India vs UAE : India beat UAE by 9 wickets and Ravichandran was declared man of the match for his 4 wickets and 25 runs haul. Rohit Sharma’s fifty also helped India make a clean sweep and deeply wound UAE for the third time in three decades.
Off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin claimed four wickets to lead a strong Indian bowling performance as the defending champions eased to a nine-wicket victory over the United Arab Emirates in a World Cup Pool B encounter in Perth on Saturday.
Left-arm spinner Ravindra Jadeja and fast bowler Umesh Yadav chipped in with two wickets apiece as the Emiratis were bundled out for just 102 in 31.3 overs at the WACA to post the lowest score of this year’s tournament.
Opener Rohit Sharma had missed out in India’s wins against Pakistan and South Africa but used the opportunity to get some runs under his belt as his team chased down the target with 31.1 overs to spare for a third triumph in as many matches.
Rohit (57) and Virat Kohli (33) added 75 in an unbroken second wicket stand to carry India home after in-form opening batsman Shikhar Dhawan (14) fell to a sharp one-handed catch by Rohan Mustafa at point off Mohammad Naveed.
Rohit, the owner of the highest ODI score of 264, brought up his 24th fifty with a square-cut boundary off UAE captain Mohammad Tauqir. He hit 10 fours and a six during his 55-ball knock.
Tauqir would never have envisioned such a shambolic batting display from his team mates when he won the toss and opted to bat first.
However, the extra bounce on a pitch widely considered as the fastest in the world put them on the back foot from the onset of their innings.
Yadav bowled short and fast and struck in his first over, the second of the innings, to remove opener Andri Berenger (four) with a bouncer.
Fellow opener Amjad Ali (four) did not last much longer, edging a bouncer from Bhuvneshwar Kumar, a replacement for the injured Mohammed Shami, to wicketkeeper Mahendra Singh Dhoni behind the stumps.
Skipper Dhoni brought Ashwin (4-25) on as his first change immediately after the mandatory 10-over powerplay to start the innings and the tall spinner picked up a wicket with his second ball and then ran through the UAE middle order to bag his best figures in ODIs.
Shaiman Anwar, who scored an aggressive century during their two-wicket loss to Ireland, was the only batsman to provide some resistance and finished with 35 from 49 balls, his innings including six boundaries.
Anwar and number 11 batsman Manjula Guruge (10 not out) added 31 for the final wicket, the highest of the innings, to get UAE past the 100-run mark.
The 35-year-old Anwar was the last man to fall, bowled by a late-swinging full delivery from Yadav.
Here are highlights of India vs UAE Cricket World Cup:
India innings:
19th over – Rohit hits Tauqir down the ground for four to seal India’s nine-wicket victory with 187 balls remaining. Rohit finished 57 not out, Kohli 33 not out. IND: 104-1 from 18.5 ov
17th over – In the first over after play resumes, Rohit cuts Tauqir to the boundary rope to reach his half-century off 48 balls. IND: 94-1.
India Target: 103 runs in 50 overs/ India need 15 runs in 204 balls, Req. RR .44
15th over – Captain Mohammad Tauqir brings himself on and gets hit for two consecutive fours through covers by Rohit. INDIA 83-1
14th over – Kohli smashes Krishna Chandran through the covers for his fourth boundary. IND: 72-1
13th over – Another lovely on-drive from Kohli off Javed for a four. IND: 66-1
11th over – Amjad Javed comes on and Rohit drives him over mid-off for a four. IND: 59-1
10th over – Virat Kohli punches Guruge away for a four. IND: 52-1
9th over – Consecutive boundaries for Rohit off Naveed, who is punished for bowling short. The batsman plays an off-drive to pick up his third four of the over. IND: 46-1
8th over – Virat Kohli plays an on-drive off Guruge for his first four. IND: 34-1
7th over – Another well-timed on-drive for Dhawan off Naveed and he gets his third four. He then plays an uppish drive and Rohan Mustafa pulls off a one-handed blinder at point. IND: 30-1
6th over – Rohit pulls Guruge for a massive six over fine leg. IND: 25-0
5th over – Dhawan gets his first boundary with a crisp on-drive off Naveed and then cracks him through covers for another four. IND: 19-0
4th over – Manjula Guruge sends down a maiden over against the in-form Shikhar Dhawan. IND: 10-0
3rd over – Rohit top edges a short ball to the third man boundary off Naveed for his second four. IND: 10-0
1st over – Rohit Sharma hits a cracking backfoot drive off Mohammad Naveed to get India started. IND: 4-0
Off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin claimed four wickets to lead a strong Indian bowling performance as the defending champions dismissed the United Arab Emirates for 102 in their World Cup Pool B match in Perth on Saturday.
Left-arm spinner Ravindra Jadeja and fast bowler Umesh Yadav chipped in with two wickets apiece as the Emiratis were bundled out in 31.3 overs at the WACA to post the lowest score of this year’s tournament.
UAE captain Mohammad Tauqir would never have envisioned such a shambolic batting display from his team mates when he won the toss and opted to bat first.
However, the extra bounce on a pitch widely considered as the fastest in the world, put them on the backfoot from the onset of their innings.
Yadav bowled short and fast and struck in his first over, the second of the innings, to remove opener Andri Berenger (four) with a bouncer.
Fellow opener Amjad Ali (four) did not last much longer, edging a bouncer from Bhuvneshwar Kumar, a replacement for the injured Mohammed Shami, to wicketkeeper
Mahendra Singh Dhoni behind the stumps. Skipper Dhoni brought Ashwin (4-25) on as his first change immediately after the mandatory 10-over powerplay to start the innings and the tall spinner picked up a wicket with his second ball and then ran through the UAE middle order.
Shaiman Anwar, who scored an aggressive century during their two-wicket loss to Ireland, was the only batsman to provide some resistance and finished with 35 from 49 balls, his innings including six boundaries.
Anwar and number 11 batsman Manjula Guruge (10 not out) added 31 for the final wicket, the highest of the innings, to get UAE past the 100-run mark.
UAE innings:
1st over – Bhuvneshwar Kumar starts the proceedings with a big wide down the leg side which Mahendra Singh Dhoni cannot stop. Andri Berenger hits a crisp drive through covers for the first four. UAE: 6-0
2nd over – Umesh Yadav takes the second new ball and bowls a steep bouncer to Amjad Ali whose top edge lands just out of reach of a diving Rohit Sharma at square leg. Another bouncer and Berenger (4) falls after a top edge to Dhoni. UAE: 7-1
4th over – Yadav troubles Ali throughout the over and ends with a maiden. UAE: 12-1
5th over – Ali (4) now goes for a pull off Kumar and gets a thin edge to Dhoni as UAE lose their second wicket. UAE: 13-2
6th over – Another maiden from Yadav, this time to Krishna Chandran. UAE: 13-2
9th over – Khurram Khan slaps a short and wide delivery from Kumar for a four through wide third man. UAE: 24-2
10th over – Chadran edges one between the second and third slip for a single off Yadav. UAE: 28-2
11th over – Off-spinner Ravichadran Ashwin comes on and strikes on his second ball. Chandran (4) gloves a ball to Suresh Raina at leg slip. UAE: 29-3
12th over – Second bowling change as Dhoni brings on his third paceman Mohit Sharma. Swapnil Patil picks up a four on the second ball with a cut to point. UAE: 34-3
15th over – Ashwin picks up his second wicket as Patil (7) edges him to a diving Shikhar Dhawan at slip. UAE: 41-4
17th over – Khurram goes for a sweep and gets a top edge to give Ashwin his third scalp with Raina taking the catch. Dhoni appeals for a caught behind on the last ball off Rohan Mustafa but decides against a review. UAE: 44-5
18th over – UAE centurion from their last match, Shaiman Anwar, pulls Mohit to square leg for a four. UAE: 49-5
19th over – Mustafa tucks away Ashwin for a two and brings up the 50 for the team. UAE: 51-5
20th over – Mustafa (2) is given out lbw off Mohit and the batsman wastes the review for his team. UAE: 54-6
22nd over – Raina takes his third catch of the innings to remove Amjad Javed for two and give left-arm spinner Ravindra Jadeja his first wicket. Mohammad Naveed gets off the mark with a slog for six then is dropped by a diving Raina in the slips. UAE: 67-7.
23rd over – Naveed’s luck quickly runs out when he is bowled by Ashwin, who finished with career-best figures of 4-25 from his 10 overs. UAE: 68-8.
24th over – Jadeja picks up his second wicket when he bowls Mohammad Tauqir around his legs for one. UAE: 71-9.
32nd over – Anwar edges Yadav between wicketkeeper and first slip for a boundary to help UAE get to 100. But two balls later, he is cleaned bowled by Yadav for 35, that featured six fours. UAE: all out 102 in 31.3 overs.
5th over – Ali (4) now goes for a pull off Kumar and gets a thin edge to Dhoni as UAE lose their second wicket.
4th over – Yadav troubles Ali throughout the over and ends with a maiden.
2nd over – Umesh Yadav takes the second new ball and bowls a steep bouncer to Amjad Ali whose top edge lands just out of reach of a diving Rohit Sharma at square leg. Another bouncer and Berenger (4) falls after a top edge to Dhoni.
1st over – Bhuvneshwar Kumar starts the proceedings with a big wide down the leg side which Mahendra Singh Dhoni can not collect cleanly and goes for an extra run. Andri Berenger hits a crisp drive through covers for the first four.
12:25 pm: Umesh Yadav strikes in his first over. UAE opener Raffaelo is out
11:50 am: Both the teams line up to sing their National Anthems
11;45 am: UAE captain Mohammed Tauqir won the toss and elected to bat first against India.
Teams:
India:
Mahendra Singh Dhoni (captain & wk), Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan, Virat Kohli, Suresh Raina, Ajinkya Rahane, Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Mohit Sharma, Umesh Yadav, Axar Patel, Ambati Rayudu, Stuart Binny, Bhuvneshwar Kumar.
UAE:
Mohammed Tauqir (captain), Amjad Ali, Amjad Javed, Andri Berenger, Fahad Alhashmi, Asanka Guruge, Khurram Khan, Kamran Shehzad, Krishna Chandran, Mohammed Naveed, Nasir Aziz, Swapnil Patil, Shaiman Anwar, Rohan Mustafa, Saqlain Haider.