Pakistan falls short in the final ODI at Feroz Shah Kotla Groud, New Delhi. Chasing the target of 167 runs, Pakistan all out for 157.
What a match this has turned out to be! India finally walk of to some smiles, the first time this year. Pakistan had things under control, but the wicket of Misbah, who was holding one end and looked solid till then, opened up the flood gates as the rest crumbled under pressure.
India pulled off a thrilling 10-run victory over Pakistan in the third and final game of the one-day series at the Ferozeshah Kotla here Sunday.
Chasing 168, Pakistan were restricted to 157 in 48.5 overs. Ishant Sharma picked up three wickets for India while Ravindra Jadeja and Bhuvneshwar Kumar took a couple each.
India’s batting failed again, having few answers against a strong bowling attack that’s delivered two victories on the trot for Pakistan this series and has given the team an excellent chance of completing a clean sweep in Delhi. India chose to bat on a chilly morning on a dry surface with limited assistance for the Pakistan seamers, who made the most of what was on offer to rattle India’s top order for the third time this series. Saeed Ajmal then took over to pick up five wickets, including a double-strike in two balls that halted an attempted recovery and even MS Dhoni, India’s best batsman in these three games, couldn’t rescue the hosts.
The following is the scoreboard of the third and final One-Day International between India and Pakistan at the Ferozeshah Kotla here Sunday:
India —
Gautam Gambhir c Umar Akmal b Mohammad Irfan 15
Ajinkya Rahane c Kamran Akmal b Mohammad Irfan 4
Virat Kohli c Younis Khan b Junaid Khan 7
Yuvraj Singh b Mohammad Hafeez 23
Suresh Raina lbw Saeed Ajmal 31
Mahendra Singh Dhoni c Umar Akmal b Umar Gul 36
Ravichandran Ashwin lbw Saeed Ajmal 0
Ravindra Jadeja c Umar Akmal b Saeed Ajmal 27
Bhuvneshwar Kumar lbw Saeed Ajmal 2
Ishant Sharma c and b Saeed Ajmal 5
Shami Ahmed not out 0
Extras (lb 4, w 7, nb 1, pen 5) 17
Total (all out in 43.4 overs) 167
Fall of wickets: 1-19 (Rahane, 4.3 overs), 2-29 (Gambhir, 8.4), 3-37 (Kohli, 9.3), 4-63 (Yuvraj Singh, 15.5), 5-111 (Raina, 28.4), 6-111 (Ashwin, 28.5), 7-131 (Dhoni, 34.4), 8-141 (Kumar, 37.5), 9-160 (Sharma, 41.6).
Bowling
Mohammad Irfan 7-1-28-2
Junaid Khan 9-1-17-1
Umar Gul 8-1-45-1
Mohammad Hafeez 10-0-44-1
Saeed Ajmal 9.4-1-24-5
Pakistan —
Nasir Jamshed lbw Ashwin 34
Kamran Akmal lbw Kumar 0
Younis Khan b Kumar 6
Misbah-ul-Haq c Rahane b Ashwin 39
Umar Akmal st Dhoni b Jadeja 25
Shoaib Malik lbw Sharma 5
Mohammad Hafeez c Yuvraj Singh b Sharma 21
Umar Gul c Jadeja b Sharma 11
Saeed Ajmal c Dhoni b Shami Ahmed 1
Junaid Khan run out (Raina) 0
Mohammad Irfan not out 0
Extras (lb 1, w 13, nb 1) 15
Total (all out in 48.5 overs) 157
Fall of wickets: 1-3 (Kamran Akmal, 2.1 overs), 2-14 (Younis Khan, 6.5), 3-61 (Nasir Jamshed, 20.3), 4-113 (Misbah-ul-Haq, 34.1), 5-119 (Shoaib Malik, 36.3), 6-125 (Umar Akmal, 39.2), 7-144 (Umar Gul, 46.2), 8-145 (Saeed Ajmal, 47.2), 9-145 (Junaid Khan, 47.3)
Bowling
Bhuvneshwar Kumar 10-2-31-2
Shami Ahmed 9-4-23-1
Ishant Sharma 9.5-0-36-3
Ravichandran Ashwin 10-1-47-2
Ravindra Jadeja 10-2-19-1
Match details:
Toss: India, who chose to bat
Series: Pakistan won the three-match series 2-1
ODI debut: Shami Ahmed (India)
Umpires: S. Asnani and Billy Bowden (New Zealand)
TV umpire: V.A. Kulkarni
Match referee: R.S. Mahanama (Sri Lanka)
Reserve umpire: A.K. Chowdhury