ICC T20 World Cup 2016: India vs Pakistan - Player ratings

The Pakistan team celebrates a wicket

Pakistan

Sharjeel Khan – 5/10

“It looks like he’s batting with someone else’s bat,” said Harsha Bhogle during Sharjeel’s laborious stay at the crease. The 26-year-old seemed to come out all guns blazing trying to hit the very first ball of the innings to the boundary but looked completely clueless against the spin of Ravichandran Ashwin. Though he managed to survive, he never looked comfortable out in the middle and fell to Raina after a brilliant catch by Hardik Pandya.

Ahmed Shehzad – 7/10

He did have a few troublesome moments against the spinners but played well considering the situation and managed to give Pakistan a good start with a few boundaries that helped break the shackles. However, he couldn’t convert the start into a meaningful score after he perished for 25 trying to go for the big shots.

Shahid Afridi – 5/10

Came up the order yet again but there was no repeat of his heroics against Bangladesh as Jadeja’s big turners kept him in check before holding out at the long-on boundary off a well disguised slower one by Hardik Pandya. Certainly missed a trick or two with his captaincy as well as he failed to put that extra pressure on the Indian batsmen despite the loss of three early wickets.

Umar Akmal – 7/10

Struggled whenever he came up against Jadeja, but managed to get a few boundaries before he fell to the left-arm spinner. The 41-run stand he shared with Malik was crucial in getting Pakistan to a decent total.

Shoaib Malik – 8/10

Kickstarted Pakistan’s late onslaught with a huge six off Hardik Pandya before smashing three boundaries. Malik’s 16-ball 26 proved to be the little cameo that Pakistan was hoping for though he would be miffed with himself for not carrying his bat through to the end of the innings after looking in fine touch.

Sarfraz Ahmed – 6/10

The usually big-hitting Sarfraz couldn’t get the balls away to the boundary, but to be fair to the wicketkeeper-batsman he was left with too little time to get used to the nature of the pitch. Facing a superb death bowler in Bumrah certainly didn’t help matters either.

Mohammad Hafeez – 5/10

Like Sarfraz, Hafeez came out to the middle too late on to have a meaningful impact on the match. With his inability to bowl due to the ICC enforced suspension, may be the Pakistan team management should reconsider where to bat Hafeez.

Wahab Riaz – 6/10

Did pick up the wicket of Yuvraj Singh, but the damage was pretty much done by then. Riaz would have perhaps liked to have come on a little bit earlier considering his experience and he ended up bowling only two overs as India won comfortably in the end.

Mohammad Irfan – 6/10

Bowled way too short in his opening over, gifting two boundaries to Rohit Sharma before redeeming himself in the following over, conceding just two runs. Was yet another victim of Afridi’s baffling tactics as he was brought back late on after the damage had already been done.

Mohammad Amir – 7/10

The 23-year-old continues to prove what a great threat he is as he picked up the wicket of Rohit Sharma to give Pakistan the early breakthrough. But Pakistan needed more wickets from Amir and perhaps Afridi should have given the youngster one more over at the start as, by the time he came on, later on, Kohli had pretty much sealed the match for India.

Mohammad Sami – 7/10

Was put under pressure right away by Dhawan who smashed his first ball for a boundary. A front-foot no ball followed leading many of his teammates to come up to him as he looked under pressure. However, the veteran came back strongly to pick up the wickets of Dhawan and Sami to put Pakistan firmly on top during the Indian run chase.