Arshad to bowl his second over. He starts with two dot balls to Markram, who makes up for it, as he slashes a short wide delivery over point for a four.
He takes a single as he fails to get hold of the pull shot before Pant cuts the short wide ball past point for a four.
Prasidh Krishna to bowl the fifth over. Markram immediately targets the pacer as he makes room to swing the first ball over midwicket for a six.
Prasidh responds with a quick bouncer as Markram is beaten trying to upper cut as Buttler makes a good stop leaping high.
Prasidh bowls the slower bouncer as Markram miscues the upper cut but Arshad Khan at short thirdman fails to take the catch. He runs back and stretches his right hand out but fails to even touch the ball, which goes through for a four.
Another chance for Markram off the next ball. He throws his bat at the length ball pitched wide as Sudharsan in the covers dives to his left but fails to hold on.
Pant pulls the fifth ball before Markram gets a thick inside trying to loft Prasidh over the off-side.
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