Dubai, March 02 (ANI): A fine half-century by Shreyas Iyer and a fiery cameo by Hardik Pandya towards the end powered India to a solid total of 249/9 on a tough Dubai wicket during their ICC Champions Trophy final group stage match on Sunday. After India collapsed to 30/3, the middle order held the innings together for India. India needs to defend 250 runs to end the group stage with three wins in three matches. Now Indian cricket fans have pinned hopes on bowlers to defend the total.
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00:00I think this is a decent total because I was here with Pakistan in the last match
00:05and I'm seeing that the pitch has been very slow runs
00:08so I think it's a decent total
00:10I think if it's 200, it's a difficult difficulty
00:14but above 240, I think it's a good total to defend
00:17So yeah, I think it's an interesting score
00:20I think maybe 10 runs too short
00:21but we have an extra spinner today
00:23so I'm hoping for some magic through that
00:25so let's see, all the best
00:27Well, not very sure but the pitch seems slow
00:30that's why spinners have done well actually
00:32and India didn't play that well
00:34what we expected them to play too
00:36and I hope, I hope, still keeping fingers crossed
00:39that Indian ballers will come back with complete strength
00:42and hopefully we will still be able to win
00:45and top the group