Live: India versus Pakistan in Mohali
Pakistan innings: Overs 21-30:
This ten over phase swung the game in India's favor. In an earlier
update, we had talked of how India's best chance was once the ball had
become slower, forcing the batsmen to make the pace. And that phase
arrived, with Yuvraj in particular present to exploit it -- and what
resulted was a classic case of choking the chase down and letting
pressure build till something cracked.
It was clever bowling and, from Raina and Kohli in front of the
wicket on the off, committed fielding with just one intent -- keep
Younis from playing his natural game of taking singles at will and
rolling the strike over. With the senior Pakistan batsman becalmed, the
pressure mounted on Asad Shafiq to do all the work -- and the youngster
fell to a classic Yuvraj set up. The deliveries were outside off and
turning away; the options for the batsmen were to cut, or let go. And
once the batsman was primed, by the drying up of runs, to try and force
the pace, Yuvraj slipped in the one that was quicker both in the air and
off the deck, going through straight -- a delivery that he uses to get
LBWs of batsmen playing for turn. This time, Shafiq stepped back to cut,
playing for turn, and missed the line to be bowled.HERE
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