NEW YORK: Indian cricket team has beaten Pakistan by eight runs in the ICC Men’s T20I WC played here on Sunday (9th June, 2024).
Pakistan that had decided to bowl first after winning the toss, limited India to 119 runs but failed to chase that target (that was a decent figure if one keeps the condition of the pitch in mind).
Green Shirts mustered 113 runs for the loss of 7 wickets in the allotted 20 overs.
Pakistan’s Innings: Mohammad Rizwan (bowled) 31/44, Babar Azam (caught) 13/10, Usman Khan (lbw) 13/15, Fakhar Zaman (caught) 13/8, Imad Wasim (caught) 15/23, Shadab Khan (caught) 4/7, Iftikhar Ahmed (caught) 5/9, Shaheen Shah Afridi (not out) 0/1, Naseem Shah (not out) 10/4.
After winning the toss Pakistan decided to bowl first.
Due to rain the match started late.
Rohit Sharma scored 8 runs off 6 balls. Scalp of Virat Kohli, who scored 4 runs, was taken by Shaheen Shah Afridi (caught by Usman Khan). Skipper Rohit Sharma was sent to pavilion after scoring 13 runs yet again by Shaheen.
Squads:
India: Rohit Sharma (Skipper), Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant (Wicket Keeper), Suryakumar Yadav, Shivam Dube, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Jasprit Bumrah, Arshdeep Singh, Mohammad Siraj.
Pakistan: Babar Azam (Skipper), Mohammad Rizwan (Wicket Keeper), Usman Khan, Fakhar Zaman, Shadab Khan, Iftikhar Ahmed, Imad Wasim (replacing Azam Khan), Shaheen Afridi, Haris Rauf, Naseem Shah, Mohammad Amir.
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