India vs UAE 21st Match at Perth, 28 Feb, 2015

Toss: United Arab Emirates,who chose to bat
UAE 102/10 (31.3)
India 104/1 (18.5)
India won by 9 wickets
Man of the Match: Ravichandran Ashwin
  • Virat Kohli 33 * (41)
  • Rohit Sharma 57 * (55)

Over 14.1 Mohammad Tauqir bowls a good length delivery to RG Sharma, 1 run, comes on to the front foot and pushes it down to long-off.

Over 14.2 Mohammad Tauqir bowls it short of length to V Kohli, 1 run, goes back in the crease and punches it down to long-on and picks up another single.

Over 14.3 Mohammad Tauqir bowls a tossed up delivery to RG Sharma, no runs, gets forward and goes for a drive through the line but gets beaten.

Over 14.4 Mohammad Tauqir bowls a half volley to RG Sharma, Boundary! Gets to the pitch of the ball and drills it past extra cover.

Over 14.5 Mohammad Tauqir bowls it flat in the air to RG Sharma, Boundary! Comes down the track and drives it down to deep extra-cover fence for another boundary.

Over 14.6 Mohammad Tauqir bowls it flat in the air to RG Sharma, 1 run, gets forward and punches it down to long-off.

Over 16.1 Mohammad Tauqir bowls a tossed up delivery to RG Sharma, 1 run, goes on to the back foot and punches it through cover and gets a single.

Over 16.2 Mohammad Tauqir bowls a tossed up delivery to V Kohli, no runs, gets forward and driven back to the bowler.

Over 16.3 Mohammad Tauqir bowls a slower one to V Kohli, no runs, goes deep in the crease and pushes it towards point.

Over 16.4 Mohammad Tauqir bowls a tossed up delivery to V Kohli, 1 run, gets forward and worked in front of square-leg.

Over 16.5 Mohammad Tauqir bowls it short of length to RG Sharma, Boundary! Rocks back and cuts it square on the off-side, beats point and races away to the fence.

Over 16.6 Mohammad Tauqir bowls a quicker arm ball to RG Sharma, no runs, pushes forward and blocks it down the pitch.

Over 18.1 Mohammad Tauqir bowls a tossed up delivery to RG Sharma, no runs,  lunges forward and defends it to the right of cover.

Over 18.2 Mohammad Tauqir bowls it flat in the air to RG Sharma, no runs, gets forward and pushed towards mid-on.

Over 18.3 Mohammad Tauqir bowls a slower one to RG Sharma, no runs, goes back in the crease and worked away to mid-wicket.

Over 18.4 Mohammad Tauqir bowls a quicker arm ball to RG Sharma, no runs, goes back and defends it to mid-on.

Over 18.5 Mohammad Tauqir bowls a tossed up delivery to RG Sharma, Boundary! Gets to the pitch of the ball and belts it back past the bowler, no stopping that, it races away to the fence.

India won by 9 wickets.

Ashwin: I bowl at such phases of the game where I look to stop runs from being scored, but today I came on early to bowl. I am an attacking bowler, I love to take wickets. I am an unselfush bowler, I would love to take more wickets. My wrists position was much better, the sem position around the wrists was much better and the breeze helped me as well. It was good to have a few wins under the belt, it was a good show in the end and I will look forward to more.

Ashwin is the Man of the Match

Tauqir (UAE): 'Yeah, it was not a par score on this wicket. I think we were outplayed by the Indian bowlers, it wasn't a par score. Ashwin bowled brillinatly, we couldn't cope up with his bowling, we bowled really well. That's our batting order, we know he can score runs down the order. The top-order needs to score more runs. We need to stick to the basics, play out 50 overs and get some runs. But India outplayed us and I wish them well.

Dhoni (IND): We need to execute our plans, the margin of errors is very small. The bowlers have been very disciplined, the batting has been good and the fielding, we dropped one catch today, but that's going pretty well. We were not getting wickets in the middle overs, that was one worrying area for us, but now the spinners are pushing the batsmne towards making errors. I think they are forcing mistakes, it's just one match, we need to continue with this.