T20 WC, IND vs PAK Highlights: Rizwan, Azam help Pak crush Ind by 10 wkts
Skipper Babar Azam stroked his way to 68 while his opening partner, Mohammad Rizwan, smashed 79 as the Indian bowlers struggled to contain the two batters
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In Match 1 of Group 1 of ICC Men's T20 World Cup, Pakistan brought to an end India's near-three-decade domination of them in the world stage in the most convincing fashion, embarrassing their arch-rivals by 10 wickets at Dubai International Cricket Stadium today.
The law of averages had to catch up with India sooner or later after having won seven ODI and five T20 World Cup games since they first met at Sydney in 1992.
It was also a day when Virat Kohli scored a half-century but was pale in comparison of Babar (68 not out off 52 balls), who looked regal in attack, elegant in defence and composed in a chase of 152, which was achieved in 17.5 overs.
Worse, India haven't ever lost a T20 International by 10 wickets and Pakistan won by such a margin for the first time, and what an occasion to achieve the feat.
Babar had the exuberance of Mohammed Rizwan (79 not out off 55 balls) to match his cool quotient as Pakistan, not for once during the entire match, looked like imploding. In between them, they hit 12 boundaries and five sixes to make it a 'Super Sunday' for Pakistan.
On the day, there was only one team that could have won and that was Pakistan, who were better on a man-to-man comparison with each Indian player.
It started with the captains. On a track where Kohli struggled, Babar just effortlessly found the gaps and when required, hit those sixes as release shots.
If India lost three wickets in power play, Pakistan literally humiliated their rivals with an opening stand, which will be billed as one of the best in this format for years to come.
If Shaheen Shah Afridi was a rockstar with his searing pace and incisive swing, his new-ball counterpart Bhuvneshwar Kumar bowled at early to mid 120 kmph with no swing at all.
If Pakistan's spin troika of left-armer Imad Wasim (0/10 in 2 overs), leg-spinner Shadab Khan (1/25 in 4 overs) and off-spinner Mohammed Hafeez (0/10 in 2 overs) gave only 47 runs in their eight overs together, Varun Chakravarthy (0/33 in 4 overs) didn't have any 'mystery' about him as he and Ravindra Jadeja (0/28 in 4 overs) gave away 61 runs.
If there was one team that felt the pressure it was India as Babar seemed like a man who was sitting in that Indian dressing room that had no control over the proceedings.
In the chase, Pakistan looked in complete control and Bhuvneshwar's lack of pace and non-existent swing made it easy for Rizwan to effortlessly cart him over square leg for a six. Skipper Babar was also elegant as he punched Mohammed Shami off the back-foot and rocked back to pull Jadeja over deep mid-wicket for a six.
The 50 came in the 8th over and before India realised, the duo had taken the game away by posting the highest ever opening stand against India in T20 internationals.
When India batted, Kohli got support from Rishabh Pant (39 off 30 balls) during a 53-run stand but had to do the bulk of heavy lifting in a pressure cooker scenario, something he has been accustomed to for the past one decade.
His innings had five fours and a six as India managed a score which gave the bowlers at least something to fight for on a track that can't exactly be called batting-friendly.
Shaheen, one of the most exciting fast bowlers produced two unplayable deliveries at the biggest stage under pressure, which any batter would have found difficult to negotiate.
The most difficult delivery from a left-arm fast bowler is the one that holds the line just when the batter had committed for the angle.
In the case of Rohit (0), before he could adjust his footwork, he got one that was pitched on block hole and straightened. It caught him plumb in-front.
KL Rahul (3) thought that the ball will straighten but it shaped in to breach his defence and disturb the off-stump.
Suryakumar Yadav (11) did get a six over backward square leg off Shaheen and a boundary off Imad Wasim (0/10 in 2 overs) but Hasan Ali bowled one back of the length which he edged while trying to cut and a diving Mohammed Rizwan behind the stumps pouched it.
Pant joined Kohli as the power play score read a disastrous 36 for three. They added 53 runs in 6.4 overs to get some momentum back in an exciting stand dominated by the left-hander.
The Indian captain did show Shaheen, who is the boss as he made room by shuffling towards leg-stump and lofted him straight into his team's dug-out for a six.
For Hasan Ali, he reserved an exquisite square drive before he let Pant take over the show, having partially stabilised the initial rot.
Watching that there is a fielder placed at '45', Pant first played a lap shot off leg-spinner Shadab Khan (1/22 in 4 overs) and then back-cut Mohammed Hafeez from the middle-stump to get two boundaries.
But the real fun was when he smoked Hasan for two one-handed sixes.
Shadab had the last laugh as a mistimed slog sweep turned into a return catch.
Kohli, who was playing the second fiddle then took chargestage as he attacked Hasan with a pull-shot and a then played a cover drive as 10 runs came off the 16th over.
However, Pakistani bowlers didn't err much at the death to keep the score under check, credit for which should go to Harris Rauf (1/25 off 4 overs).
Brief scores:
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).
T20 WC, India vs Pakistan playing 11
India playing 11: KL Rahul, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli (c), Rishabh Pant (wk), Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Varun Chakaravarthy, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammad Shami.
Pakistan playing 11: Babar Azam(c), Mohammad Rizwan(w), Fakhar Zaman, Mohammad Hafeez, Shoaib Malik, Asif Ali, Imad Wasim, Shadab Khan, Hasan Ali, Haris Rauf, Shaheen Afridi
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Pakistan wins it!
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Pakistan wins by 10 wickets
Pakistan brought to an end India's near-three-decade domination of them in the world stage in the most convincing fashion, embarrassing their arch-rivals by 10 wickets in the Super 12 stage of the T20 World Cup here on Sunday.
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T20 WC IND vs PAK Live score after 17.5 Overs | Pakistan 152-0
Shami is back into the attack
Ball 5: Babar picks two and seals a win for Pakistan!
Ball 4: Shami to Rizwan, 1 run
Ball 3: FOUR! Pulled away to backward square leg for a boundary
Ball 2: FOUR!
Ball 1: Shami to Rizwan, SIX, to fine leg on a full toss delivery
10:52 PM
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T20 WC IND vs PAK Live score after 17 Overs | Pakistan 135-0
Bhuvneshwar Kumar [2.0-0-18-0] is back into the attack
Over Summary: 1 1 0 Wd 1 Wd 2 0
Ball 6: No run
Ball 5: Bhuvneshwar to Babar Azam, 2 runs
Ball 5: Bhuvneshwar to Babar Azam, wide
Ball 4: Single to long-off
Ball 4: Wide
Ball 3: Bhuvneshwar to Rizwan, no run
Ball 2: Bhuvneshwar to Babar Azam, 1 run
Ball 1: Bhuvneshwar to Rizwan, single
10:47 PM
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T20 WC IND vs PAK Live score after 16 Overs | Pakistan 128-0
Mohammed Shami [2.0-0-19-0] is back into the attack
Over Summary: 4 0 1 1 1 0
Ball 6: No run
Ball 5: Shami to Rizwan, leg byes, 1 run
Ball 4: Babar picks one
Ball 3: Rizwan picks one to long-on
Ball 2: No run
Ball 1: Shami to Rizwan, FOUR
10:41 PM
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T20 WC IND vs PAK Live score after 15 Overs | Pakistan 121-0
Jasprit Bumrah [2.0-0-13-0] is back into the attack
Over Summary: 0 4 2 1 1 1
Ball 6: Bumrah to Rizwan, 1 run
Ball 5: Babar picks one
Ball 4: Bumrah to Rizwan, Single
Ball 3: Bumrah to Rizwan, 2 runs, to mid-wicket
Ball 2: FOUR!! This brings fifty for Rizwan
Ball 1: Bumrah to Rizwan, no run
10:35 PM
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T20 WC IND vs PAK Live score after 14 Overs | Pakistan 112-0
Over Summary: 1 4 1 1 0 4
Ball 6: FOUR! Babar punishes it on the leg side!
Ball 5: No run
Ball 4: Rizwan picks one
Ball 3: Jadeja to Babar Azam, 1 run
Ball 2: Jadeja to Babar Azam, FOUR!!
Ball 1: Jadeja to Rizwan, 1 run
10:31 PM
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T20 WC IND vs PAK Live score after 13 Overs | Pakistan 101-0
Varun Chakaravarthy [3.0-0-17-0] is back into the attack
Over Summary: 1 6 1 6 1 1
Ball 6: Single
Ball 5: Chakaravarthy to Babar Azam, 1 run
Ball 4: Chakaravarthy to Babar Azam, SIX to deep mid-wicket and this brings fifty for Babar
Ball 3: Chakaravarthy to Rizwan, 1 run
Ball 2: Chakaravarthy to Rizwan, SIX, picked on the on side
Ball 1: Chakaravarthy to Babar Azam, 1 run
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T20 WC IND vs PAK Live score after 12 Overs | Pakistan 85-0
Ravindra Jadeja [2.0-0-13-0] is back into the attack
Over Summary: 1 0 1 L1 2 0
Ball 6: Jadeja to Rizwan, no run
Ball 5: Jadeja to Rizwan, 2 runs
Ball 4: Jadeja to Babar Azam, leg byes, 1 run
Ball 3: Jadeja to Rizwan, 1 run
Ball 2: Jadeja to Rizwan, no run
Ball 1: Jadeja to Babar Azam, 1 run
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T20 WC IND vs PAK Live score after 11 Overs | Pakistan 80-0
Jasprit Bumrah [1.0-0-4-0] is back into the attack
Over Summary: 4 1 2 1 1 0
Ball 6: Bumrah to Babar Azam, 1 run
Ball 5: Bumrah to Babar Azam, 2 runs
Ball 4: Bumrah to Babar Azam, no run
Ball 3: No run
Ball 2: FOUR! Babar hits it over mid-off
Ball 1: Bumrah to Babar Azam, 2 runs
Babar, Rizwan continue the assault, no relief for India
10:17 PM
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T20 WC IND vs PAK Live score after 10 Overs | Pakistan 71-0
Varun Chakaravarthy [1.0-0-2-0] is back into the attack
Over Summary: 4 1 2 1 1 0
Ball 6: No run
Ball 5: Single for Babar
Ball 4: Rizwan picks one
Ball 3: Chakaravarthy to Rizwan, 2 runs
Ball 2: Single
Ball 1: Chakaravarthy to Babar Azam, FOUR, cut away to third man
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T20 WC IND vs PAK Live score after 9 Overs | Pakistan 62-0
Varun Chakaravarthy [1.0-0-2-0] is back into the attack
Over Summary: 1 1 1 0 6 1
Ball 6: Single
Ball 5: Jadeja to Babar Azam, SIX, to deep mid-wicket
Ball 4: Jadeja to Babar Azam, no run
Ball 3: Jadeja to Rizwan, 1 run
Ball 2: Jadeja to Babar Azam, 1 run
Ball 1: Jadeja to Rizwan, 1 run
10:09 PM
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T20 WC IND vs PAK Live score after 8 Overs | Pakistan 52-0
Varun Chakaravarthy [1.0-0-2-0] is back into the attack
Over Summary: 1 1 Wd 0 1 1 1
Ball 6: Chakaravarthy to Babar Azam, 1 run
Ball 5: Chakaravarthy to Babar Azam, 1 run
Ball 4: Chakaravarthy to Rizwan, 1 run
Ball 3: Chakaravarthy to Rizwan, no run
Ball 3: Chakaravarthy to Rizwan, wide
Ball 2: Chakaravarthy to Babar Azam, 1 run
Ball 1: Chakaravarthy to Rizwan, 1 run
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T20 WC IND vs PAK Live score after 7 Overs | Pakistan 46-0
Ravindra Jadeja, Left arm orthodox, comes into the attack
Over Summary: 1 0 0 0 1 1
Ball 6: Rizwan picks a single
Ball 5: Babar picks a single
Ball 4: Jadeja to Babar Azam, no run
Ball 3: Jadeja to Babar Azam, no run
Ball 2: Jadeja to Babar Azam, no run
Ball 1: Jadeja to Rizwan, 1 run
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T20 WC IND vs PAK Live score after 6 Overs | Pakistan 43-0
Bhuvneshwar Kumar [1-0-10-0] is back into the attack
Over Summary: Wd 2 1 1 1 2 0
Ball 6: No run
Ball 5: Babar picks a couple off it
Ball 4: Bhuvneshwar to Rizwan, 1 run
Ball 3: Single
Ball 2: Rizwan picks a single
Ball 1: Bhuvneshwar to Rizwan, 2 runs
Ball 1: Bhuvneshwar to Rizwan, wide
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T20 WC IND vs PAK Live score after 5 Overs | Pakistan 35-0
Shami continues
Over Summary: 1 0 4 1 4 1
Ball 6: Single
Ball 5: FOUR! Rizwan punishes it
Ball 4: Single for Babar
Ball 3: FOUR! Flicked away on the on side over the mid wicket
Ball 2: Shami to Babar, no run
Ball 1: Shami to Rizwan, 1 run
9:49 PM
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T20 WC IND vs PAK Live score after 4 Overs | Pakistan 24-0
Varun Chakaravarthy, right-arm leg break, comes into the attack
Over Summary: 1 1 0 0 0 0
Ball 6: No run
Ball 5: No run
Ball 4: No run
Ball 3: No run
Ball 2: Chakaravarthy to Rizwan, 1 run
Ball 1: Chakaravarthy to Babar Azam, 1 run
9:45 PM
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T20 WC IND vs PAK Live score after 3 Overs | Pakistan 22-0
Jasprit Bumrah, right-arm fast, comes into the attack
Over Summary: 1 0 0 3 0 0
Ball 6: No run
Ball 5: No run
Ball 4: Bumrah to Babar Azam, 3 runs to deep mid-wicket
Ball 3: No run, call for a single but Rizwan declines
Ball 2: Bumrah to Babar Azam, no run
Ball 1: Bumrah to Rizwan, 1 run
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T20 WC IND vs PAK Live score after 2 Overs | Pakistan 18-0
Mohammed Shami, right-arm fast medium, comes into the attack
Over Summary: 1 0 2 1 4 0
Ball 6: No run
Ball 5: FOUR! Punched on the off side
Ball 4: Single
Ball 3: Rizwan picks a couple offit
Ball 2: Shami to Rizwan, no run
Ball 1: Shami to Babar Azam, 1 run
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T20 WC IND vs PAK Live score after 1 Over | Pakistan 10-0
Rizwan and Babar Azam on crease. Bhuvneshwar opens the attack
Over Summary: 0 4 6 0 0 0
Ball 6: Bhuvneshwar to Rizwan, no run
Ball 5: Bhuvneshwar to Rizwan, no run
Ball 4: Bhuvneshwar to Rizwan, no run
Ball 3: SXI! Slammed by Rizwan!
Ball 2: Bhuvneshwar to Rizwan, FOUR
Ball 1: Bhuvneshwar to Rizwan, no run
Topics : ICC T20 World Cup 2021 India vs Pakistan India cricket team Pakistan cricket team Virat Kohli Babar Azam Rohit sharma Fakhar Zaman KL Rahul Hardik Pandya Rishabh Pant Jasprit Bumrah
First Published: Oct 24 2021 | 11:17 AM IST
