India vs Afghanistan, Asia Cup 2018: Match ends in a tie
THE TIMES OF INDIA | Sep 26, 2018, 08:09:23 IST
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India vs Afghanistan, Asia Cup 2018: Match ends in a tie

Dhoni's trusted lieutenant Ravindra Jadeja shepherded the lower-order with his 25 off 34 only to be holed out at deep mid-wicket off Rashid Khan, with a single needed off two balls, chasing 253. India were bowled out with one ball to spare.
17:44 (IST) Sep 25
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R Jadeja to M Shahzad, Another dot. Jadeja coming back well here. This full delivery is drilled to mid off.

17:44 (IST) Sep 25
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R Jadeja to M Shahzad, Full in line of the stumps, drilled to mid on.

17:44 (IST) Sep 25
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R Jadeja to M Shahzad, Seeing Shahzad make room, Jadeja fires it on his pads. The batsman still manages to force it away to the covers.

17:43 (IST) Sep 25
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R Jadeja to M Shahzad, SIX! Sweet, sweet connection off the middle. Shahzad doesn't care who comes at him, he's just murdering everything that's coming his way. Gets low to this tossed up delivery and slogs it high and handsome over the mid-wicket boundary for a maximum.

17:42 (IST) Sep 25
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S Kaul to J Ahmadi, Works it away on the leg side to end the over.

17:41 (IST) Sep 25
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S Kaul to M Shahzad, Dropped! What a grave mistake from Ambati Rayudu. With the kind of form Shahzad is in, no way he should have let that slip. An easy catch too. Shahzad powers this full ball aerially towards mid off. Rayudu moves to his right, gets his hands to it but drops it. A single is taken and that's the fifty up for Shahzad. His 14th in this format. Well-deserved too.

17:40 (IST) Sep 25
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S Kaul to M Shahzad, Fired in full, on middle stump, brings his bat in front of his pad to defend.

17:40 (IST) Sep 25
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S Kaul to M Shahzad, FOUR! Consecutive boundaries for the attacking opener. Moves to 49 with that. It's full and wide outside off, Shahzad hammers it with a lot of power over the covers to find the fence.

17:39 (IST) Sep 25
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S Kaul to M Shahzad, FOUR! That made a cracking sound as the ball went off the bat. Short ball and Shahzad picks it up early. Stands tall and muscles the pull over mid-wicket for a boundary.

17:38 (IST) Sep 25
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S Kaul to M Shahzad, Length delivery just outside the line of off stump, punched square to point.

17:38 (IST) Sep 25

Siddarth Kaul is back on. Change of ends for him.

17:37 (IST) Sep 25
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R Jadeja to J Ahmadi, Better. Is watchful as he stays right behind the line of this one and blocks.

17:37 (IST) Sep 25
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R Jadeja to J Ahmadi, Spinning away from around off, Ahmadi goes back to cut when there isn't much room and could have paid the price. Misses and is lucky he doesn't chop it back on.

17:37 (IST) Sep 25
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R Jadeja to J Ahmadi, Defended off the front foot by the batsman presenting the full face of the bat.

17:36 (IST) Sep 25
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R Jadeja to J Ahmadi, A bit quicker through the air on off, Javed defends it down behind in front of the slip fielder.

17:36 (IST) Sep 25
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R Jadeja to J Ahmadi, Beaten! This is brilliant bowling. Sharp turn for Jadeja from the get-go. Loops it up from around the wicket on off and it just rips off the deck. Ahmadi is forward to defend but gets beaten past the outside edge.

17:36 (IST) Sep 25
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R Jadeja to J Ahmadi, Full and around off, driven to mid off.

17:35 (IST) Sep 25

Ravindra Jadeja into the attack now. Spin introduced early on from Dhoni, good move. Shahzad was attacking the pacers. Maybe some spin can do the trick.

17:34 (IST) Sep 25
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K Ahmed to M Shahzad, Good comeback from Khaleel. Six off the first and just 2 runs conceded in the entire over after that. Pounds it short and Shahzad fails to connect with the pull.

17:33 (IST) Sep 25
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K Ahmed to M Shahzad, Shaping away from a good length around off, punched firmly past point. Jadeja chases after it and throws it back in, restricting the batsmen to a couple of runs.