The two superpowers of cricket, India and Pakistan, faced each other yesterday in the most exciting match of the T20 Cricket World Cup. Cricket fans have witnessed a great fight in this very important match of Group A. There is always a lot of discussion and criticism around the India-Pakistan match. The antagonism between the two countries has transcended politics and has also been observed in the cricket field. Yesterday's match of this year's T-20 World Cup was no exception!
In this year's T20 World Cup, both India and Pakistan have lined up strong elevens with their best players. But while India got the win they wanted, Pakistan's situation was completely reversed. Pakistan faced United States of America in their first World Cup match. Pakistan team led by Babar Azam lost against America by shocking the whole world. As a result, the runner-up of the last edition of Pakistan's road to the top eight has become very difficult!
Pakistan faced India yesterday in the most important match of the group stage. After the loss against America in the first match, it was very challenging for Pakistan to get a win against India. In this match held at the Nassau County International Cricket Stadium in New York, Pakistan won the toss and decided to bowl. Basically, the main plan of the team was to restrict India to a few runs in this rain-interrupted match. Pakistan used their plan very well!
Captain Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli came out for India in Pakistan's invitation. These two batsmen who are in great form failed completely with the bat in this match. India lost the first two wickets for just 19 runs. However, Pant and Axar Patel, who got a place in the national team after a long time, have been leading the batting for India. These two batsmen handled the early pressure in a partnership of 40 runs. India completed 80 runs by losing three wickets in the first ten overs.
In the last ten overs, the context of the match changed completely. After the first ten overs, the Indian team, who were in a good position, collected only 39 runs in the last ten overs. India were bowled out in 19 overs by Pakistan's bowling attack. As a result, Pakistan has a great chance of winning this match. Many thought that Pakistan would win this match easily. But like India, Pakistan also failed to do a good batting performance!
In reply to India's 120 runs, Pakistan got off to a good start. Pakistan scored 57 runs losing two wickets in the first ten overs. In the last ten overs, the team needed only 63 runs to win; Eight wickets in hand. But in the last ten overs, unpredictable Pakistan's batting disaster happened. The team lost one wicket after another under the pressure of runs. In the end, Pakistan managed to score 113 runs in the 20 overs. As a result, India got the 2nd win in the group stage with a seven-run win.
