India vs Pakistan, T20 World Cup 2024 Highlights: Jasprit Bumrah led the way as India defended the 120-run target with a stunning bowling performance and beat arch-rivals Pakistan by six runs at the New York.
Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan looked to have given Pakistan a good start in the chase.
Bumrah was not so lucky with Shivam Dube, who abandoned his nanny and gave Rizwan a second life.
However, he got the better of Babar in the second over thanks to a stunning catch from Suryakumar Yadav. Pakistan were 35/1 in the powerplay. However, India came alive again after the 10th over.
Jasprit Bumrah took strong figures of 3/14 and Hardik Pandya took 2/24 as Pakistan went down needing 18 for a last-minute win. Previously, Pakistan’s pacers dominated the order, supporting the fielders for most of India’s innings.
The latter scored 119 runs in 19 overs.
Virat Kohli lasted just three balls before falling to Naseem Shah in the penultimate over before Shaheen Afridi dismissed Rohit Sharma i
Axar Patel was sent ahead of Suryakumar Yadav and he along with Rishabh Pant gave India some impetus in the powerplay.
The pair put on 39 runs for the third wicket off 30 balls, with Axar falling to Naseem for 20 off 18 balls.
Pakistan’s bowlers maintained their winning position and their fielders supported them.
India vs Pakistan match Scorecard
The momentum paid off as India lost four wickets for just 16 runs between the 11th and 15th overs.
Ahead of the biggest match-up of the tournament’s group stage, rain delayed the toss by about 30 minutes. Pakistan eventually won the toss and decided to bat first.
However, it rained again, further delaying the start of the game. When the game finally started, Rohit Sharma scored 8 in Shaheen Afridi’s opener. Then there was another rain delay.
