Younis Khan being bowled out. PHOTO: BCCI
In the first inning, Pakistan had successfully managed to restrict India to a score of 167 leaving a very easy target to chase. However in the second inning, India bowled well and did not let Pakistan score many runs. Pakistan were all out in the 48th over after scoring 157 runs.
Pakistan had lost its early wicket in the third over but then did not lose any wicket till the 20th over. The wickets started falling quickly after the 35th over. By the end of the 48th over, Pakistan had lost nine wickets and needed 23 runs off 12 balls with Mohammad Irfan and Mohammad Hafeez on the crease.
Team Green have already sealed its victory in the series by winning the second match by 85 runs in Kolkata.
The India tour, the first by Pakistan since 2007, began with two Twenty20 internationals with each won by both the teams.
2nd inning - Pakistan's batting
After 40 overs
Pakistan’s Umar Akmal and Misbahul Haq managed to stay on the crease till the 34th overs, however, Misbah was caught out in the 35th over, followed by Shoaib Malik in the 37th over and Umar Akmal in the 40th over.
After 40 overs, Pakistan stood at 125 runs at a loss of six wickets.
Misbah scored 39 runs off 82 balls, Malik scored five off 13 balls and Umar Akmal 25 off 50 balls.
Pakistan required 43 runs off 60 balls to win the match.
After 21 overs
Pakistan played slow and steady in the second inning of the third ODI against India in New Delhi and scored 68 runs at the loss of three wickets by the end of the 21st over.
Pakistan had lost its first wicket early when opener Kamran Akmal got caught Leg Behind Wicket on duck in the third over. The second wicket was taken in the 7th over when B Kumar bowled out Younis Khan after he made just six runs.
Nasir Jamshed and Misbahul Haq managed to stay on the pitch till the 20th over, when Jamshed was caught Leg Behind Wicket by Ashwin in the 21st over. Jamshed had scored 34 runs off 64 balls.
1st inning - India's batting
Thanks to Saeed Ajmal’s incredible spins, India managed to only score a total of 167 runs at the end of 44 overs, giving Pakistan an easy target.
With his bowling, India lost three more wickets by the end of 40 overs and stood at 150 runs at the loss of eight wickets.
In the 38th over, Saeed Ajmal’s doosra got his third wicket and sent home India’s Kumar. With 12 overs remaining, India has 141 runs at the loss of eight wickets. Team blue hit 15 boundaries by the end of the over, with 10 fours and 5 sixes.
Dhoni was sent off the field by Umar Akmal and Umar Gul in the 35th over. India stood at 131 for seven at the end of the over.
Pakistani spinner Saeed Ajmal sent Raina off the field and on the very next ball, Ashwin in the 29th over. At the end of the over, India stood at 111 runs at the loss of six wickets.
After 20 overs
At the 20th over India stood at 74 runs at the loss of four wickets in the third ODI against Pakistan on Sunday in New Delhi.
AM Rahane was caught behind by Kamran Akmal on Muhammad Irfan’s delivery during the fourth over.
The 8th and the 9th over consecutively saw two wickets fall. Gambhir went back to the pavilion after being caught out by Umar Akmal on Irfan’s slow-paced delivery. He managed to score 15 runs.
During the 9th over, Kohli was caught at second-slip by Younis Khan during seamer Junaid Khan’s over.
After making 23 runs, Yuvraj Singh was bowled by Muhammad Hafeez during the 15th over.
Pakistan: Nasir Jamshed, Mohammad Hafeez, Younis Khan, Misbah-ul-Haq, Shoaib Malik, Umar Akmal, Kamran Akmal, Junaid Khan, Umar Gul, Saeed Ajmal, Mohammad Irfan
India: G Gambhir, AM Rahane, V Kohli, Yuvraj Singh, SK Raina, RA Jadeja, MS Dhoni, R Ashwin, B Kumar, I Sharma, Shami Ahmed
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Not only the 3rd odi all othr odis nd the 2t20s fixed man india pakistan is all bout money ... I m indian bythewy
Clean sweep was only possible if they had wanted to win this match...they didn't especially second inning...I don't know if this is what they wanted to do why they didn't give a chance to fifty new players who traveled but didn't get a chance to play.They could have dropped akmal brothers, shoib malik and Younis. I am sure new comers top the combined score of 20 any day.
@Ibrahim Nadir Yes it is sad to see indians running like this. However pak team has taken a nice snap having a cup which was thorwn away by indian team.
Nixon has tweeted that this match was fixed. I have been shouting to my friends since last evening that this match is fixed but everybody is so much carried away by Indian win. How did India win? They just scored 160 odd runs.. and our bowlers defended this meagre score. How did our pacer suddenly started bowling like Wasim Akram overnight to do such wonders that they restricted opposition from scoring even 160. This was definitely rigged. India played really well and they were not aware that the match was fixed. It was Pakistani players who had taken $$. Let’s not become fool and think out of the box on how this game was behaving. Pak needed around 55 runs from 100 balls and this equation came down to 40 runs required from 50 odd balls - there's something fishy. I have to defend Indian players as they playing their best game, at least fielding and bowling was good - but sorry to say this match was 100% rigged.
Fixed match b/t India and Pakistan. Both team should be ban....
@Ibrahim Nadir and @Other Pakistani Friends "Did you see the Indians running by just winning a match that Pakistan threw at them?"...
Yes, this was a natural reaction by the Indian cricket team.Why do I say so? We had already lost the one day series and we thought (including myself), Pakistan would run away with this game too... I mean Pakistan were 113/3 at one stage needing only 53 runs to win with Required Run Rate of just over 4 per over. Which team will lose from here? I actually stopped watching the match in between... and later when I came to know the result, I couldn't believe it... Pakistan lost the match instead of India winning it.
Anyways, Congrats to Pakistan for winning this ODI series. Junaid Khan,Naseer Jamshed and Saaed Ajmal were simply fantastic. Thanks for all the entertainment...
this match is fixed. I can guarantee my life on this statement. every ball play in 2nd innings is a joke.
i'm an indian. i'm 100 % sure that some pak players fixed this match
Did you see the Indians running by just winning a match that Pakistan threw at them? :P LOL
And the Indian losers who were nowhere to be seen when Pakistan was kicking their backside suddenly emerge... hahahaha... you losers... Pakistan has won the series... Poor indians...celebrating the match as if they won the series 3-0.... cant blame them... they were pathetic... they couldnt believe they won... hahaha
As a very senior Pakistan player now a commentator on TV correctly said : Pakistan has the distinction of losing the most matches that they had actually easily won.
A victory from the jaws of defeat is always sweet. However, it was really a treat to watch the bowling of Junaid as he was unplayable even on slow Indian pitches and what he would do outside the Continent needs no guesswork. I hope he will not be a nine days wonder like Wahab.
Pakistan snatched defeat from the jaws of victory. 58 needed from 103 balls and 7 wickets in hand, only Pakistan can achieve a defeat from this position, this is our sprcial feat and no one can take this away from us.
And, how about the man of the match award, Dhoni gets it for making 36 runs and Saeed Ajmal is overlooked for 5 for 24. If the logic was the winning team then Nasir should have been the MOM in the 1st ODI. The chill in the New Delhi weather must have frozen jury's brain cells just like it did to Misbah and Umar Akmal's. And the man with the crooked fingers, Billy the Bowden, he was on a mission too, dismissed two PK batsmen with his crooked fingures.
At the end of the day Dhoni's team wanted to win it more and in contrast, Misbah's team desperately wanted to loose. Everyone got what they wanted. Happy Ending!
The Indian commentators seemed rather perplexed as to how the Pakistanis could have lost such a winnable match. Yes, the Indian fielding was superb, their bowling was tight and there is no denying the whole team was fired up. Even so, with such an insignificant run rate to overcome, a mystery does remain. Not being one given to conspiratal views, one can't help but be reminded that in the past, the odd one, two, three or more members of our Green team have been known to be partial to handouts. Have things changed after some of them got caught and sent to prison in the UK? I don't rightly have an answer. In view of the 100 of crores that are commonly bet on any India-Pakistan match, I can't help but feel a bit suspicious about today.
players r playing n the nations . isi and Cia have nt left ths ground also. . .
For all the Indian blokes who have nothing better to do in their lives then to see Pakistani news papers : GONE ARE THE DAYS WHEN INDIA WAS LIONS AT HOME, LAMBS ABROAD. NOW YOU ARE LAMBS EVERY WHERE :) I am amazed at the cheeks of these Indian trolls who have the guts to say something even after loosing the series 2-1.
Don't you get it indians gave up the first 2 odi on zaka ashraf.s request
@Imran Where are all the Indian trolls today? We were watching the match, as we know that the cricket is not over until the last ball was bowled. But, you seems to have fainted at the end result and that explains your absence here!!
Akmal brothers must go. They are tainted.
I wish Mohammad Yusuf were in team instead of Misbah in this series he deserves more than Misbah to be in national team keeping in view his OID and test record and performances, Hope he will be called for the upcoming South Africa tour.
Pakistan Lost. Definitely fixed like all the world-cup matches Pakistan has lost to India, 7 in a row.
India did great to defend this low score. And Pakistan showed the mercuric team it is. BUT!!! why do my conspiracist mind says Umar Akmal gave his wicket away as if he was promised a big sum of money for doing that...cant explain it. Why can not we learn.
Take it easy : Planned Cricket Opera for entertainment & money making business. Show must go on & on....
@Jim - "India is jaded & faded team..." - which still defeated Pakistan while defending its lowest score in this series. :)
The fact here is India is no more the batting powerhouse it used to be and there also has been superb bowling efforts from Pakistan's young brigade in this series. Also I appreciate the attitude of Hafeez, who is very tough mentally.
Also, the bowling line up of the Indian team is not as bad as the results show. In this game they played with five specialist bowlers whereas in previous two games they played with four & part timers. In the second game part timers lavished close to 80 runs in 10 overs defending 227 & still the match went to 49th over which shows that with the five specialists bowlers the series could have been 2-1 in India's favour.
Now the lesson for India is - "If you call your batsman as world-class, you should be able to doing well with 6 of them in the team & accomodate five specialists bowlers to defend the target. But surely batsmen have to improve."
And finally yes, Dhoni still is the best captain in current scenario in world-cricket. I really admire his courage & leadership qualities.
I am just waiting for the conspiracy theories....
Hafeez messed it up. He should be dropped. He showed no interest in protecting the tailenders, and in the end failed to deliver anything himself. What a loser!
Match fixing again in action, We should take this "engineered result" with a ton of salt.
Well played Pakistan. Future bright with these bowlers around. Batting is still a weakness but when the oldies go fresh blood will take Pak forward. Series played in good spirit and scoreline very very appropriate.
I fail to understand India's penchant for handing out Man of The Match to Dhoni / their own players whether their team wins or loses the match and irrespective of how well our players have played. Saeed Ajmal bowled out 5 for 24 today yet it is Mr. Dhoni who is given the MOTM on a platter YET AGAIN!!! If Dhoni 'made' the match when we beat India in 1st ODI, our batsmen and bowlers (Nasir Jamshed, Junaid Khan, Irfan) 'made it possible' to 'win' the match. God, they are so prejudiced! Even in World Cup's Semi Final they put Tendulkar ahead of Wahab Riaz's outstanding bowling display. Atleast Dhoni wasn't given the Man of The Series trophy! AND SOMEBODY PLEASE GET MISBAH OUT OF ODI! We have a young team and can retain solid Shoaib Malik in it as well, BUT NO PLACE FOR MISBAH.
ofcourse it was fixed! Everytime Pakistan looses the game to India its fixed.
Shame on Misbah. He is not suited to play t20 and ODI
This is a FIXED match!
This match needs to be investigated thoroughly.
Isn't that what Pakistanis going to say now?
OMG, What happened, I thought Pakistan had won!!!
where are Pakistanis ? finding an argument ? match fixed?
The partnership between Misbah and Umar cost us the match.
Once again, people, it's just a game. LMAO seeing @Amer and @Someone gloating even before the game is over. Now waiting for other trolls to come out with "match was fixed" "Pak threw the match for aman ki asha" theories. What will you do without conspiracies? Plain facts: Pakistan won the series. They were the better team. India is a jaded, faded team thanks to too much cricket, IPL and easy money, and multiple retirements. This was a consolation win after Pakistan had taken its foot off the accelerator. Typical sloppy subcontinent approach of relaxing after job is done. Australia would have made sure of a clean sweep. Anyway, phir milenge. May the better team win. Always
This defeat is a blessing in disguise. Now some senior players cannot hide behind performance of other players.
now pakistani fans will say it was fixed..........
why is kamran even playing???
Now pakistani trolls would bomb the entire comment space by match fixing allegations and etc... Hahaha great job by blue brigade!!! Indeed the ODI was between Dhoni vs Pakistan... Proud of new bowlers!!! peace bro
Congratulations to Indian Team and Nation. It was a very tense match but Indians played well and kept their nerves strong. Overall it was a very interesting series and Indians as hosts showed respect and love for Pakistanis. Thanks you India and well played Pakistan.
WOW what a game... a thriller.. Come on PAKIS have some heart and accept you loose today....YAHOOOO..
145-8...Pakistan....we are monitoring......
@aman ki asha...vikram: yes at 7 down and run a ball required it looks reality...aman ki asha...but may be Pakistanis wont listen to our pleas....):-
Everybody would be discussing the performances of Nasir Jamshed, Junaid Khan and Saeed Ajmal but what about Misbah ul Haq??? He has again proved that he does not deserve a place in one day team. ( 3 matches, Best 39 Avg 15) Captain of Pakistan team has played 108 matches to-date but even after being a middle order batsman he has never been able to make a single century. I agree that during his captaincy win ratio has generally been good but it has never been due to Misbah's dismal batting skills.
Tribune lacks a live scorecard like english news paper Dawn.
Pakistan will be forced to lose the match for aman ki asha.....no fixing but forced defeat....
cricket is not really a proper game, we should play something else.
@Imran: They are Crying LOL.
@Imran: All the Indians I met today (I am in Dubai) act like they have lost interest in cricket. LOL
Not good to see such low-of-confidence performances by Indian batsmen ...... was looking forward to a thrilling series but the negative body language of many players sbtracted the fun out of it ..... Time to say bye bye to Younas Khan .....
Where are all the Indian trolls today?
Long Live PTI (no matter what happens at any place, I always see PTI comment there, why not here? LOL
Watching it live and it's 4am here!! Excited! Clean sweep Pakistan! I'm happy I'm reliving the old golden times of Pakistan cricket when my dad witnessed it at my age!
Love my country when they play such a good cricket! Love them also when they have hard days!
@Sanjay It has been Dhoni v/s Pakistan - Misbah
one captain v/s other team- captain
ha ha ha
As somebody rightly said - "This ODI series has not been Pak vs India, it has been Pak vs Dhoni".
Love this picture!
Pakistanis want a clean sweep - must win this match too. Insha-Allah.