Pakistan's challenging score against India

Sports Desk: Pakistan could not handle the nervous pressure well on a big stage like the World Cup. Pakistan's batsmen were devastated by the fire of the Indian bowlers. Hardik Pandya and Arshdeep Singh shined in front of their arch-rivals. Mohammed Shami also played a great ball. The team of stars has been completely caught by these three Indian pacers.

Pakistan made a challenging score of 159 runs by losing 8 wickets in the scheduled 20 overs. India need 160 runs to win. Maybe Pakistan could not have shot this target, if Shan Masood and Iftekhar had made a pair of 76 runs. And would keep one end and not play until the end. Shan Masood scored an unbeaten 52 off 42 balls.

Pakistan will bat against India at 2 PM Bangladesh time in a high-voltage match at the Melbourne Cricket Ground with millions of spectators. Pakistan was shocked at the beginning. Pakistan lost 2 wickets for 15 runs at the end of 4 overs. Babar Azam, the team's best batsman, departed after hitting a golden duck. 

Babar was defeated on the first ball of the second over. The ball hits the pad. Arshdeep pleads for LBW. The umpire raised his finger in response. When Babar takes the review, it is seen that the ball would have touched the leg stump. Babar Azam returned to Sajghar after losing the review.

Arshdeep's double hit in the fourth over. Rizwan returned with a catch in the hands of Bhuvneshwar in the last delivery of the over. He scored only 4 runs off 12 balls. The pair of Masood-Iftikhar pulled the team after handling the initial shock. The pair made 76 runs by keeping the wheel of runs going till 12 overs.

In the 13th over, Mohammad Shami brilliantly broke the pair. Like Babar Azam, the middle order returns lbw. Iftekhar played an innings of 51 runs off 34 balls.

All-rounder Hardik Pandya hit a double in the 14th over. He dismissed all-rounder Shadab Khan for 5 runs in the last ball of the over and batted Haider Ali for 2 runs. At the end of 15 overs, Pakistan scored 106 runs for 5 wickets. Hardik's third hit in the Pakistan camp in his next over. Hardik returned Nawaz for 9 runs. 

Then it was Arshdeep's turn. It's like competing with Hardik to win wickets! Asif Ali was dismissed by Arshdeep for 2 runs. Pakistan lost 2 wickets for 91 runs. And Babar Azam's team lost 7 wickets to score 120 runs. Pakistan has lost 5 wickets for 29 runs.

Shaheen Shah Afridi took 14 runs by hitting Arshdeep for a six and a boundary in the 19th over. Shan Masood completed his personal half-century in the same over. The batsman who got down to one down played this important innings in 40 balls with the help of 5 boundaries.

Bhuvneshwar Kumar cut and bowled Afridi who was batting for 16 runs in the second delivery of the last over. Haris Rauf hit a six on the next ball. Pakistan got 10 runs from the last over. The most successful bowlers for India are Hardik Pandya and Arshdeep Singh. Hardik 30 and Arshdeep 32 runs took three wickets each. Mohammad Shami and Bhuvneshwar Kumar got one wicket each.

 

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