In the opening match of India versus Pakistan, the results fell in the favor of the Indian team led by Rohit Sharma as the Captain. India secured a superficial win over Pakistan by 4 wickets.Â
On Sunday, October 23rd, India and Pakistan faced each other on the platform of T20I World Cup 2022. A great hype was building all around the corners of both the countries.Â
A brief overview of the India versus Pakistan
As the captains of the opposite teams, Rohit Sharma (Indian Captain) and Babar Azam (Pakistan Captain), came for the toss, Rohit’s luck made him win the toss and Sharma elected to bowl first.
Pakistan came to bat and Arshdeep Singh took his remarkable wicket of Babar Azam. Iftikhar Ahmed’s 51 off 34 balls added crucial runs on the board after Pakistan lost its two wickets early in the match. Another player who outshined in the match during the frenzy was Shan Masood who scored 52 off 42 deliveries. Somehow Pakistan scored runs and managed to set the target of 160 runs for team India.
When India’s turn to bat came, KL Rahul headed back to the pavilion giving his crucial wicket to Naseem Shah. Another wicket came in the form of Rohit Sharma as Haris Rauf took his first wicket. Suryakumar Yadav came and went back in no time as Haris Rauf was in a full mood to take this match into Pakistan’s favor.
Axar Patel got run out due to a fumble. Then came Hardik Pandya (Indian All-rounder) who helped and provided Kohli with the support that the team needed at that time. Both were able to complement each other as they built a 100 runs partnership for the team. The match was completely in favor of Pakistan, but things went wrong for Pakistan bowlers and the match slipped away from their hands.
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Turning point in the match: India versus Pakistan
The key highlights of India versus Pakistan for those who missed it. The result was crystal clear when India needed 48 runs off 18 deliveries. It could be done and has also been possible but most of the fans and audience lost their hopes. Kohli and Hardik were well set on the crease and were also trying to play for big shots but in that attempt, Pandya lost his wicket.Â
The last over was the nail-biting over. India needed 16 runs from the last over. The ball was handed over to Mohammad Nawaz. Pandya departed on the first ball. Hopes for Pakistani fans lit up. The third ball came out to be a NO-BALL on which Kohli hits a six as well. Kohli was completely ready to take the most from it and the ball hit the stumps but the Pakistan wicket-keeper missed to stop the ball and Kohli and Dinesh Karthik ran three runs.
Dinesh Karthik was stumped out by Rizwan and now 2 runs were needed from 1 ball. Anything could have happened at this time. Nawaz delivered a wide ball and 1 run came off easily as Ravichandran Ashwin (Indian All-rounder) sent the ball near the boundary but couldn’t cross that boundary rope and India registered a 4 wicket win over Pakistan.Â
Star performers of the match: India versus Pakistan
Without any second thoughts, it could be announced that Virat’s knock and his presence on the field made that win even more crucial. Virat played a special knock of 82 runs off 53 deliveries and not out. It would have been impossible without Hardik Pandya as well. Pandya supported Kohli when he was in need of constant support that would back him up. Pandya departed at a score of 40 off 37 deliveries.
Talking about bowling, Arshdeep’s bowling spell is the one that everyone would be talking about. Arshdeep, in his spell of 4 overs, took 3 wickets, giving 32 runs.
Talking about the bowling, Arshdeep’s bowling spell is the one that everyone would be talking about. Arshdeep, in his spell of 4 overs, took 3 wickets, giving 32 runs. India versus Pakistan was one of the nail-biting matches of all time.
