Kuldeep continues as Shakeel slaps the second ball for a single and Rizwan is unable to get a run from the last four balls, as the spinner concedes just a single from his seventh over.
Siraj to bowl his eighth over. Shakeel slaps the first ball square on the off-side for a couple of runs before he is beaten next ball playing away from his body.
Shakeel gets a single fourth ball and Rizwan pulls the next for one followed by another run to the former.
In the next over, Kuldeep has a confident shout for leg before turned down against Shakeel. The left-hander goes right back to clip Kuldeep on the leg side but misses it completely and is struck on the pads.
Rohit takes the review despite wicketkeeper Rahul not so convinced.
The ball has pitched in line, the impact is in line and it is going on to hit the stumps.
The decision is overturned as Shakeel is given out leg before wicket for six with Pakistan losing their fourth wicket.
Iftikhar Ahmed smashes the second ball he faces hitting Kuldeep over midwicket for a four.
But Kuldeep gets revenge off the last ball of the over. Iftikhar tries the sweep but only manages to drag it back on to his stumps to be bowled for four.
The googly went off the gloves on to the stumps as Pakistan slip to 166/5 after 33 overs, losing three wickets for 11 runs in the space of 21 balls.
After going wicketless in his first seven overs, Kuldeep has got back with two wickets in his eighth over.
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