Pakistan’s heavy 61-run loss to India has put their T20 World Cup campaign in danger, and they could be knocked out depending on the upcoming results in Group A. Making the final group matches crucial for Pakistan’s survival in the tournament.
By the way, thanks to having a better net run rate. The coach of Pakistan has admitted that there’s a pretty disappointed dressing room in there at the moment, because they know how much it means to Pakistan. Pakistan was bowled out for 114, with Usman Khan top-scoring with 44.
India and Pakistan match is always a great hypocrisy.
Pakistan Captain, Salman Ali Agha, won the toss and invited the Indian batters to Bat first.
Winning the toss and deciding to bowl first is also an interesting decision from the Pakistan captain on the slow pitch. For this decision, Indian batters take proper benefits and start hitting the runs from the start, although we loose the wicket of Abhishek Sharma in the first over on the golden duck.
For India, Ishan Kishan smashes a massive 77 runs in 40 balls with 10 fours and 3 sixes. With the support of Tilak Verma (25 runs), Surya Kumar Yadav (32 runs), Shivam Dube (27 runs), Rinku Singh (11 runs), India put 175 runs on board, which is the highest score by the Indian Team in the T20 World Cup against the Pakistan Team.
If we look into the past stats for the Indian team against Pakistan in the T20 World Cup, India defeated Pakistan 8 times, while the Pakistan team won only 1 match against India.
Indian bowler bowls aggressively overs and all out the Pakistan on 114 runs in the 18 overs. Indian Captain use their 7 bowlers, in which Hardik Pandya took 2 wickets, Jasprit Bumrah took 2 wickets, Axar Patel took 2 wickets, Varun Chakaravarthy took 2 wickets, Kuldeep Yadav took 1 wicket, Tilak Verma took 1 wicket.
The upcoming news is that Pakistan must beat Namibia on Wednesday in their final group match to stay alive. Now, the scenario for the Pakistan team to qualify for the Super 8 is that they must defeated the Namibia.
If they lose, they will be eliminated. If the match is washed out by rain, both teams will share points, and Pakistan will qualify for the Super 8s. With the result of yesterday’s match, India’s team is qualified for the Super 8. Now the next opponent team is the Netherlands for India, which will play against India on the 18th of Feb at Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad.
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