14/02Result
4th Match, Pool B (D/N), ICC Cricket World Cup at Adelaide, Feb 15 2015
India won by 76 runs
Player of the Match
Virat Kohli
Virat KohliIndia
14/02Result
4th Match, Pool B (D/N), ICC Cricket World Cup at Adelaide, Feb 15 2015
India won by 76 runs
Player of the Match
Virat Kohli
Virat KohliIndia

  • India Innings

    BATSMEN
    R
    B
    M
    4s
    6s
    SR
    RG Sharma
    15
    20
    35
    2
    0
    75
    7.3 Sharma has a brain freeze. He does that every now and then. Makes up his mind to play a particular shot even before the ball is bowled. Here he has decided this has to be pulled no matter what. The ball is not short enough, he is pulling off the front foot, and the ball gets big on him. The top edge lobs up for a simple catch for Misbah running in from mid-off. A typical Sharma dismissal 34/1
    S Dhawan
    73
    76
    136
    7
    1
    96.05
    29.5 quicker, Kohli is back even though the ball is full. Worked towards midwicket. Dhawan wants a single. Kohli sends him back. This is Kohli's. Dhawan dives but can't beat the throw. Just the fillip Pakistan needed. Turns out Kohli has sold him down the river. He has started out for the single, but realises late that it is not on. And Shehzad is quick and accurate with the throw 163/2
    V Kohli
    107
    126
    168
    8
    0
    84.92
    45.2 Kohli is gone. Gets a wide half-volley that he is not quite close to. He edges it and Pakistan finally hold on to an offering from Kohli. Kohli raises his bat to the crowd as he walks off. Big innings in a big match 273/3
    SK Raina
    74
    56
    78
    5
    3
    132.14
    47.3 Raina is gone. Finally to the short ball. But after having scored 74 off 56. This has hurried onto him, and has taken the top edge 284/4
    MS Dhoni (c) †
    18
    13
    22
    1
    1
    138.46
    49.1 and Dhoni has failed to finish again. This is reaching proportions of concern. Short ball. Beaten for pace. Late into the pull. Top-edges this for an easy catch for mid-off 296/6
    RA Jadeja
    3
    5
    7
    0
    0
    60
    48.6 slower ball this time at the base of the off stump, and Jadeja is beaten slogging. Beats me why Rahane hasn't come out to bat yet. India might fall 20 short of what they were looking good for. Good bowling by Pakistan over the last five overs 296/5
    AM Rahane
    0
    1
    3
    0
    0
    0
    49.2 Sohail is doing the sajda after bowling Rahane out. Slower ball, Rahane makes room to try to hit it over cover, and has the top of the leg stumps disturbed. Will we get another last-over hat-trick? 296/7
    R Ashwin
    not out
    1
    1
    4
    0
    0
    100
    Mohammed Shami
    not out
    3
    3
    2
    0
    0
    100
    Extras
    6 (lb 2, nb 1, w 3)
    TOTAL
    300/7 (50 Overs, RR: 6)
    Did not bat: UT Yadav, MM Sharma
    Fall of wickets: 1-34 (Rohit Sharma, 7.3 ov), 2-163 (Shikhar Dhawan, 29.5 ov), 3-273 (Virat Kohli, 45.2 ov), 4-284 (Suresh Raina, 47.3 ov), 5-296 (Ravindra Jadeja, 48.6 ov), 6-296 (MS Dhoni, 49.1 ov), 7-296 (Ajinkya Rahane, 49.2 ov)
    BowlingOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
    Mohammad Irfan1005805.8316121
    Sohail Khan1005555.5326110
    Shahid Afridi805006.25121100
    Wahab Riaz1004914.9233000
    Yasir Shah806007.5146100
    Haris Sohail402606.591100

  • Pakistan Innings

    BATSMEN
    R
    B
    M
    4s
    6s
    SR
    Ahmed Shehzad
    47
    73
    95
    5
    0
    64.38
    23.2 short and wide, and Shehzad has picked out Jadeja who has nearly dropped him. That is the lucky break India needed. This is a bad ball. It has been absolutely creamed but Shehzad has failed to keep it down. Jadeja lets it pop out, but he keeps his eye on it, and takes the rebound with the left hand 102/3
    Younis Khan
    6
    10
    13
    1
    0
    60
    3.2 oh sharp bouncer. That will be sweet to India who are usually the ones who struggle against bouncers. Khan has moved across even before the ball is delivered. Shami gets one in aimed at Khan's head. He is in position. He is ducking but can't duck. He is pulling but can't pull. The hands move in slow motion for the pull, and the ball hits the glove to lob up to Dhoni 11/1
    Haris Sohail
    36
    48
    60
    3
    0
    75
    17.6 and Ashwin has bowled a wicket-maiden. Big breakthrough. Through a regulation classical offbreak. There is some drift, it pitches middle and leg, short of his reach, and then Sohail panics as he sees it turn sharply. He stabs at the ball with his hands following the ball, worried if he has exposed the stumps. The sharp edge is taken sharply by Raina at slip. Ashwin has bowled superbly so far 79/2
    Misbah-ul-Haq (c)
    76
    84
    118
    9
    1
    90.47
    45.4 and Misbah misses the century again. A good bouncer. Over his left shoulder. Head high. All Misbah manages is a lob to mid-on 220/9
    Sohaib Maqsood
    0
    2
    1
    0
    0
    0
    23.4 Yadav has got another. A nervous, poor shot from Maqsood. There is a wide slip in place, and Maqsood goes chasing at a wide shortish ball. He has not smashed it. He has played a meek push with a bat that is neither horizontal nor vertical. Raina takes the easy catch at slip 102/4
    Umar Akmal †
    0
    4
    5
    0
    0
    0
    24.4 Dhoni has reviewed this. Sharp turn for Jadeja on a quick delivery. Akmal is forward, is beaten by the turn, Dhoni thinks he has edged it, and goes up immediately after breaking the wicket. He is dead sure there is an edge. The stumping was just to be sure. Not given by the umpire. The ball seams to have altered its path a smidgen as it passes the bat, but there is hardly a spike on the snicko. We don't know what long discussion between Kettleborough and the third umpire is, but he has reversed his decision in the end. Was there enough evidence to overturn the on-field call? Maybe not. Did I instinctively think there was an edge? Maybe yes 103/5
    Shahid Afridi
    22
    22
    39
    1
    1
    100
    34.1 Kohli takes a special catch. Afridi is making room, gets a thigh-high full toss, which he tries to smash, gets a thick top edge over the covers. Kohli runs back. Gets under it. Has almost overrun this. Slows himself down. Takes this over his shoulder and dives. He comes up and celebrates with his arms spread out. Almost like Afridi. Maybe exactly like Afridi. Maybe on purpose 149/6
    Wahab Riaz
    4
    2
    2
    1
    0
    200
    34.4 another one bites the dust. Short, wide, looks to cut, gets the edge 154/7
    Yasir Shah
    13
    23
    32
    1
    0
    56.52
    42.5 Shah goes. Drills this length ball straight down the throat of mid-on. Two strikes away from the inevitable 203/8
    Sohail Khan
    7
    10
    21
    1
    0
    70
    46.6 it's all over. India make it 6-0 in World Cups against Pakistan. Slower ball, Sohail mis-hits it, and is caught at long-on 224/10
    Mohammad Irfan
    not out
    1
    5
    6
    0
    0
    20
    Extras
    12 (lb 1, nb 1, w 10)
    TOTAL
    224 all out (47 Overs, RR: 4.76)
    Fall of wickets: 1-11 (Younis Khan, 3.2 ov), 2-79 (Haris Sohail, 17.6 ov), 3-102 (Ahmed Shehzad, 23.2 ov), 4-102 (Sohaib Maqsood, 23.4 ov), 5-103 (Umar Akmal, 24.4 ov), 6-149 (Shahid Afridi, 34.1 ov), 7-154 (Wahab Riaz, 34.4 ov), 8-203 (Yasir Shah, 42.5 ov), 9-220 (Misbah-ul-Haq, 45.4 ov), 10-224 (Sohail Khan, 46.6 ov)
    BowlingOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
    UT Yadav1005025377050
    Mohammed Shami913543.88384040
    MM Sharma903523.88332001
    SK Raina1060620000
    R Ashwin834115.12305110
    RA Jadeja1005615.6284100

Match Notes

Match Coverage

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  • Dhoni not carried away by 6-0

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  • The veritable spotter's guide to the Cheer

    The ball-by-ball structure of cricket gives its crowd noise a hypnotic rhythm, the stadium rising and falling with each major event, most minor events, and some non-events

  • Defeat far from terminal for Pakistan

    So Pakistan have lost to India in a World Cup once more. This is not a new experience. History shows that it need not be a terminal one either

  • Kohli proves his weight in gold again

    If you had to pick one batsman who could remain unfazed by the fans' expectations and bat as close to his normal self as possible in a World Cup match against Pakistan, it's hard to look beyond Virat Kohli

Partnership stat

49

Runs added for the 8th wicket by Misbah and Yasir Shah - Pakistan's second-highest 8th wicket stand in the World Cup.

Has been done before

2

Number of times 100-plus runs have been scored in the last-ten overs at the Adelaide Oval, since 2001.

Will it come today?

39

Number of ODI fifties Misbah-ul-haq has hit - the most any batsman has got without scoring a hundred.

A rarity

1979

The last time before Ashwin an Indian spinner bowled 3 or more maidens in a World cup match - Venkataraghavan.

Afridi needed

188.8

Shahid Afridi's strike rate the last time he batted against India. He won the match for Pakistan with a cameo.

More than a hiccup

3

Wickets Pakistan lost in the 24th and 25th over. They were 101/2 at start of the 25th

Shehzad's in form

699

Runs scored by Ahmed Shehzad in ODIs since January 2014, the highest for Pakistan during this period. Hafeez is next with 446

Tight race

46/1

Pakistan's score at the end of the mandatory Powerplay. India had scored 42/1.

At the top

41

Number of wickets taken by Mohammad Shami in ODIs since 2014 - the most by a bowler.

Inexperienced Younis!

2

Number of times Younis Khan had opened in ODIs before today - he had scored just 4 runs.

Awesome death-bowling!

27/5

Score Pakistan restricted India to in their last-five overs.