What a comeback by KL Rahul! After being out of the team for six months, he got this opportunity to play in place of Iyer. Cashing this opportunity at its best Rahul, if he continues in this manner a comeback century can be expected from him. Only 2 wickets are gone and India has already scored more than 220 runs. I am expecting India to go for a target which will be more than 300 runs. India wants that extra cushion in case DLS comes into play. As of now, the clouds have not cleared the sky fully they are still hovering around. Good strategy by the Indian batter one of them going after bowlers aggressively and the other is rotating the strike.
Rauf not being able to play today is a piece of bad news for Pakistan. They are struggling to find a bowler to replace him. At the moment Pakistan is on the back foot. Bowlers are struggling against the two-set Indian batters. Pakistan needs to break this partnership which is more than 100 runs now. At the moment India is dominating the match.
Good partnership have come for India. After 40 overs the score is 251-2 with Rahul at 72* and Kohli at 57* and in the next 10 overs atleast 100 runs expected as the team have got more 8 wickets left. It is the fourth time all the top four players scoring half century.
Rauf unable to play today's match is really a bad news for Pakistan team. India is dominating the match, if Pakistan openers were able to make good partnership the match could turn anyway.
Powerplay 3 have come into effect and the same restrict with maximum five fielders outside the inner ring. Expecting the century from Rahul as he's nearing 75 runs.
They are already close to a century now with Virat Kohli unbeaten on 83 runs and Lokesh Rahul on 88 runs.
But one interesting thing to note about this tournament is that reserve days were kept for India and Pakistan.I don't even know if it happened before The Asian Cricket Council may have arranged this for more revenue in the matches between India and Pakistan.In this match, two arch rival teams are facing each other.I want both teams to play their best and win the match.
India has already scored 300 runs in 45 overs.They might be able to score 350 plus runs or more as they have lost only two wickets.