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India vs Pakistan LIVE Cricket Score: Inzy to Imam...run outs that run in the family

Pritish Raj: Pakistani openers were shaping up nicely in the first powerplay with batting that was steady yet watchful. But the Indian team bounced back in the last overs as Hardik Pandya lured Babar into playing a cover drive nicking one behind to KL Rahul and giving him a bit of a send-off. The next one was a throwback to the glorious 90s - and it was a theme that will never stop bringing merriment to Indians and draw out wry gasps from Pakistan fans. After Pandya's send-off of Babar, Axar Patel brought his rocket arms into action as he rifled a throw to catch Imam short of the crease who ran mindlessly for a quick single. The languid uncle Inzamam ul Haq had contrived myriad ways to make reaching the crease elusive, in his day for famous run outs. His nephew Imam would not be accused of being lazy, but the desperation to get the single, saw him go rabbiting riskily with the bat being grounded only when he saw the throw steaming in. Pakistan fans would've wondered wordlessly how run outs run in the much adored batting family. At any rate, Rohit will probably promise one more dinner for that run-out and India had balanced out the powerplay with Pakistan finishing with 52/2 in ten overs. The powerplay had looked promising for Pakistan when the much-scrutinized Babar played a couple of classic textbook cricketing shots, and later took on Hardik Pandya to score another boundary before going down the pitch to pick another four against Axar. Imam was not looking at his 100%, he played cautiously and it looked like Pakistan would close out the first powerplay without any casualty. But his Go-go Rabbit-ways ruined the powerplay for Pakistan.

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