India vs Pakistan: Babar Azmi In one of the rarest incidents to happen, Pakistan won the toss and elected to field first. Babar called heads but Ravi Shastri referred to it as tail for some reason, Shastri’s call was considered by the match referee, and so on Rohit Sharma Lost the toss. Injured Pakistan, who lost Shaheen Afridi before the start of the tournament, were now forced to play without Shahnawaz Dahani. He included Mohammad Hasnain in place of Dahani. No one saw Deepak Hooda’s call-up in the final playing XI against Pakistan. India lost Ravindra Jadeja He is now out of the squad for the much-awaited T20I World Cup due to a knee injury. Amid heavy criticism for his batting approach, Rohit Sharma and his deputy KL Rahul Walked out to start proceedings for India. As soon as Rahul took the first ball, he showed direct intent with a brilliant defence. On the other hand Rohit Sharma got out on the very first ball. The Indian captain showed no mercy to Pakistan hero Naseem Shah in his last T20I match against India. Virat Kohli Says Rohit Sharma has 0.5 seconds extra than the other batsmen and he is right, Sharma displayed absolutely every bit of it. He scored 28 runs in 16 balls at a strike rate of 175. In his innings, Rohit hit 3 fours and 2 sixes. KL Rahul, on the other hand, showed a lot of intent after his disappointing performance against Hong Kong and smashed 28 runs in 20 balls with the help of 1 four and two sixes.
But Pakistan, the Pakistan led by Babar Azam, refused to stay down. Haris Rauf ended Pakistan’s misery and dismissed Rohit as Khushdil claimed a catch. At the same time, Rahul also became a victim of this. Shadab Khan, India’s intent was lauded as the opener went on to go 62/2 with India. Surya shook hands with former India captain Virat Kohli. Skye was right in the money as he cuts Shahdab behind point for a beautiful boundary. The one who seems to be getting better, on the other hand, got his single-double to go. Shadab tried to sledge Suriya for a while, but the Mumbai batsman kept it cool and made sure the scoreboard stayed on. Suryakumar Yadav, who initially showed a lot of promises, fell on Mohammad Nawaz. But as determined as Kohli is, he kept going.
Pant joins Virat and almost runs him out. Pant tried to show some intent but it is an age-old habit of throwing his wicket away in crucial situations that left India at 126/4 by the end of 14 overs. Hardik too could not repeat his valor and fell victim to Mohammad Hasnain. Virat continued on like the old days. He was joined by Deepak Hooda, who has made an impressive growth in Indian cricket. Hooda looked sluggish initially but later pulled out an unimaginable shot. He hit Mohammad Hasnain for a six at the keeper’s end but soon fell victim to Mohammad Hasnain. Hooda scored 16 runs in 14 balls. Kohli, on the other hand, scored 60 runs in 44 balls. There was some relief in the end, but did it happen?
with Bhuvneshwar Kumar At the other end, Virat decides to hold the strike against Haris Rauf. Virat could not find the gap in our boundary and on the fourth ball he was run out by Asif Ali, desperate for a run. Strong ends as Ravi Bishnoi to flaunt Failed to stop two balls running fast towards the boundary.
India XI: KL Rahul, Rohit Sharma (c), Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant (wk), Deepak Hooda, Hardik PandyaBhuvneshwar Kumar, Ravi Bishnoi, Yuzvendra ChahaliArshdeep Singh
Pakistan XI: Mohammad Rizwan (W), Babar Azam (C), Fakhar Zaman, Khushdil Shah, Iftikhar Ahmed, Shadab Khan, Asif Ali, Mohammad Nawaz, Haris Rauf, Mohammad Hasnain, Naseem Shah