Axar Patel was brought in before Hardik Pandya and Dinesh Karthik after Suryakumar Yadav was departed. Moments before the powerplay was going to end, Haris Rauf took a brilliant wicket of the fearless Suryakumar Yadav during the sixth over. Suryakumar Yadav was seen playing dominantly and the previous delivery before getting out, Suryakumar hit a classical pull shot for boundary. Mohammad Rizwan and slip fielder Iftikhar Ahmed were set as planned to force Suryakumar Yadav to play a late cut, and Pakistan’s plan worked when Suryakumar Yadav executed a failure shot.
The left-handed had an advantage as to utilise the spinners, being a single potential left-handed batsman for the blues. The planning failed with an unfortunate run-out which resulted in Axar Patel’s walk, back to the pavilion. India is in deep trouble as 4 wickets have been lost and the hopes are high for a lethal partnership between Hardik Pandya and Virat Kohli.
