Cottrell broke the two-run stand. Although Kuldeep Yadav, who faced a ball, didn’t get off the mark, he was unbeaten. The West Indies conceded seven extras. India scored 268 for the loss of seven wickets off 50 overs.

Brathwaite, who bowled three overs, conceded 33. He was wicketless, as were Oshane Thomas, who bowled seven overs, conceding 63, and Allen, who bowled 10 overs, conceding 52.

Cottrell and Holder bowled 10 overs each, picking up a couple of wickets apiece. While the former conceded 50, the latter, whose spell included a couple of maidens, conceded 33. Roach, who bowled 10 overs, conceded 36. He picked up three scalps.

Gayle, whose 19-ball innings included a boundary, scored half-a-dozen. Twenty-nine balls into the chase, he was caught by Jadhav. Shami broke the 10-run stand. Hope, whose 10-ball innings included a boundary, scored five. A couple of overs later, Shami broke the second-wicket stand, which was worth half-a-dozen.

Ambris, whose 40-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 31. Sixty-seven balls later, he was trapped leg before wicket by Pandya, who broke the 55-run stand. Pooran, whose 50-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 28. Sixteen balls later, he was caught by Shami. Yadav broke the nine-run stand.

Holder, who faced 13 balls, scored half-a-dozen. Twenty-one balls later, he was caught by Jadhav. Yuzvendra Singh Chahal broke the 18-run stand. Brathwaite, who faced five balls, scored just a run. Sixteen balls later, he was caught by Dhoni. Jasprit Bumrah broke the nine-run stand.

The next ball, Allen, who faced it, departed without opening his account. He was trapped leg before wicket by Bumrah. Roach, whose 21-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 14. He was unbeaten.

Shimron Hetmyer, whose 29-ball innings included a boundary, scored 18. Thirteen balls later, he was caught by Rahul. Shami broke the five-run stand. Cottrell, whose eight-ball innings included a boundary and the only six of the islanders’ innings, scored 10. Eight balls later, he was trapped leg before wicket by Chahal, who broke the 12-run stand.

Thomas, whose 11-ball innings included a boundary, scored half-a-dozen. Twenty-seven balls later, he was caught by Sharma. Shami broke the last-wicket stand, which was worth 19. The Indians conceded 18 extras. The West Indies, who were bundled out for 143 off 34.2 overs, lost by 125 runs.

Jadhav, who bowled a wicketless over, conceded just four. Pandya, who bowled five overs, conceded 28. He picked up a wicket, as did Yadav, who bowled nine overs, including a maiden. He conceded 35.

Bumrah bowled half-a-dozen overs, including a maiden. He conceded nine, picking up a couple of wickets. Chahal, who bowled seven overs, conceded 39. He picked up a couple of wickets. Shami, who bowled 6.2 overs, conceded 16. He picked up four scalps.

India pull off (Afghanist)anarrow Vi(ra)(c)tory

India made just one change to the playing eleven – Mohammed Shami replaced the injured Bhuvneshwar Kumar.

Afghanistan (Moham)made a couple of changes to the eleven that last played the Indians – Shahzad and Javed Ahmadi made way for Hazratullah Zazai and Ikram Alikhil.

On winning the toss, Virat Kohli, India’s skipper, chose to bat. Rohit, who faced 10 balls, scored just a run. Twenty-six balls into the (Shar)match, he was dismissed by Mujeeb Ur Rahman. Needless to say, he was in seventh heaven.

Lokesh Rahul, whose 53-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 30. Ten overs later, he was caught by Zazai. Mohammad Nabi broke the 57-run stand. Vijay Shankar, whose 41-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 29. Seventy-one balls later, he was trapped leg before wicket by Rahmat Shah, who broke the 58-run stand.

Kohli, whose 63-ball innings included five boundaries, scored 67. Twenty-six balls later, he was caught by Shah. Nabi broke the 13-run stand. Mahendra Singh Dhoni, whose 52-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 28. Fourteen balls later, he was stumped by Alikhil. Rashid Khan broke the 57-run stand.

Hardik Pandya, who faced nine balls, wasn’t in seventh heaven. Twenty-five balls later, he was caught by Alikhil. Aftab Alam broke the run-a-ball stand. Shami, who faced a couple of balls, scored a run. Five balls later, Gulbadin Naib, the Afghan skipper, broke the run-a-ball stand.

Kedar Jadhav, whose 68-ball innings included three boundaries and the only six of the innings, scored 52. A couple of balls later, he was caught by the substitute, Noor Ali Zadran. Naib broke the one-run stand. Kuldeep Yadav and Jasprit Bumrah, the player of the match, faced a ball each, scoring a run apiece. They were unbeaten.

Afghanistan conceded seven extras. India scored 224 for the loss of eight wickets off 50 overs. Shah, who bowled five overs, conceded 22. He picked up a wicket, as did Alam, who bowled seven overs, including a maiden. He conceded 54.

Mujeeb and Khan bowled 10 overs each, picking up a wicket apiece. While the former conceded 38, the latter conceded 26. Naib and Nabi bowled nine overs each, picking up a couple of scalps apiece. While the former conceded 51, the latter conceded 33.

Zazai, whose 24-ball innings included a boundary, scored 10. Thirty-nine balls into the chase, Shami broke the 20-run stand. Naib, whose 42-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 27. Sixty-two balls later, he was caught by Shankar. Pandya broke the 44-run stand.

Shah, whose 63-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 36. Seventy-one balls later, he was caught by Yuzvendra Chahal. Bumrah broke the 42-run stand. Hashmatullah Shahidi, whose 45-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 21. A couple of dot balls later, he was caught by Bumrah off his own bowling.

Asghar Afghan, who faced 19 balls, scored eight. Six overs later, Chahal broke the 24-run stand. Najibullah Zadran, whose 23-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 21. Thirty-nine balls later, he was caught by Chahal. Pandya broke the 36-run stand.

Khan, whose 16-ball innings included a boundary, scored 14. Twenty-five balls later, he was stumped by Dhoni. Chahal broke the 24-run stand. Although Alikhil, who faced 10 balls, was unbeaten, he wasn’t in seventh heaven.

Nabi, whose 55-ball innings included four boundaries and the only six of the innings, scored 52. Twenty-three balls, he was caught by Pandya. Shami broke the run-a-ball stand. The next ball, Shami dismissed Alam, who faced it. The next ball, Mujeeb, who faced it, was dismissed by Shami.

India conceded 17 extras. Afghanistan, who were dismissed for 213 off 49.5 overs, lost by 11 runs. Yadav, who bowled 10 wicketless overs, conceded 39. Chahal, who bowled 10 overs, conceded 36. He picked up a couple of wickets.

Pandya and Bumrah bowled 10 overs, including a maiden, each. While the former conceded 51, the latter conceded 39. They picked up two wickets apiece. Shami bowled 9.5 overs, including a maiden. He conceded 40, picking up four scalps. He became the second Indian to pick up a hat-trick at the World Cup.

It was India’s 50^th win in the premier One-day International tournament.

 

The Indians notch uP(akist)another Vi(ra)(c)tory

India made just one change to their playing eleven – Vijay Shankar replaced the injured Shikhar Dhawan. Pakistan (Moham)made three changes to the eleven that last played the Indians – Asif Ali, Nawaz and Shaheen Shah Afridi made way for Mohammad Hafeez, Imad Wasim and Wahab Riaz.

Sarfaraz Ahmed, Pakistan’s skipper, won the toss, inserting the Indians. Lokesh Rahul, whose 78-ball innings included three boundaries and a couple of sixes, scored 57. A hundred and forty-three balls into the match, he was caught by Babar Azam. Riaz broke the 136-run stand.

Rohit, the player of the (Shar)match, scored 140. His 113-ball innings included 14 boundaries and three sixes. Eighty-seven balls later, he was caught by Riaz. Hasan Ali broke the 98-run stand. Hardik Pandya, whose 19-ball innings included a couple of boundaries and a six, scored 26. Thirty-three balls later, he was caught by Azam. Mohammad Amir broke the 51-run stand.

Mahendra Singh Dhoni, who faced a couple of balls, scored just a run. Eight balls later, he was caught by Ahmed. Amir broke the 13-run stand. Virat Kohli, India’s skipper, scored 77. His 65-ball innings included seven boundaries. Fifteen balls later, he was caught by Ahmed. Amir broke the 16-run stand.

Shankar, whose run-a-ball innings included a boundary, scored 15. He was unbeaten, as was Kedar Jadhav, who scored nine. His eight-ball innings included a boundary. Pakistan conceded 11 extras. India scored 336 for the loss of five wickets off 50 overs. Shoaib Malik and Hafeez bowled a wicketless over each, conceding 11 apiece.

Shadab Khan, who bowled nine wicketless overs, conceded 61. Wasim, who bowled 10 wicketless overs, conceded 49. Hasan Ali, who bowled nine overs, conceded 84. He picked up a wicket, as did Riaz, who bowled 10 overs, conceding 71. Amir bowled 10 overs, including a maiden. He conceded 47, picking up three scalps.

Rain resulted in the revision of Pakistan’s target to 302 off 40 overs. Imam-ul-Haq, whose 18-ball innings included a boundary, scored seven. Twenty-nine balls into the chase, he was trapped leg before wicket by Shankar, who broke the 13-run stand.

Azam, whose 57-ball innings included three boundaries and a six, scored 48. A hundred and fifteen balls later, he was trapped leg before wicket by Kuldeep Yadav, who broke the 104-run stand.

Fakhar Zaman, whose 75-ball innings included seven boundaries and a six, scored 62. Eight balls later, he was caught by Yuzvendra Chahal. Yadav broke the nine-ball stand. Hafeez, whose seven-ball innings included a six, scored nine. Nine balls later, he was caught by Shankar. Pandya broke the three-run stand.

Malik, who faced a ball, failed to get off the mark. The next ball, he was dismissed by Pandya. Ahmed, who faced 30 balls, scored a dozen. Forty-three balls later, Shankar broke the 36-run stand. Wasim, whose 39-ball innings included half-a-dozen boundaries, scored 46. He was unbeaten, as was Khan, who scored 20. His 14-ball innings included a boundary.

The Indians conceded eight extras. Pakistan, who scored 212 for the loss of six wickets off 40 overs, lost by 89 runs. Bhuvneshwar Kumar bowled 16 wicketless balls, conceding eight before getting injured. Chahal, who bowled seven overs, conceded 53. He was wicketless, as was Jasprit Bumrah, who bowled eight overs, conceding 52.

Shankar, who bowled 32 balls, conceded 22. He picked up a couple of scalps, as did Pandya (who bowled eight overs, conceding 44) and Yadav (who bowled nine overs, including a maiden, and conceded 32). 

Having never lost a World Cup match to the Pakistanis, the Men in Blue were undoubtedly in seventh heaven.  

RaIn(di)abandoNZ match Vi(ra)thout the toss

The match between India and New Zealand, the current table-toppers, was abandoned (Ki)without a ball bowled. There was no toss, and the teams, who are unbeaten so far, took a point apiece.

India are Vi(ra)(c)torious over Australia

While India fielded an unchanged playing eleven, Australia made four changes to the team that last played the Indians – Peter Handscomb, Ashton Turner, Jhye Richardson and Nathan Lyon made way for David Warner, Steven Smith, Nathan Coulter-Nile and Mitchell Starc.

Virat Kohli, India’s skipper, chose to bat on winning the toss. Rohit, whose 70-ball innings included three boundaries and a six, scored 57. A hundred and thirty-five balls into the (Shar)match, he was caught by Alex Carey. Coulter-Nile broke the 127-run stand.

Shikhar Dhawan, the player of the match, scored 117. His 109-ball innings included 16 boundaries. Eighty-seven balls later, he was caught by Lyon, the substitute. Starc broke the 93-run stand.

Hardik Pandya, whose 27-ball innings included four boundaries and three sixes, scored 48. Fifty-three balls later, he was caught by Aaron Finch, the Australian skipper. Pat Cummins broke the 91-run stand.

Mahendra Singh Dhoni, whose 14-ball innings included three boundaries and a six, scored 27. Twenty balls later, he was caught by Marcus Stoinis, who broke the 37-ball innings. Kohli, whose 77-ball innings included four boundaries and a couple of sixes, scored 82. Four balls later, he was caught by Cummins. Stoinis broke the 10-run stand.

Lokesh Rahul, whose three-ball innings included a boundary and a six, scored 11. He was unbeaten, as was Kedar Jadhav, who didn’t face a ball. Australia conceded 10 extras. India scored 352 for the loss of five wickets off 50 overs. 

Adam Zampa, who bowled half-a-dozen overs, conceded 50. He was wicketless, as was Glenn Maxwell, who bowled seven overs, conceding 45. Starc, Coulter-Nile (whose spell included a maiden) and Cummins bowled 10 overs, picking up a wicket each. They conceded 74, 63 and 55, respectively. Stoinis, who bowled seven overs, conceded 62. He picked up a couple of scalps.

The Aussie openers put on 61. Finch, whose 35-ball innings included three boundaries and a six, scored 35. Seventy-nine balls into the chase, Jadhav and Pandya ran him out. Warner, whose 84-ball innings included five boundaries, scored 56. Sixty-nine balls later, he was caught by Bhuvneshwar Kumar. Yuzvendra Singh Chahal broke the 72-run stand.

Usman Khawaja, whose 39-ball innings included four boundaries and a six, scored 42. A dozen overs later, Jasprit Bumrah broke the 69-run stand. Smith, whose 70-ball innings included five boundaries and a six, scored 69. Three overs later, he was trapped leg before wicket by Kumar, who broke the 36-run stand.

Stoinis, who faced a couple of balls, failed to get off the mark. A couple of dot balls later, he was dismissed by Kumar. Maxwell, whose 14-ball innings included five boundaries, scored 28. Four balls later, he was caught by Ravindra Jadeja, the substitute. The leggie broke the sixth-wicket stand, which was worth (Cha)half-a-dozen.

Carey, whose 35-ball innings included five boundaries and a six, scored 55. He was unbeaten. Coulter-Nile, who faced nine balls, scored four. Twenty-five balls later, he was caught by Kohli. Bumrah broke the 39-run stand. 

Cummins, whose seven-ball innings included a boundary, scored eight. Thirteen balls later, he was caught by Dhoni. Bumrah broke the 17-run stand. The ninth-wicket pair put on 13. Starc faced three balls, scoring as many. Seven balls later, Vijay Shankar, the substitute, and Kumar ran him out.

Zampa, who faced three balls, scored just a run. He was caught by Jadeja. Five balls later, Kumar broke the three-run stand. India conceded 14 extras. Australia, who were dismissed for 316 off 50 overs, lost by 36 runs. Jadhav, who bowled a wicketless over, conceded 14.

Kuldeep Yadav, who bowled nine wicketless overs, conceded 55. Pandya, who bowled 10 wicketless overs, conceded 68. Chahal, who bowled 10 overs, conceded 62. He picked up a couple of wickets. Bumrah (whose spell included a maiden) and Kumar bowled 10 overs each, picking up three scalps each. While the former conceded 61, the latter conceded 50.  





  

  

  

  

India StArt campaign with (Vir)atriumph

India made four changes to the eleven that played its last One-day International – Rishabh Pant, Vijay Shankar, Ravindra Jadeja and Mohammed Shami made way for Lokesh Rahul, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Hardik Pandya and Yuzvendra Singh Chahal.

South Africa made seven changes to the team that last played the Indians – Aiden Markram, AB de Villiers, Khaya Zondo, Heinrich Klaasen, Farhaan Behardien, Morne Morkel and Lungi Ngidi made way for Hashim Amla, Quinton de Kock, Faf du Plessis (who was leading the team), Rassie van der Dussen, David Miller, Jean-Paul Duminy and Kagiso Rabada.

On winning the toss, du Plessis, chose to bat. Amla, whose nine-ball innings included a boundary, scored half-a-dozen. Twenty balls into the (Shar)match, he was caught by Rohit, the player of the match. Jasprit Bumrah broke the 11-run stand.

De Kock, whose 17-ball innings included a boundary, scored 10. Fifteen balls later, he was caught by Virat Kohli, India’s skipper. Bumrah broke the 13-run stand. Van der Dussen, whose 37-ball innings included a boundary, scored 22. Eighty balls later, Chahal broke the 54-run stand.

Du Plessis, whose 54-ball innings included four boundaries, scored 38. Five balls later, Chahal broke the fourth-wicket stand, which was worth just a couple. Duminy, who faced 11 balls, scored just three. Three overs later, he was trapped leg before wicket by Kuldeep Yadav, who broke the nine-run stand.

Miller, whose 40-ball innings included a boundary, scored 31. Seventy-five balls later, he was caught by Chahal, who broke the 46-run stand. Andile Phehlukwayo, whose 61-ball innings included a couple of boundaries and a six, scored 34. Four overs later, he was stumped by Dhoni. Chahal broke the 23-run stand.

Chris Morris, whose 34-ball innings included a boundary and a couple of sixes, scored 42. Fifty-nine balls later, he was caught by Kohli. Bhuvneshwar Kumar broke the 66-run stand. Rabada, whose 35-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 31. He was unbeaten.

Imran Tahir, who faced a couple of balls, didn’t open his account. Four balls later, he was caught by Kedar Jadhav. Kumar broke the three-run stand. India conceded 10 extras. South Africa scored 227 for the loss of nine wickets off 50 overs.

Jadhav bowled four overs, conceding 16. He was wicketless, as was Pandya, who bowled half-a-dozen overs, conceding 31. Yadav bowled 10 overs, conceding 46. He picked up a wicket.

Kumar and Bumrah bowled 10 overs each, picking up a couple of wickets apiece. While the former conceded 44, the latter, whose spell included a maiden, conceded 35. The leggie bowled 10 overs, conceding 51. He picked up four sC(hah)alps.

Shikhar Dhawan, whose 12-ball innings included a boundary, scored eight. Thirty-one balls into the chase, he was caught by de Kock. Rabada broke the 13-run stand. Sharma, whose 144-ball innings included 13 boundaries and a couple of sixes, scored 122. He was unbeaten.

Kohli, whose 34-ball innings included a boundary, scored 18. Sixty-two balls later, he was caught by de Kock. Phehlukwayo broke the 41-run stand. Rahul, whose 42-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 26. Sixteen overs later, he was caught by du Plessis. Rabada broke the 85-run stand.

Dhoni, whose 46-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 34. Eighty-eight balls later, he was caught by Morris, who broke the 74-run stand. Pandya, whose seven-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 15. He was unbeaten.

South Africa conceded seven extras. India, who scored 230 for the loss of four wickets off 47.3 overs, won by six wickets with 15 balls to spare. Tabraiz Shamsi bowled nine overs, conceding 54. He was wicketless, as was Tahir, who bowled 10 overs, conceding 58.

Phehlukwayo bowled 8.3 overs, conceding 40. He picked up a wicket, as did Morris, who bowled 10 overs, including three maidens. He conceded 36. Rabada bowled 10 overs, including a maiden. He conceded 39, picking up two scalps.