Pakistan VS India Match ball by ball Commentary
IND211/6
—PAK
Pakistan need 212 runs in 120 balls at 10.6 rpo
ICC ODI Team's Ranking
| RANK | COUNTRY | POINTS | RATING |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | India | 4095 | 117 |
| 2 | New Zealand | 3809 | 109 |
| 3 | South Africa | 3547 | 104 |
| 4 | Australia | 3568 | 102 |
| 5 | Pakistan | 3215 | 100 |
| 6 | England | 3235 | 95 |
| 7 | Sri Lanka | 3702 | 95 |
| 8 | Afghanistan | 2565 | 92 |
| 9 | Bangladesh | 3251 | 83 |
| 10 | West Indies | 2757 | 77 |
| 11 | Zimbabwe | 1096 | 61 |
| 12 | Ireland | 815 | 51 |
| 13 | Scotland | 1260 | 45 |
| 14 | Netherlands | 1309 | 44 |
| 15 | USA | 1035 | 40 |
| 16 | Namibia | 685 | 30 |
| 17 | Nepal | 939 | 28 |
| 18 | Oman | 658 | 27 |
| 19 | United Arab Emirates | 473 | 18 |
| 20 | Canada | 194 | 9 |
... THE RUN CHASE ...
Pakistan will be really disappointed with their bowling effort. They managed to pick up a couple of wickets in the Powerplay, but conceded too many runs by offering too many short balls, allowing India to dictate the tempo early on.
Choosing to bat first, India made a relatively quiet start before Abhishek Sharma quickly shifted the momentum, taking on anything and everything as he raced to a scintillating 20-ball half-century. Vaibhav Sooryavanshi's stay was brief despite a few lusty blows, while Sanju Samson once again failed to get going, but Abhishek's onslaught ensured India still reached 81/2 in the Powerplay. He eventually fell for a blazing 61 off 28, after which the scoring rate dipped slightly, with Ishan Kishan and Shreyas Iyer struggling a bit but holding it together in the middle. Tilak Varma and Shivam Dube also took their time to assess the conditions before accelerating superbly at the death, adding a quick-fire 62, with Tilak scoring a 21-ball fifty to finish the innings with a flourish and give India plenty of momentum.
India finish in style - A final on the Asian stage against arch-rivals Pakistan, a fantastic half-century from Tilak Varma - the script sounds familiar, doesn't it? History has repeated itself, albeit with a twist. In the 2025 Asia Cup, Tilak's match-defining contribution came while chasing; here, he has finished with a flourish to, dare we say, bat Pakistan out of the final. It was complete demolition in the last four overs, with the Men in Blue smashing 69 runs, and on a surface like this, they will feel they have their fingers firmly on the gold medal.
DROPPED! Seemed to be going over, but Sufyan Moqim did reach it, and he'll be disappointed to have put it down. Tilak Varma gets a single, and India finish with 211/6 on the board. Ahmed Daniyal hits a hard length and bowls it slightly wide of the off stump. Varma makes room to go over the off side, but slices it off the outside edge over short third, where Moqim puts in a late leap over his right shoulder and spills it, allowing the batters to cross.
Excellent running, and the throw isn't the best either. Tilak Varma gets to his FIFTY off just 21 balls. Slower and shorter, wide outside off. Varma leans back and across to the off side, angling the pull through square leg for two runs. This has been a momentum-shifting knock from Tilak.
SIX! That's a shot and a half from Varma. Good length on middle, Varma collapses the back knee a bit and swings it handsomely behind square leg for another biggie. That was more of a wallop from Varma, and a classy one as well.
SIX! Ah, a bit unlucky for the bowler. A sharp bumper, right around the front shoulder. Tilak Varma is rushed as he tries to pull and gets a top edge that flies down to fine leg, pretty fine as well and goes over the fence. 200 up for India.
Back of a length, angled into the batter. Axar Patel stays back and tucks it down through mid-wicket for a single.
Axar Patel walks out to bat.