T20 World Cup: In the 19th match of T20 World Cup 2024, India (India) defeated Pakistan by 6 runs in a low scoring match. Pakistan captain Babar Azam won the toss and elected to bowl first at the Nassau County International Cricket Stadium in New York. Team India, handling itself from the initial setbacks, had scored 89 runs for 4 wickets in 11.2 overs at one time. From here it seemed that Team India would cross the score of at least 160 runs, but it was reduced to 119 runs. In response, the Pakistani team could only score 113 runs for 7 wickets in 20 overs. Here we are telling you the account of the performance of Indian batsmen in the match.
Kohli failed against Pakistan for the first time!
For India, the innings was started by veteran batsmen Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma. Kohli’s record against Pakistan in the T20 World Cup is excellent, but he could not do anything special this time. Kohli got out on the second ball of the second over. Usman Khan caught him on Naseem Shah’s ball. Virat could not touch the double-digit mark for the first time in 6 matches against Pakistan in the T20 World Cup. He could only score 4 runs off 2 balls.
Surya fails again against Pakistan
After Kohli, captain Rohit Sharma also got out in the next over. He scored 13 runs off 12 balls. Hitman was caught by Haris Rauf off Shaheen Afridi. From here Rishabh Pant and Axar Patel took over the innings. Both made a partnership of 39 runs off 30 balls for the third wicket. Axar was out after scoring 20 runs off 18 balls. Naseem Shah clean bowled him. From here Suryakumar scored 31 runs off 22 balls for the fourth wicket with Pant. He got out on the second ball of the 12th over. Surya scored 7 runs off 8 balls and got caught by Mohammad Aamir off Haris Rauf’s ball. Surya has not been able to reach a score of 20 runs in 5 T20s against Pakistan so far
Dubey, Hardik and Jadeja also flopped
After Surya’s dismissal, India’s score became 89 runs for 4 wickets in 11.2 overs. After this, what happened could not be believed by the fans of Team India. Indian players returned to the pavilion one after the other. The veterans who finished big matches in IPL failed here. Neither Shivam Dubey nor Hardik Pandya could perform. Ravindra Jadeja’s bat also did not work.
The last 6 wickets fell in scoring 30 runs
Shivam Dubey scored 3 runs off 9 balls and got caught by Naseem Shah off his ball. After him, the team got a big shock in the form of Rishabh Pant. He returned to the pavilion after scoring 42 runs off 31 balls. Pant hit 6 fours. Babar Azam caught him off Mohammad Aamir’s ball. Ravindra Jadeja could not even open his account. Aamir got him caught by Imad Wasim. Hardik Pandya was out after scoring 7 runs off 12 balls. Harris got him caught by Iftikhar Ahmed. Jaspreet Bumrah (0) was caught by Harris off Imad. Arshdeep Singh was run out after scoring 9 runs off 13 balls. The last 6 wickets of the team fell for 30 runs.
Shameful record in the name of India
Team India registered a shameful record in this match. India has been all out against Pakistan for the first time in T20 cricket. Earlier, Pakistani bowlers were not able to take all 10 wickets of Team India in a match. On the other hand, Ravindra Jadeja and Jaspreet Bumrah were out on the very first ball. Both did not open their account. For the first time in the T20 World Cup, 2 batsmen of Team India fell prey to golden duck.