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In the 19th match of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024, India and Pakistan faced each other. The match was held at the Nassau County International Cricket Stadium in New York. Many spectators came to watch this match. Pakistan won the toss and decided to bowl first.
India Innings:
Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli came to open for India. After the first over, the match was stopped for some time due to the rain. After that, when the match started, Virat Kohli got out in the second over of the innings to Nasim Shah’s ball. Rohit Sharma was dismissed in the third over, he was dismissed by Shaheen Afridi. India lost two important wickets within 3 overs.
After that, Rishabh Pant and Axar Patel tried to build the innings. At the end of 6 overs of Powerplay, India scored 50 runs for 2 wickets. Rishabh Pant and Akshar Patel put on a partnership of 39 runs. Naseem Shah broke this partnership in the eighth over. He dismissed Axar Patel. Akshar Patel scored 20 runs. Suryakumar Yadav came to bat after this. Rishabh Pant was playing well at the other end. Rishabh Pant got a bit of luck, his lofted shots were not taken by the Pakistani fielders. India scored 81 runs for 3 wickets in 10 overs.
Suryakumar Yadav’s wicket did not last long as he was run out by Haris Rauf in the 12th over. Shivam Dube came to bat after that and got out shortly. Mohammad Amir took two consecutive wickets in the first 2 balls in the 15th over. Rishabh Pant got out on the first ball of this over. He scored 42 runs off 31 balls. Then, Ravindra Jadeja was dismissed. At the end of 15 overs, India scored 97 runs for 7 wickets. From 11th over to 15th over – in these 5 overs India scored 16 runs and lost 4 wickets.
After that in the 18th over, India again lost two wickets off Haris Rauf. Hardik Pandya was out for 7 runs and Jasprit Bumrah was out for 0 runs. Arshdeep Singh scored 9 runs and Mohammad Siraj scored an unbeaten 7 runs. India’s innings ended at 119 runs in 19 overs. India scored 81 runs for 3 wickets in the first 10 overs and India lost 7 wickets for 38 runs in the next 9 overs.
Among Pakistan’s bowlers, Naseem Shah and Haris Rauf took 3 wickets each while Mohammad Amir took 2 wickets and Shaheen Afridi took 1 wicket.
Pakistan Innings:
Mohammad Rizwan and Babar Azam came to open the innings for Pakistan. They weren’t very aggressive from the start. Mohammad Rizwan could have been dismissed in the third over by Jasprit Bumrah, but Shivam Dube missed the catch. Jasprit Bumrah dismissed Babar Azam in the fifth over. Suryakumar Yadav took a great catch. He was standing in a much wider first-slip position. From there he dived and took a great catch. At the end of 6 overs of Powerplay, Pakistan scored 35 runs for 1 wicket.
Usman Khan came to bat on the first down. Mohammad Rizwan and Usman Khan were mainly keeping the scoreboard going with singles and occasional boundaries. At the end of 10 overs, Pakistan scored 57 runs for 1 wicket. At that time Pakistan’s chances of winning were higher.
Akshar Patel dismissed Usman Khan on the first ball of the 11th over. Hardik Pandya dismissed Fakhar Zaman in the 13th over, Fakhar Zaman is a very aggressive cricketer. His wicket was very important. On the first ball of the 15th over, Jasprit Bumrah bowled out Mohammad Rizwan. Mohammad Rizwan went for a big shot, but there was no connection of the ball with the bat. At the end of 15 overs, Pakistan scored 83 runs for 4 wickets. From 11 overs to 15 overs, Pakistan scored 26 runs and lost 3 wickets.
In the 17th over, Hardik Pandya dismissed Shadab Khan, and Rishabh Pant took a great catch. Pakistan scored 99 runs for 5 wickets in 18 overs. Pakistan needed 21 runs to win in the last 2 overs. Coming to bowl in the 19th over, Jasprit Bumrah took 1 wicket with just 3 runs. He dismissed Iftikhar Ahmed on the last ball of this over. Arshdeep Singh took a good catch. 18 runs were required in the last over to win for Pakistan. Arshdeep Singh came to bowl the last over. He dismissed Imad Wasim on the first ball of this over. Rishabh Pant took a great catch. Arshdeep Singh gave 11 runs in this over. Pakistan scored 113 runs for the loss of 7 wickets in 20 overs.
Among India’s bowlers, Jasprit Bumrah took 3 wickets, Hardik Pandya took 2 wickets, and Arshdeep Singh and Akshar Patel took 1 wicket each.
Result:
India won this match by 6 runs. With this win, India leads 7-1 in head-to-head in T20 World Cup matches against Pakistan.
With this win, India came first in the points table of Group A. In the points table of this group, the United States is now at number 2, Canada is at number 3, Pakistan is at number 4, and Ireland is at number 5.
Player of the Match:
And Jasprit Bumrah was selected Player of the Match. He took 3 wickets for 14 runs in 4 overs.
I have uploaded a review of this match on YouTube keeping in mind the Bengali audience and listeners. If you want, you can watch that video. The link is given below.