Kohli, Pandya power India to sink Pakistan in T20 World Cup nail-biter

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MELBOURNE: Virat Kohli and Hardik Pandya held their nerves strong to steer India to a thrilling victory by four wickets in a nerve-wracking clash against arch-rivals Pakistan of the ICC T20 World Cup 2022, here on Sunday.

IND 160/4 (20 Overs)

Nawaz to bowl the final over

IND 144/4 (19 Overs)

Haris comes to bowl his last

IND 129/4 (18 Overs)

Shaheen comes to bowl his last

IND 112/4 (17 Overs)

Naseem comes to bowl his last

IND 106/4 (16 Overs)

Haris comes back

IND 100/4 (15 Overs)

Naseem comes back into the attack

IND 90/4 (14 Overs)

Shadab comes to bowl his last

IND 83/4 (13 Overs)

Shaheen comes back into the attack

IND 74/4 (12 Overs)

Nawaz comes to bowl his third

IND 54/4 (11 Overs)

Shadab comes again

IND 45/4 (10 Overs)

Nawaz continues

IND 41/4 (9 Overs)

Shadab continues

IND 38/4 (8 Overs)

Mohammad Nawaz comes into the attack

IND 33/4 (7 Overs)

6.1: Axar sets off for a single that’s never there and is sent back… have Pakistan made a mess of this? It’s been sent upstairs. Rizwan fumbled the throw with Axar short of his ground, but what broke the stumps: ball or gloves? Kettleborough has made a decision… he says ball!

Shadab comes to bowl after the powerplay

IND 31/3 (6 Overs)

5.3: Back of a length, hostile line, and cramps SKY for room as he looks for his release shot, attempting to steer down to third with an open face. Instead, he can only feather through to Rizwan.

Haris continues

IND 22/2 (5 Overs)

Naseem replaces Shaheen

IND 17/2 (4 Overs)

3.2: Just a fraction full of a good length, and Rohit’s feet were footed to the crease. He poked tentatively, playing away from his body, and a thickish edge flew quickly to Iftikhar.

Haris Rauf comes into the attack

IND 10/1 (3 Overs)

Shaheen continues

IND 7/1 (2 Overs)

1.5: Just short of a good length, Rahul was looking to steer it away with soft hands and an open face. But he could only manage to inside-edge into his back pad, and then onto the stumps.

Naseem Shah to bowl from the other end

IND 5/0 (1 Over)

Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul come out to open the innings for India. Shaheen Shah Afridi to bowl the first over.

PAKISTAN vs INDIA (2nd INNINGS)

Shan Masood and Iftikhar Ahmed starred with glittering half-centuries to save the day for Pakistan after initial setbacks as Pakistan managed a respectable 160-run target against arch-rivals India in the high-voltage ICC T20 World Cup 2022, here on Sunday.

PAK 159/7 (20 Overs)

Kumar to bowl the final over

PAK 149/7 (19 Overs)

Arshdeep continues

PAK 135/7 (18 Overs)

Shami replaces Pandya

PAK 125/7 (17 Overs)

16.4: Asif looks to duck, it doesn’t get up as much as he expects, and he ends up having to get his bat up to protect his face, and ends up gloving the ball behind to DK/

Arshdeep comes back

PAK 116/6 (16 Overs)

15.5: Nawaz is looking to create room, and Pandya bowls a short-of-length ball at his body. Tries to run it down past short third, who has just moved into the circle, and the extra bounce ensures he only manages to glove it to the keeper.

Pandya comes to bowl his last

PAK 106/5 (15 Overs)

Ashwin comes again

PAK 99/5 (14 Overs)

13.6: Angling into middle and leg, so there’s very little room to work with either. Clears his front leg, goes hard with that diagonal bat, and hits it straight down the throat of deep midwicket.

13.2: Shadab looks to take it on. Clears his front leg to slog over the on side, but it’s a hard thing to do against this sort of length. Goes with a diagonal bat, slices it a little, and only succeeds in launching it straight to long-on.

Pandya replaces Axar

PAK 96/3 (13 Overs)

12.2: Full, with late tail into the right-hander. Again, Iftikhar looks to punch down the ground without getting forward, just clears his front leg and throws a straight bat at the ball, and this time the ball sneaks past his inside edge to thud into his back leg.

Shami comes back

PAK 91/2 (12 Overs)

Axar Patel comes into the attack

PAK 70/2 (11 Overs)

Ashwin continues

PAK 60/2 (10 Overs)

Pandya replaces Shami

PAK 50/2 (9 Overs)

Ravichandran Ashwin replaces Pandya

PAK 44/2 (8 Overs)

Shami continues

PAK 41/2 (7 Overs)

Hardik Pandya comes into the attack

PAK 32/2 (6 Overs)

Mohammed Shami comes to bowl his first

PAK 24/2 (5 Overs)

Kumar comes again

PAK 15/2 (4 Overs)

3.6: Arshdeep drops short, Rizwan takes on the hook shot but is rushed for pace by the extra bounce. Fine leg is set deep on the rope and completes a straightforward catch.

Arshdeep continues from the other end

PAK 10/1 (3 Overs)

Kumar continues

PAK 6/1 (2 Overs)

1.1: Full, swinging into the pads. Babar was looking to work it away with a roll of the wrists but it skidded into his shin. Ultra-Edge confirms no bat involved. Pitched in line, impact in line, hitting leg stump three-quarters of the way up! Babar trudges off.

Arshdeep Singh to bowl from the other end

PAK 1/0 (1 Over)

Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan come out to open the innings for Pakistan. Bhuveneshwar Kumar to bowl the first over.

PAKISTAN vs INDIA (1st INNING)

MELBOURNE: India won the toss and elected to bowl first in the high-voltage clash against arch-rivals Pakistan in the Group 2 match of the Super round of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup, 2022, here at Melbourne Cricket Ground on Sunday.

Playing XIs:

Pakistan:
Babar Azam (c), Shadab Khan (vc), Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Shan Masood, Haider Ali, Iftikhar Ahmed, Haris Rauf, Mohammad Nawaz, Asif Ali, Shaheen Afridi, Naseem Shah

India: Rohit Sharma (c), KL Rahul, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Axar Patel, Mohammed Shami, R Ashwin Hardik Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar,  Arshdeep Singh

HEAD TO HEAD (T20Is)

Matches 11, India 8, Pakistan 3