Asia Cup India v/s UAE Commentary: India beat awful UAE easily with 59 balls left

Over 11

FOUR. Short, Yuvraj pulls easily to deep square leg for four, and India have won.

Yuvraj remains not out on 25 off 14, and Dhawan on 16 off 20. India win by 9 wickets, with 9.5 overs left.

Over 10

FOUR. Down the track, deceived by lack of pace, but Yuvi gets an outside edge that flies to third man for four.

India 78/1 after 10 overs, just 4 needed.

Over 9

Yuvi gets squared up by a nice Shahzad ball just moving away from off stump.

FOUR. Easy pace, short ball, Yuvraj just stays where he is and hammers the ball over midwicket for four.

SIX. Nice paced half volley now, Yuvraj goes straight over the top, huge bat swings, over long off for six. India need just 10 more.

India 72/1 after 9 overs.

Over 8

FOUR. Half volley, Yuvraj smacked the cover off the ball. Brilliant drive for four. Ball was in the ropes before you could say Yuvraj.

FOUR. Slower ball, Dhawan rushes down the track, gets an edge and the keeper misfields to allow a boundary.

FOUR. Short on middle, Dhawan pulls hard to deep square leg for another boundary. India 62/1 after 8 overs.

Over 7

Yuvraj Singh has been promoted to No 3. Signs.

Dhawan is struggling, and when he does he looks terrible.

Down the track, hit straight to cover. Dhawan cannot get it away. 

FOUR. Drive to find the gap, and the ball goes for four. Dhawan 6 off 14, India 47/1 after 7 overs.

Over 6

FOUR. Super flick for four, good ball on middle, flicked away wide of mid on for four with ease. What a beautiful on drive.

FOUR. Rameez Raja said Rohit doesn't need to go over the top, on commentary. Rohit responds by lifting the bowler over midwicket for four. One bounce. He is in a hurry.

OUT! Now he has gone. Short, wide, goes for a full fledged cut for six over third man, but picks out the fielder there. India 43/1.

Rohit made 39 off 28.

India 43/1 after 6 overs.

Over 5

FOUR. Short and there to hit, Rohit pulls perfectly over midwicket for four.

FOUR. Good ball, just on off and good length, but Rohit knows what to do, late flick between gully and wide first slip for four!

Massive no ball, free hit. Sad for UAE, brilliant for Rohit.

Great slower yorker on middle stump, Rohit can just dig it out for one. 

India 35/0 after 5 overs.

Over 4

FOUR. Huge inside edge, balls flies to the left of the keeper for an inevitable boundary.

SIX. Great response! Rohit charges down the track, hits the ball inside out over extra cover for six!

FOUR. On middle and leg, Rohit flicks the ball swiftly wide of midwicket for four.

India 24/0 after 4 overs.

Over 3

Ah. Dhawan gets a slow short ball outside off, Dhawan goes for it and then holds himself back at the last minute. Bat hangs out limply, huge appeal as the keeper takes it. Not given.

There was an outside edge there! Poor decision.

Dhawan continues to struggle, India 8/0 after 3 overs.

Over 2

Just 2 off the over, India 7/0 after 2.

Over 1 

FOUR. Bit of width outside off and Rohit drives keenly for four. Back to some good batting technique, after UAE.

Driven into the deep, India 5/0 after 1 over.

Over 20

Bhuvneshwar Kumar to bowl the last over.

Short first up, swing and a miss from Naveed.

OUT. Another short ball, Naveed swings hard again, ball flies to deep midwicket who comes running in and takes an easy catch. UAE 80/8.

Slow ball leg stump yorker off ball 3, batsman moved across to hit it and missed.

Slower ball again, pulled to mid on for one, no second run. Two balls left.

OUT. Shaiman Anwar run out for 43. Raza misses with the slog, they run for the single and Dhoni hits the stumps. UAE 81/9.

UAE have finished on a very disappointing 81/9 off their 20 overs.

The only regret for India is they did not take all 10 wickets. However, UAE were lucky even to get to 81, so awful was their batting. This should be a cakewalk for India.

Over 19

Bumrah.

Some strange batting by Naveed the tailender sees him lift the ball just over Dhawan at mid off for two. Comical batting.

SIX. But Shaiman is batting well. Good length on middle, Shaiman rocks back and slams the ball straight down the ground, it falls just beyond the fence. Slower ball it was.

UAE 80/7 after 19 overs.

Over 18

Weak second run by the UAE, the batsman tries to walk back into the crease and ground his bat, Dhoni clips off the bails and appeals.

The batsman seems to be just in, by an inch or two.

Single to backward square leg, UAE 71/7 after 18.

 

Over 17

OUT. They go for a non-existent second, the throw comes in and Tariq is run out by a mile as Dhoni clips off the bails at the striker's end.

UAE 66/7 after 17 overs.

Over 16

Yuvraj Singh is the new bowler.

FOUR. Short and wide, Shaiman rocks back to smash it through covers for four. Best shot of the night.

He has now made 33 off 37.

OUT! Terrific catch from Hardik Pandya. Hard pull by Kaleem, he doesn't get the timing, the ball is dipping well short of long on, but Pandya dives in from nowhere and takes a terrific catch!

UAE 62/6 after 16 overs.

Over 14

OUT. Skipper Amjad Javed chips the ball off Harbhajan's bowling into Negi's hands at short mid wicket. Out for 0.

UAE 5 down.

Ball 3: Swing and a miss, Dhoni clips off the bails and they go to the third umpire. But the batsman has just got his foot back.

UAE 55/5 after 14 overs.

Over 13

Pawan Negi into the attack.

FOUR. Short and on the legs, wildly pulled away for four to long leg.

OUT. First international wicket for Pawan Negi. Usman hoicks high off a length ball, ball flies into the deep and Harbhajan takes a neat catch. UAE four down.

10 off the over, UAE 52/4 after 13 overs.

Over 12

Harbhajan into his third.

Huge appeal off Ball 2 as the batsman goes for a slog sweep, misses and Dhoni pulls off the bails. We are going upstairs.

Replays show the batsman's foot is inside the crease. Given not out.

UAE 43/3 after 12 overs.

 

Over 11

This is the lowest score ever at 10 overs in this tournament.

FOUR. Brilliant pull for four, right between deep midwicket and long on.

UAE 39/3 after 11 overs.

Over 10

Terrific over so far for UAE, they've got 7 off 4 balls.

Ball 5: Beaten by spin and lack of pace.

7 off the over, UAE 32/3 after 10 overs.

Over 9

OUT! Gone, this was written. He makes room and slashes a ball awkwardly, straight to the cover point fielder.

UAE 25/3.

Wicket maiden again, UAE 25/3.

 

Over 8

Harbhajan Singh into the attack.

32 balls between the two batsmen now. Three half volleys though and no run.

Arm ball off the last ball, a huge slog-pull attempted, but the ball goes through beningly to the keeper.

Maiden over. UAE 25/2 after 8 overs.

 

Over 7

Hardik Pandya comes in first change.

First confident shot off ball 5, beats point but deep cover restricts it to a single.

UAE 25/2 after 7 overs.

Over 6

FOUR. Bouncer, pulled hard, no control, and the ball again flies over the keeper for four. Three boundaries, all lucky for UAE now.

Some very strange technique by the UAE batsmen, they've been slogging all the time.

Two more inside edges off balls 4 and 5, UAE up to 21.

UAE 21/2 after 6 overs.

Over 5

DROPPED. Huge swing from Kumar, Rohan Mustafa drives without feet, ball flies over Raina, he dives to get a hand to hit but cannot hold on. Boundary as well.

Kumar concedes his first runs.

Bouncer now off Ball 3, very short, called a wide.

4.5: Shaiman comes down the track, tries to hit Kumar into next week down the ground, gets a top edge but the ball lands in between mid on and mid off. Right in between.

UAE 14/2 after 5 overs.

Over 4

OUT! Gone. No feet from Shahzad, drives loosely outside off stump to the Bumrah delivery, easily taken by Raina at 1st slip.

UAE 2/2.

FOUR. Short and surprises the batsman, he pulls blindly and the ball flies over keeper Dhoni for four.

Charges down the track off ball six, fails to beat mid off despite a stellar looking shot.

UAE 7/2.

Over 3

OUT! Bhuvneshwar swings the ball in from middle and leg, ball is slow and stops on Patil, who had predetermined a flick to the on side. Ball loops straight up in the air and Bhuvneshwar takes it himself. 

UAE 1/1.

Yet another maiden from Kumar, this time with a wicket. UAE 1/1 after 3 overs.

Jasprit Bumrah to bowl the 2nd over.

Waist high full toss off the 3rd ball, but Patil fails to put away, the ball is hit straight to point.

This is a very slow and low wicket.

Short and wide, cut over point for one, B Kumar fields.

UAE 1/0 after 2 overs.

Over 1

Swapnil Patil and Rohan Mustafa to open the UAE batting.

B Kumar to open the bowling for India.

Very good shout second ball, the ball comes in from middle and hits Mustafa on the pad, not given.

Replays show the ball going just over the stumps. No runs from 4 balls so far.

Maiden over to start. UAE 0/0.

UAE have won the toss and chosen to bat.

Nehra, Ashwin and Jadeja are not playing. Bhuvi, Negi and Harbhajan come in for India.