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ICL World Series: ICL India beat ICL Pakistan

The India XI thoroughly outplayed their Pakistan counterparts in their first outing of the ICL 20s World Series, chasing down a target of 166 in with five balls to spare.

It was a good win for India, who kept Pakistan to a gettable total, bar a few dropped catches, and their chase was aided by a similarly sloppy display from Pakistan. Ambati Rayudu batted long enough to ensure for 65 runs and Hemang Badani saw India through with an unbeaten 32 from 22 deliveries

India lost the explosive G Vignesh in the first over, run out by a direct hit from Shahid Yousuf when he harried down the track and did not pay heed to Ibrahim Khaleel’s call to stay put. An entertaining partnership followed.

The success for India was laid by the start they had with the ball. Four balls into the match, Pakistan had lost Imran Farhat, mistiming a pull off Rajamani Jesuraj to mid-on. Nazir – who slammed 392 runs at 43.55 with a strike rate of 175.78 in the recently concluded tournament – signalled his intent with a four and a six off Jesuraj, but the bowler had the final say when Nazir went the same was Farhat in the third over. Rana continued his free-hitting fun, smacking Binny and Sodhi’s military medium-pace with disdain, even as Yousuf went pulling Vignesh to midwicket.

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