Pakistan trounce India by 10 wickets

ICC Men’s T20 World Cup Group 2

India   vs   Pakistan

India. 151-7, 20 ov,  Kohli 57 off 49, 5 fours, 1 six, Pant 39 off 30, 2 fours, 2 sixes, Jadeja 13 off 13, 1 four, S Yadav 11 off 8, 1 four, 1 six, H Pandya 11 off 8 2 fours, Shaheen 3-31, Hassan 2-44, Shadab 1-22, Rauf 1-25.

Pakistan  152-0,  17.5 ov, Rizwan 79 off 55, 6 fours, 3 sixes, Babar 68 off 52, 6 fours, 2 six, B Kumar 0-25, Bumrah 0-22, Jadeja 0-28, Vinod 0-33, Shami 0-43.

Pakistan win by 10 wickets

Pakistan beat India by 10 wickets in the ICC Men’s World Cup in Dubai in front of a packed stadium in their first meeting since 2019 World Cup.

 

Pakistan fast bowler Shaheen Afridi produced a thrilling 3-31 despite Virat Kohli’s 57 to anchor India in their 151-6.

This is the first time Pakistan have won a T20 by 10 wickets and first time India have lost one by such a margin.

Chasing 152, Pakistan’s Mohammad Rizwan made an unbeaten 78 and captain Babar Azam 68 not out ensuring they had their first win over India at a World Cup.

Pakistan captain Babar Azam said: “ I credit those early wickets from our bowlers, Shaheen’s wickets gave us confidence and then the spinners bowled with confidence we were happy with out death bowling as well. We’ll play it one match at a time. This will give us confidence, there is a long way to go in this tournament.”

Indian captain Virat Kohli said: “ We did not execute the things we wanted to but credit where it is due Pakistan certainly outplayed us today. We knew we needed a total that was competitive but even with that they didn’t give us any chances and were very professional”.