India stun Pakistan in low-scoring thriller

The Indian males’s cricket staff scripted an unbelievable turnaround to beat arch-rivals Pakistan by six runs in its second ICC Males’s T20 World Cup 2024 Group A match on the Nassau County Worldwide Cricket Stadium in New York on Sunday.

Despatched in to bat first by Pakistan, India struggled and have been bundled out for simply 119 in 19 overs. Solely Rishabh Pant, with 42 off 31, managed to place up some form of resistance as Naseem Shah and Haris Rauf scalped three wickets every.

Chasing a low complete, Pakistan gave the impression to be within the driver’s seat proper till the fifteenth over earlier than some sensational demise bowling from India restricted them to 113. This was the bottom complete ever defended by India in a T20I match.

After a rain-interrupted begin, India’s innings suffered two early blows as each Rohit Sharma (13) and Virat Kohli (4) departed early. India have been struggling at 19/2 on the stage.

With the Nassau County pitch, damp from the previous showers, providing numerous buy to the bowlers, Rishabh Pant and Axar Patel (20 off 18) lived dangerously however managed to string collectively a partnership to regular the ship earlier than Naseem cleaned up Axar’s stumps.

Whereas Rishabh Pant continued to attempt to play his pure aggressive sport at one finish, India stored leaking wickets from the opposite as Suryakumar Yadav (7) and Shivam Dube (3) departed in fast succession.

After Mohammad Amir accounted for Pant and Ravindra Jadeja (0) off successive balls, India have been reeling at 96/7.

Hardik Pandya, Arshdeep Singh, Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Siraj additionally did not mount a late surge as India’s innings wrapped up for 119 in 19 overs.

Jasprit Bumrah offered India with an early breakthrough by eradicating Azam (13) within the fifth over. Usman Khan (13) and Mohammad Rizwan took Pakistan previous the 50-run mark earlier than Axar trapped the previous LBW.

Pant’s unbelievable catch to assist Hardik take away Fakhar Zaman from the board opened up a crack of alternative for India. Bumrah’s reintroduction within the fifteenth over stretched it even wider because the Indian ace knocked over Rizwan’s center stump with the primary ball

With 37 to get from the ultimate 5 overs, the match was solely barely tilted in the direction of Pakistan as a result of their wickets in hand.

A good follow-up over from Axar, which yielded simply three runs, turned the screws on Pakistan and Hardik capitalised by sending Shadab Khan (4) again to the dugout.

Needing 30 off the ultimate three, Pakistan wanted to step on the pedal however Indian bowlers stored a lid on issues to script a sensational victory. Bumrah, with figures of three/14 in his 4 overs, was the choose of the lot.

The victory propelled India to the highest of Group A with 4 factors from two matches. Pakistan, in the meantime, slumped to their second straight loss.

The Indian males’s cricket staff will play the US in its subsequent Group A T20 World Cup match on the identical venue on Wednesday.

India vs Pakistan T20 World Cup 2024 temporary scores: India 119/10 in 19 overs (Rishabh Pant 42; Naseem Shah and Haris Rauf 3/21) beat Pakistan 113/7 in 20 overs (Mohammad Rizwan 31; Jasprit Bumrah 3/14) by six runs.