Article #240885

India thrash Pakistan by 61 runs in Colombo and qualify for the Super 8 stage of the T20I World Cup

Gone! The gamble does indeed pay off for Salman Agha and Pakistan. He spears a ball into the tacky surface, Abishek tries to pull it away but does not time it at all, serving only to plink a catch to Shaheen at mid on!

A dot to start from Salman, will this gamble pay off? It’s only the first time he has opened the bowling in a T20I… a single follows as Ishan gets off the mark with a hack into the leg side, the fielder in the deep well placed. Three dots follow… and there’s a wicket!