India vs Afghanistan, Highlights, Asia Cup 2018 at Dubai, Full Cricket Score: Match ends in a tie as Jadeja falls

Phew, the edge-of-the-seat thriller comes to an end. Afghanistan are being praised all around on social media for their effort in pulling back the match from no-where and almost winning it. And why not?

They would be happy to accept that they were not on the losing side either. The Asghar Afghan-led side have played all the matches with the great desire of a win and even when they return to their country having not made it to the finals, the world has taken notice of their rapid rise in ODI cricket. The World Cup is not far and Afghanistan have to make the right moves from here. 

India, on the other hand, would be a little disappointed. The way the openers started off, they should have ended the game with a few overs to spare. This was not the full strength team yet the job was not as easy as it was made out to be. 

We will now return with the final of the tournament on 28 September. India are already through. And we will see tomorrow, who among Pakistan and Bangladesh, goes forward to play the men-in-blue. 

Till then, goodbye and goodnight.

Mohammad Shahzad is Man of the Match.

Shahzad: I am not happy as we were there for six hours but still the match was tied. Yes, happy with the way I batted. My plan was see the ball, hit the ball. I am feeling proud that I played this knock against a very good team. It means a lot to me.

Indian players involved in most tied ODIs:

5 – MS Dhoni

5 – Sachin Tendulkar 

4 – Ravindra Jadeja

4 – Virat Kohli

Tied ODIs for India:

v West Indies, Perth, 1991

v Zimbabwe, Indore, 1993

v Zimbabwe, Paarl, 1997

v England, Bangalore, 2011

v England, Lord’s, 2011

v Sri Lanka, Adelaide, 2012

v New Zealand, Auckland, 2014

v Afghanistan, Dubai, 2018

There’s a kid in the stands unable to stop his tears as Jadeja failed to guide the team across the finish line. The father trying to calm him down. This is what a tense thriller does to the fans, no matter what the age is. 

Afghanistan pushed hard for a win but they should be a proud outfit right now as they have taken almost all the games they have played to the last over. 

India, too, despite playing a second string side were able to hold their nerves till the last. There were many errors committed in the field but you expect these from a team consisting of many youngsters, two of whom have played just 3 matches together. 

Ties is the result and rightly so. The way the match was hardly fought, no team deserved to lose.

Teams involved in most tied ODIs:

9 – Australia, West Indies

8 – England, Pakistan, INDIA*

7 – Zimbabwe

Ball 5: OUT! It is a tie. 

Jadeja hits one in the air and the fielder from deep mid-wicket boundary came in running and took the catch. Jadeja is distraught. Afghanistan are happy with the tie at least. WHAT A MATCH.

After 49 overs,India 246/9 ( Ravindra Jadeja 20 , Khaleel Ahmed 0)

Wicket on the first ball of the over. Two runs off the next. Jadeja hits one into the air but Rashid could not reach to catch it near the mid-wicket. There was a run-out chance at the non-strikers end but even that was missed. However, Kaul made sure that a run-out was possible in this over. India need 7 runs in 6 balls.

After 48 overs,India 240/7 ( Ravindra Jadeja 16 , Kuldeep Yadav 7)

Beauty of delivery from Rashid to start the 48th over, comes from round the stumps, ball pitches on leg stump and goes away, leaving Jadeja Bamboozled. He takes single off the next ball. Afghanistan are throwing themselves in the field as well. India need 13 runs in 12 balls.

After 47 overs,India 236/7 ( Ravindra Jadeja 13 , Kuldeep Yadav 6)

Exciting over this was. Run-out chance which eventually eneded up in a player getting injured. India are slowly taking this game into the last over. Afghanistan have seen many last-over thrillers in this tournament and not all of them ended in their favour. Can they do it this time? India need 17 runs in 18 balls.

After 46 overs,India 230/7 ( Ravindra Jadeja 11 , Kuldeep Yadav 2)

Nabi completes his quota of overs. Is Jadeja trying to get this to the last over? Not a great idea. Has to take risk and score some quick runs or it would be too late in the end. The problem is that the tail this time around is not as good with the bat. India need one big over here. Equation comes down to 23 runs in 24 balls.

After 45 overs,India 226/7 ( Ravindra Jadeja 9 , Kuldeep Yadav 0)

Aftab back on. Starts off with a slower one. Jadeja takes a single. Chahar has been bowled. India are seven down now and need India need 27 runs in 30 balls.

After 44 overs,India 223/6 ( Ravindra Jadeja 7 , Deepak Chahar 11)

Mujeeb continues. Deepak is living on the edge off the cliff. He gets a boundary nonetheless on the penultimate ball of the over. India need 30 runs in 36 balls.

After 43 overs,India 216/6 ( Ravindra Jadeja 5 , Deepak Chahar 6)

Rashid into the attack. Jadeja takes a single off the first ball. Not to forget Rashid has two more overs left after this one. The difference between the number of balls left and runs to be scored is decreasing. The pressure keeps building on Indians. India need 37 runs in 42 balls.