- 6/4/2025
Man of the match Wasim Akram
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00:00And a lot of cars piling up outside the ground. Inside the ground, Wasim, is ready.
00:11He was a long way across there, may have just pissed outside leg stump.
00:17That ball offered to just move away from the left-hander, in fact that was pretty close.
00:23That must have been very, very close there. Ramesh across.
00:27And the leg side.
00:32Well, that's well bowled, and this time he's got his man.
00:36So Wasim Akram has done exactly what Pakistan needed.
00:39He's got an early wicket, and that'll really get his team pumped up.
00:43And also, it'll help him to forget about that little throat infection he's got.
00:47Yes, and his first wicket in the tournament, and what a big wicket.
00:52Ramesh really shaped well the other night. This one was plumb.
00:57It ended on a walking shot for the left-hander.
01:01Not a lot of footwork.
01:03So I'm going to lose the early wicket. It's none for three.
01:08Oh, another big shout, and he's gone!
01:11Rahul Dravet can't believe it.
01:12Wasim Akram has set this stadium alive.
01:15Oh, Wasim Akram surely is a big match player.
01:22Showing his strength there.
01:24A bit of movement, and Rahul Dravet got plumb in front of the stumps.
01:29He's playing across the line.
01:31That ball fished in the middle stump.
01:33And umpire Raher deciding that that was going to hit the stumps.
01:40So India lose the second wicket.
01:42Important one of Rahul Dravet.
01:46And it's none for two.
01:51Ganguly with the first runs off the bat.
01:54That's a lovely shot from Ganguly. This one will go to the fence.
02:06That was beautifully timed by Ganguly.
02:10He's very strong to that point area.
02:13He just caressed it beautifully timing.
02:17Well, that's got to be very close.
02:19Azruddin wasn't far forward.
02:23It was a change of pace.
02:25Very close.
02:29Lovely bowling up from Wasim Akram once again.
02:32Targeting the batsman.
02:35And that looked very, very close.
02:40I don't know how he got the benefit of the doubt.
02:47Edged and taken.
02:48Well taken at second slip.
02:51That was a sharp catch.
02:53Jovactor banging it in short.
02:56It was fended off by Mohamed Azruddin.
02:59And Azum Ahmood has taken a good catch at second slip.
03:03Well, Indian captain nibbling at that ball.
03:05Just outside his oxtap pole.
03:06A little shot.
03:08And quick.
03:09Not getting behind the line.
03:12They're playing away from the body end.
03:13Beautifully taken by Azar.
03:15Good, sharp catch.
03:16And India lose their captain for two.
03:2014 for three.
03:24Oh, how did that miss off stump?
03:27Oh.
03:29Gee whiz.
03:30It's probably gone close to the edge of the bat.
03:31But, uh, must be a coat of varnish.
03:35Beaten for pace there, Jadeja.
03:37Late on that one.
03:38And, uh, that one narrowly missing the bat.
03:43Winning the toss was important.
03:45But it's not much use unless you're bat well with it.
03:52Oh, that's, was in the air for a while.
03:55But it's gone in the gap as well.
03:56And look at the outfield.
03:57It's a lot, lot quicker than some of the earlier games.
03:59What the heck is this?
04:01Lovely easy timing.
04:05Wrapped on the pads here.
04:07And it also hit the bat.
04:11Well, just a tentative push forward.
04:14It's the outside, I think.
04:20Just a little shuffle.
04:21They're not sure about getting forward, are they?
04:23Oh, look at that.
04:30Oh, he's queuing up the bowl, is Wasim Akram now.
04:33They're looking to get the ball out of his hands.
04:41That's a great strike.
04:42On the, uh, through the covers.
04:44Sarav Ganguly, that is a magnificent shot.
04:47And that could be runs.
04:55Won't be four.
04:56It'll be very close, though.
05:01Oh, beautiful catch.
05:03That is a sensational catch.
05:06Azamahmood has taken a great catch.
05:08The kind of catch that wins finals.
05:10And aren't they delighted?
05:12Fourth wicket for India.
05:1446 for four.
05:15That was hit really hard.
05:19Jadeja came out.
05:20He got the full meat of the bat.
05:22But look at that catch.
05:23That's absolutely brilliant.
05:25By Avridi, he's gone.
05:28And that's the fourth wicket gone.
05:31Caught by Anwar.
05:3246 for four, India.
05:38He's got him here.
05:40Get that ball carried.
05:42That's what Darrell Hare has to decide.
05:44He's looking at the square leg empire.
05:47He's going to ask the third empire.
05:49India has lost their fifth wicket here.
05:54There's definite sound.
05:56And now did that carry.
06:00Srinath, not a recognized batsman.
06:02It's very difficult for a non-recognized batsman to cope in such a pressure situation.
06:07And he just works it away again behind square.
06:16He'll be looking for two here.
06:18And he's going to go.
06:18He's going to have to hurry.
06:19There'll be a big appeal here.
06:21And I think they'll call for their third empire.
06:24And Robin Singh was always struggling.
06:25Hell, this is going to be tight.
06:28It really is going to be tight.
06:31Gone.
06:32Well, and slow it down.
06:34He's gone, I'm afraid.
06:34I don't think any words are needed to describe the fact that he's short.
06:4582 for six.
06:46They want more players like Moin Kahn.
06:52Oh, he should get home there, all right.
06:57Oh, that's tighter.
06:58That was dodgy.
06:59That is dodgy.
07:00Trouble.
07:03Oh, he's just made it, I think.
07:05If that had been a direct hit, he was going to go.
07:08Just get the benefit.
07:11Oh, I think he might go there.
07:13That's a better angle, isn't it?
07:14Oh, that's out from there.
07:17Oh.
07:18Totally different angle.
07:19Can see the bales go up.
07:21And he's short of his ground.
07:23Amazing how deceiving that is.
07:25Totally different angle has given him out.
07:30Well, that was brilliant feeling.
07:33It really was.
07:34It was a quick thinking to throw to Mongia's end for seven.
07:39Agurka is the new batsman.
07:44Oh, big appeal from Moin.
07:48There was some noise, but...
07:49Miss fielding.
07:57I think we'll go three runs.
07:59That's 50, Paul Ganguly.
08:10Very good innings.
08:15Catch it!
08:16Nared it long off.
08:18And Arshad Khan has got the big wicket here.
08:22Ganguly just stands in the middle of the pitch.
08:24He's very disappointed with himself.
08:28He didn't really go hard at that ball at all.
08:31I'm not sure whether he was actually just trying to chip it,
08:34or whether he meant to hit it straighter.
08:35Well, I agree with you.
08:49It was just as if he was half-hearted,
08:52whether to go for the big one or not.
08:551.04 for 8.
08:56Indians completely adrift.
08:59Well, that's a way for four.
09:02A very fortunate four.
09:05But also helpful.
09:06It's 111 for 8.
09:14And he's gone this time.
09:16So the third run out of the Indian innings.
09:19Nejaz Ahmed is a very, very good fielder.
09:23And once again, the Pakistanis have hit the stumps directly.
09:25You can see that there was hesitation in the calling.
09:35Beautiful directed from Ijaz.
09:36He's a specialist at that point position.
09:38Kumble is looking dicey and he's running.
09:40And eventually paying the price.
09:47He's cleaned him up here.
09:50The bails have fallen all right.
09:51And it's been a first-class performance by the Pakistan team.
09:57It led from the front by the captain, Wasim Akram.
10:00He was running temperature today.
10:02But he struck that off.
10:04Picked up a couple of wickets in his very first over.
10:07And after that, Pakistan never looked back.
10:10Well, Wasim kept his best for the final.
10:13Look at that delivery.
10:14Beautiful, in-slanting ball.
10:15And finishing the Indian innings in style.
10:21Indian batsmen struggled against the top-quality Pakistan bowling,
10:25except for Sarov Ganguly.
10:30He certainly struck the ball beautifully so far.
10:33And he's got a boundary to get off the mark.
10:40Nice free swing of the stick.
10:42Full face of the bat.
10:43That was a brilliant shot.
10:47Oh, that's beautifully hit.
10:51Six.
10:52No, just bounced inside the boundary board.
10:56Lovely clean strike once again from Saeed Anwar.
11:00Taking the attack to the bowler.
11:03Picked up nicely.
11:05Sweetly timed once again.
11:08That almost went all the way.
11:10And for Indian cricket.
11:11Nicely into the gap now.
11:16An opportunity to run a few here because the fieldsman dived.
11:21And Prasad here continuing.
11:24And that's Victor Weir on the onside.
11:26One bounce, all the square leg.
11:28Well, this is a problem when you bowl at shot-playing players like Afridi.
11:39He'll play a miss a few times.
11:40And you maybe think you're going to get him out.
11:43But if you bowl anything in his area that he fancies, he dispatches it very quickly.
11:47And usually, a lot of the time, it goes for...
11:53That's in the air, but in the gap as well.
11:56Powerfully struck through the offside by Afridi.
11:58One of those players, you don't want to miss his batting.
12:07Some days it's five minutes, but if it lasts an hour, it's quite entertaining.
12:16He's just so gifted at hand-eye coordination.
12:19That's up in the air.
12:26Prasad coming underneath it.
12:27And he takes it.
12:29No ball signal by the Empire.
12:32So Agarkar taking a chance with that shot delivery.
12:37Down the track.
12:38And it's up in the air.
12:40Two fielders coming underneath it.
12:42It's gone miles up in the air, but very well taken in the end by Ganguly.
12:46That is an absolute corker.
12:51That's a real steeplejack to catch.
12:54He held his nerve.
12:56And he didn't really look like dropping it.
13:00Again, that's beautifully played.
13:02What a great shot there.
13:04The side on with the wrist.
13:06He is such a supreme timer of the ball, this man.
13:09A light flick of the wrist and away it went.
13:12Four runs.
13:16And more runs here.
13:19This will also be four.
13:21What a bit of timing that is.
13:23He didn't even really appear to hit it and it just raced away.
13:26Much difference between Seydanwar and Brian Lara.
13:29It just puzzles me why Seydanwar does not get more runs.
13:33I think he's one of the most talented batsmen I've seen.
13:38This piece of batting after that.
13:41Out.
13:42Caught and hold.
13:44That's the other one again.
13:45The gurgly.
13:48Here you see Seydanwar closing the face of the bat.
13:51Trying to play it on the onside.
13:53And a straight forward caught and hold.
13:56Well bowled by Kumle.
13:57Oh that's well hit.
14:02Almost caught.
14:04But right off the middle of the bat and called no ball.
14:07By umpire KT Francis.
14:10The ball just stood up on him.
14:13There he is.
14:13Roll of the wrist keeping the ball down.
14:15Although managed to get to the fielder.
14:17But then he knew it was going to be called a new ball.
14:19He picked the slower ball and he whacked it.
14:25All the power behind that shot.
14:32Discreate it Ajita Gadgar without a disdain playing that shot.
14:36Together have bowled superb spell superbly for India.
14:39That's nicely hit by Inzimam through the gap.
14:41A fantastic shot.
14:44So much in line and played so brilliantly.
14:47111 for two.
14:48Pakistan.
14:48Just 15 runs that separate them from what would be a tremendous win here.
15:00And more runs for Ejaz here on the onside.
15:03Again lovely timing.
15:06And that's gone all the way.
15:07Yes for someone who's been popping pills all night to get his temperature down he should be very relieved and happy.
15:27Send themselves afterwards.
15:28Oh that's a classic shot.
15:33He makes the game look easy when he's in full floor.
15:39Well as I've always maintained he's one of the best players of fast bowling I've ever seen.
15:45After vibrators that is.
15:48I mean just look at the strokes he plays.
15:50You know ordinary mortals don't play shots like that.
15:55He makes it look very easy.
15:57He has time.
16:02Again beautifully played on the onside.
16:04Lovely timing once again.
16:06Another boundary for Inzimam.
16:09So Pakistan here getting closer.
16:11In fact they've leveled the score.
16:14This is a huge win for them.
16:16And a heavy defeat for the Indians.
16:17So one run is what Pakistan required.
16:23Balvaseem can afford no doubt about that.
16:27Kept on the side well.
16:29Picked up wickets.
16:30And now his team has won the match.
16:32Inzimam finishing it off with the boundary.
16:34So a comprehensive win for the Pakistan team.
16:38And India has faced one of the heaviest defeats ever in Sharjah.
16:43So Pakistan 25, Pakistan were always going to win this final.
16:47And they learned.
16:53And they learned.
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