In the T20 World Cup Group 2 match, Virat Kohli once again played a good innings to help India win against Pakistan.
India achieved the target of 160 runs given by Pakistan on the last ball.
Virat Kohli played one of the best innings of his career with an unbeaten 82 off 53 balls.
Apart from him, Hardik Pandya played a good innings of 40 runs off 37 balls.
KL Rahul and captain Rohit Sharma opened the innings for India.
Naseem Shah guided KL Rahul to the pavilion, he scored 4 runs.
Indian captain Rohit Sharma was dismissed by Haris Rauf, he also scored 4 runs.
Surya Kumar Yadav could not face Haris Rauf’s fast ball in the sixth over with a total score of 26 and was caught by Mohammad Rizwan.
The Indian team suffered their fourth loss in the seventh over when Akshar Patel was run out at a total score of 31.
After that, Virat Kohli and Hardik Pandya built a great partnership to take their team past 100 runs.
A good partnership of 113 runs in 78 balls between the two changed the map of the match.
Earlier, after winning the toss at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, the Indian captain invited Pakistan to bat first, after which the national team scored 159 runs for 8 wickets in the allotted 20 overs.
After Rohit Sharma’s decision, Pakistan captain Babar Azam and wicketkeeper-batsman Mohammad Rizwan opened the innings.
Indian fast bowler Arsdeep Singh dismissed Babar Azam lbw on the first ball of his very first over.
The second wicket of the Pakistan team was taken by Arsdeep Singh on the last ball of the fourth over, Mohammad Rizwan was caught out after scoring 4 runs.
After the early fall of two wickets, Shaan Masood and Iftikhar Ahmed took over the batting of the Pakistan team.
Iftikhar Ahmed scored a 32-ball fifty with 4 sixes and 2 fours, he was dismissed by Mohammad Shami in the 13th over.
Meanwhile, Shaan Masood stayed at the other end and continued to fight the Indian bowlers.
Pakistan’s fourth wicket fell on a total score of 96, Shadab Khan was dismissed by Hardik Pandya in the 14th over.
On the last ball of the same over, Haider Ali was also caught out after scoring 2 runs.
Indian fast bowler Hardik Pandya took Pakistan’s sixth wicket in the 16th over, when Mohammad Nawaz was caught out for 9 runs.
Pakistan’s seventh wicket fell to Asif Ali when he was dismissed in the 17th over adding 2 runs to the team’s score.
Bhuvneshwar Kumar took the wicket of Shaheen Shah Afridi in the last over. He was dismissed for 16 runs.
Shan Masood, who came to bat at the third position, remained not out by scoring 52 runs and Haris Rauf 6 runs.
What did the captains of India and Pakistan say?
On the occasion of the toss, the captain of the Pakistan cricket team Babar Azam said that if we had won the toss, we would have bowled, we are entering the field with 3 fast bowlers, 2 spinners and 6 batsmen.
Indian cricket team captain Rohit Sharma said on this occasion that the pitch is looking good for bowling, they have prepared very well for the match.
Pakistan team to face Pakistan India
Pakistan team consists of Babar Azam (Captain), Mohammad Rizwan, Shan Masood, Haider Ali, Iftikhar Ahmed, Mohammad Nawaz, Asif Ali, Shadab Khan, Shaheen Afridi, Haris Rauf and Naseem Shah.
Team India
The Indian team includes Rohit Sharma (captain), KL Rahul, Virat Kohli, Surya Kumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Dinesh Karthik, Akshar Patel, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mohammad Shami, Arshadeep Singh and Ravi Ashwin.
We are better than India right now: Shadab Khan
Talking at the ground before the toss, Shadab Khan said that the match between Pakistan and India is of great importance.
Shadab Khan said that as a team we are playing well, we are better than India at the moment.
Both teams will enjoy: Hardik Pandya
On the other hand, Indian player Hardik Pandya said that he is excited to play the match against Pakistan, both teams will enjoy.
He said that this is international cricket, every team has good bowlers.
A large number of fans of both the teams are present at the ground to watch the India-Pakistan clash.
