Indian, in blue, and Pakistan cricketers greet each other at the end of the Cricket Twenty20 World Cup match between India and Pakistan in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Sunday, October 24, 2021.
Pakistan ended India’s nearly three-decade domination on the world stage in the most convincing fashion of all, beating their arch-rivals by 10 wickets in the Super 12 stage of the T20 World Cup here on Sunday.
After being selected to field in the blockbuster game of the T20 showpiece, Pakistan, intent on breaking their loss streak, restricted India to 151 for seven.
After this, making light work of the target of 152 runs, Pakistan completed the victory with 13 balls to spare. captain Babar Azmi He scored 68 runs, while his opening partner Mohammad Rizwan scored 79 runs as the Indian bowlers struggled to stop the two batsmen.
Before that, Captain Virat Kohli Leading from the front with a half-century as India recovered from a disastrous start to post a challenging total.
Apart from Kohli’s knock of 57 off 49 balls, Rishabh Pant played an innings of 39 runs in 30 balls.
Sent in to bat after the coin fell in favor of Pakistan captain Babar Azam in the toss, India had the worst start as they lost both their openers Rohit Sharma And KL Rahul Just six runs on the board in three overs.
Most of the damage was done by left-arm pacer Shaheen Shah Afridi (3/31 in 4 overs), who trapped Rohit in front of the wicket for a duck and then bowled Rahul after the batsman played three songs.
Kohli and Pant joined forces to add 53 runs in quick time before being dismissed by the leg-spinner Shadab Khan (1/22 in four overs) with his own bowling in the 13th over.
short score India: 151/7 in 20 overs (Virat Kohli 57, Rishabh Pant 39; Shaheen Afridi 3/31) vs Pakistan.
Pakistan: 152 for no loss in 17.5 overs (Babar Azam 68 not out, Mohammad Rizwan 79 not out).
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