India vs Pakistan Highlights Asia Cup 2023 Super 4: Rain once again played spoilsport in the high-voltage India vs Pakistan encounter as the play was called off. The action will restart on Monday, which is the reserve day, and both sides will engage in a 50-over contest. Earlier, Shubman Gill raced past his second consecutive ODI half century as he and Rohit Sharma flattened the menacing Pakistan pace attack for the better part of the first 20 overs after Babar Azam won the toss and chose to bowl first. Their opening partnership soared past 100 within the first 14 overs. Gill got to his half century in 37 balls while Rohit got there soon therafter with a six, reaching his milestone in 42 balls. Pakistan eventually came back strong with Shadab and Afridi dismissing Rohit and Gill respectively in consecutive games. It brought Virat Kohli and KL Rahul, with the latter taking the injured Shreyas Iyer’s place at No.4. The partnership between the pair was on 24 off 38 balls for the third wicket when heavy rain suddenly made an appearance and forced the players off the ground. India’s score stood at 147/2 in 24.1 overs at that point.
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- Sep 10, 2023 08:48 PM ISTIndia vs Pakistan Live Score: Play called offThe play has been called off due to rain and it will restart tomorrow at 3:00 PM, which is the reserve day. We will have a 50-over contest.
- India vs Pakistan Live Score: Covers back on
- The covers are coming back on as both India and Pakistan players look in the sky. A passing shower is what it is being said, and we hope that is the case.
- India vs Pakistan Live Score: Umpires share latest update
- Chris Gaffaney: “We have got two main issues, near square leg and point, they are quiet wet and soft. The foundation of the ground there is too soft and dangerous for the players. We are trying to dry it with fans and will have a look in another 10-12 minutes. We think we are trying our best as groundstaff, possible looking at 9pm start but we have to see how it goes. Ideally we want to get as many overs as we can for both sides, but we don’t know if it is 9pm or quarter to 9pm.
- Ruchira Palliyaguruge: “Whatever the decision we make, if it is a 34-over game for a 9pm start and it starts to rain after play resumes then we start tomorrow with the same number of overs. But if we don’t get any further decision on the number of overs today then we have a full 50-over game tomorrow.”
- India vs Pakistan Live Score: Play might start by 9:00 pm
- There will be inspection in 10 minutes but play might start at 9:00 pm.
- There are two spots in the close fielding areas, which is causing the delay for the proceedings to resume.
- India vs Pakistan Live Score: Ashwin approves
India spinner R Ashwin is impressed with the very rare technique to dry the field.
We’ll have another inspection at 8:30 pm.
India vs Pakistan Live Score: A rare event
The umpires are still out in the middle as they have got the table fans out to dry the field. There are three fans being operated currently, saw dust is also being used.
India vs Pakistan Live Score: Second inspection done
The inspections is also done and this time it looks convincing that we might see some action soon. Lets hope it is the case.
India vs Pakistan Live Score: Another inspection
We’ll have another inspect at 8:00 pm.
India vs Pakistan Live Score: Conditions appear bleak
The inspections are done and the umpires are having a chat with Pakistan captain Babar Azam. Mohammad Rizwan joins the chat.
But going by the umpire’s body language, conditions look a bit bleak.
India vs Pakistan Live Score: Umpires inspect conditions
We will get an official update soon as all the three umpires are out inspecting the conditions.
India vs Pakistan Live Score: If a 20 over chase happens
India vs Pakistan Live Score: Just a reminder that if a 20-over chase is possible today, Pakistan will have a target of 180 to knock down.
India vs Pakistan Live Score: Scenes in the middle
India vs Pakistan Live Score: The players who are out on the field hardly look like they expect anything to happen today. Babar and Rizwan are walking around in their slippers. It is all looking quite bleak but hey, it is India-Pakistan so you never know. Who would’ve predicted many Asia Cup editions ago that there would be a reserve day assigned just for this match in a Super Four that has been made almost to ensure that these two teams play each other at least twice in the tournament.
India vs Pakistan Live Score: Inspection at 7.30pm
India vs Pakistan Live Score: The umpires spoke with Babar Azam and players from both camps have made their way out. Rohit Sharma and Rahul Dravid chat with Morne Morkel around one of the wet patches and Rohit is shaking his head. Meanwhile, KL Rahul, one of two players batting for India, is still in his training kit.
India vs Pakistan Live Score: Rohit Sharma talking to the umpires
India vs Pakistan Live Score: Lots of pointing between the three men towards different parts of the ground. Those wet patches really are a dampener (yes, I did that), and if this match is forced into the reserve day, it could be largely because of those.
India vs Pakistan Live Score: Sights from the Indian dressing room
India vs Pakistan Live Score: Well Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav and a few others are joking away about something. Meanwhile, Rohit Sharma, Rahul Dravid and the rest of the Indian management have got their pens and papers out and seem to be doing all kinds of calculations about the possible playing conditions.
India vs Pakistan Live Score: The cutoff time is 12am local time
And Sri Lanka and India have exactly the same timezones and so that means that you could hear a restart happening at 11.30pm as well. Dasgupta futher shows that the shade of the ground that the groundstaff are working on is a significantly different colour, almost brown. That, is a real area of concern.
India vs Pakistan Live Score: ‘It could still take 45 mins’
India vs Pakistan Live Score: Deep Dasgupta finally gives an update from the middle. “The ground still wet. Groundsmen still working hard. Going to take 45 mins. Umpires will come on after the covers are off.” He points to a few areas by the advertising fences where there are proper puddles.
India vs Pakistan Live Score: A lot of green now…
India vs Pakistan Live Score: A the risk of raising false alarms, it is safe to say that there most of the overs have been removed. The main square remains very much the under the wraps. More worryingly, though, the ground staff is still working hard on that wet patch.
India vs Pakistan Live Score: A troublesome patch
India vs Pakistan Live Score: It hasn’t rained for a while now and it seems that the ground staff are busy servicing a patch of the outfield that is damp. They have got huge pieces of sponge and are dabbing the grass there. This will take a while and yes, we have started losing overs now.
India vs Pakistan Live Score: Rains are back, so are the covers
India vs Pakistan Live Score: Bah, those crossed fingers weren’t enough it seems. The rain returned and so did the covers. That sort of day folks.
India vs Pakistan Live Score: Positive pictures from the Premadasa
India vs Pakistan Live Score: Well here we are, big patches of green in between the blue now. Rain has completely stopped and keep your fingers crossed for it to stay this way. No word on the playing conditions yet but we did see Hardik Pandya and Rohit Sharma dressed up and looking like they are mentally prepared to take the field.
India vs Pakistan Live Score: Covers coming off!
India vs Pakistan Live Score: Some of the outfield covers are coming off now since rains have stopped entirely. There are still some dark clouds that can be seen over the sky that itself is a deep shade of blue and so, nothing much can be deduced from that.
India vs Pakistan Live Score: Just a reminder…
India are 147/2 in 24.1 overs. KL Rahul was on strike when the players went off, batting on 17 off 28. Virat Kohli at the other end on 8 off 16. Shadab Khan was bowling his seventh over, having taken one wicket and coming back strong after being belted around the park by Rohit and Gill in his first two overs. Shaheen Afridi is the other wicket-taker for Pakistan.
India vs Pakistan Live Score: If India don’t bat anymore today…
India vs Pakistan Live Score: As stated earlier, the only update is that rain has ceased. The covers are still very much in place and the ground staff is moving around over them.
