New Delhi. India has defeated Pakistan in a very exciting match of T20 World Cup. Batting first, the Indian team was all out for 119 runs. Then it seemed that Team India might have to face defeat. But the bowlers performed brilliantly and gave India the victory. This is the first time that an Indian team has defended a score of less than 120 runs in a T20 match. It also holds the joint record for the smallest total score defense in a T20 World Cup. The Sri Lankan team has defended the 120-run target they had once set against New Zealand in the T20 World Cup 2014.
Record for most wins by a team
This is India’s seventh win against Pakistan in the T20 World Cup. This also includes wins by bowlout, which occurred after a tie in the T20 World Cup 2007. With this, India became the first country to beat a single opponent 7 times in the T20 World Cup. A total of 8 matches have been played between India and Pakistan in the history of this tournament. Pakistan team has managed to win only one of these matches.
This is Pakistan’s second defeat
By winning this match, India has moved to the first position in the points table. This is Pakistan’s second defeat. Pakistan team has already lost against America. After two losses, it has become difficult for him to reach the Super-8. Pakistan is fourth in the points table. America is second with 4 points and Canada (2) is third. Team Ireland (0) has not won a single match like Pakistan and is at the bottom of the points table.
Rishabh Pant was the highest scorer of Team India
Babar Azam’s team won the toss in the T20 World Cup match between India and Pakistan. Babar called the Indian team to bat first. Rohit and Virat batted one over, in which eight runs were scored. After which it started raining again. The Indian team returned after the break and were disappointed in the batting. Apart from Rishabh Pant (42) and Akshar Patel (20), no batsman could even touch the 15-run mark. The entire Indian team was all out after scoring 119 runs in 19 overs.
Pakistan started well
Chasing the target of 120 runs, Pakistan got off to a good start. At one point he scored 80 runs for 3 wickets in 14 overs. Then it seemed that Pakistan would win the match easily. Then Jasprit Bumrah clean bowled Mohammad Rizwan (31). The score was 80 runs for 4 wickets.
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Bumrah bowled Rizwan and turned the match around
After the dismissal of Mohammad Rizwan, not a single batsman from Pakistan could stay at the crease. The Pakistani batsmen kept coming and going and the target kept slipping away from them. When the last over started, Pakistan needed 18 runs to win. Arshdeep Singh conceded only 11 runs in this over and also took one wicket. In this way, India won the match by 6 runs.
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First published: June 10, 2024, 07:07 IST