New York: In the biggest match of ICCT20 World Cup, India defeated Pakistan by 6 runs.
In the match played between Group A teams at the Nassau County International Cricket Stadium in New York, India had given Pakistan a target of 120 runs to win, but the Pakistani team failed to chase India’s easy target.
The national team could only score 113 runs for the loss of 7 wickets in 20 overs. Chasing the target, Pakistan team dominated India for about 14-15 overs and Pakistan’s chances of victory were more than 90% but Pakistan batsmen were under pressure in the last overs due to continuous slow batting and forgot to hit boundaries.
After defeating Pakistan, India topped Group A with 4 points. Pakistan team is fourth in the points table with defeats in two consecutive matches.
Pakistan’s innings:
In pursuit of the target, Pakistan’s innings was started by Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan, Pakistan’s first wicket fell on 26 runs, after Babar Azam scored 13 runs, the fielder standing on the slip was caught by Jasprit Bumrah.
With a total score of 57, Pakistan suffered their second loss in the form of Usman Khan who scored 13 runs and was lbw off Akshar Patel.
Pakistan’s third wicket fell for 73 runs when Fakhar Zaman also returned to the pavilion after scoring 13 runs. Shadab Khan, who came to bat after him, could score only 4 runs and was caught out on Pandya’s ball.
Iftikhar Ahmed scored only 5 runs off 9 balls, Naseem Shah 10 and Shaheen Afridi remained not out with 0.
For India, Jasprit Bumrah got 3 wickets, Hardik Pandya got 2 wickets. Arsdeep Singh and Akshar Patel took one wicket each.
India’s innings:
The entire Indian team could play only 19 overs against Pakistan and got out by scoring 119 runs.
India’s innings was opened by Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma while Pakistan’s Shaheen Afridi bowled the first over.
Only three Indian players got into double figures with Rishabh Pant scoring 42 runs, Akshar Patel scoring 20 runs and captain Rohit Sharma scoring 13 runs.
Haris Rauf and Naseem Shah took 3, 3, Mohammad Amir 2 and Shaheen Afridi guided one player to the pavilion.
India’s first wicket fell on 12 runs when Virat Kohli was dismissed for 4 off Naseem Shah. On the total score of 19 runs, Rohit Sharma also returned to the pavilion by scoring 13 runs off the ball of Shaheen Afridi.
India’s third wicket fell on a total score of 58 runs when Akshar Patel fell victim to Naseem Shah after scoring 20 runs, Surya Kumar Yadav scored 7 runs on the ball of Haris Rauf on a total score of 89, Shivam Dubey scored only three runs. After that, he was caught on the ball of Naseem Shah.
In Muhammad Amir’s over, India lost two consecutive wickets on a total score of 96, Rishabh Pant scored 42 runs on a total score of 96 and Ravindra Jadeja returned to the pavilion for zero.
Hardik Pandya and Jasprit Bumrah were also dismissed one after the other on a total score of 112. India’s last wicket fell on a total of 119 when Arsdeep Singh was run out for 9 runs.
the rain:
Due to rain during India’s innings, the match was stopped as soon as the first over was completed, which resumed at 9 o’clock. Before the match was stopped, India scored 8 runs without loss in one over.
Earlier, due to rain, the match was delayed from the scheduled time and started at 8:20 instead of 7:30. The toss of the match was also delayed by half an hour from the scheduled time of 7:00 due to rain.
Toss:
Pakistan had won the toss and decided to field against India, talking on the occasion Pakistan team captain Babar Azam said that Imad Wasim has been included in the Pakistan team instead of Azam Khan in the match against India.
He said that he will try to perform well in the match against India, the past is the past, the focus is on today’s match, there is a lot of motivation for the match against India.
Indian team captain Rohit Sharma said that he will try to score well so that the bowlers can defend. He has played two or three matches here.
Squad:
India: Rohit Sharma (captain), Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper), Surya Kumar Yadav, Shiv Dubey, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Akshar Patel, Jasprit Bumrah, Arshad Singh, Mohammad Siraj
Pakistan: Babar Azam (captain), Muhammad Rizwan (wicketkeeper), Usman Khan, Fakhar Zaman, Shadab Khan, Iftikhar Ahmed, Imad Wasim, Shaheen Afridi, Haris Rauf, Naseem Shah, Muhammad Amir
