India Vs Pakistan Highlights, T20 World Cup 2021: PAK win by 10 wickets, beat IND for the 1st time in WC history

Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan have walked out to open.

Pakistan need 152 runs from 120 balls.

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Suryakumar Yadav began his innings well, hitting a six and a four, but was out caught behind. Similarly, Pandya hit a four, and was rewarded with four overthrows before he holed out to Babar Azam in the final over trying to go for a big shot.

From 6/2, to reach 151/7 is a commendable recovery. When odds await, champions rise. And that's exactly what Virat Kohli did tonight, scoring a fine half-century. It wasn't a fluent innings but one that has given India a total to defend.

INDIA POST 151/7 IN 20 OVERS

Pakistan now need 152 runs 120 balls

19.1 - DOT! A slower ball. Pandya goes for the pull but misses the ball

19.3 OUT! Hardik Pandya is gone for 11. 
IND are 146/7 after 19.3 overs.

19.4 - 2 runs to Bhuvneshwar Kumar

19.5 - 2 runs and INDIA GET TO 150!

19.6 - 1 run.

FOUR! A scintillating yorker from Shaheen Afridi.But since it was just outside off, it allowed Hardik to get his bat on time. The ball raced to the third man boundary for 4

OUT! GONE! Kohli is caught behind on 57.

IND are 113/6 after 18.4 overs

FOUR! IT'S A NO BALL TOO

5 BYES! IT WAS FREE-HIT! batters run a quick single as Hardik misses the heave. Afridi takes the aim but misses it and the ball runs past the long off fielder.

IND are 144/6 after 19 overs

OUT! Hasan Ali has to. In four over, he concedes 44 runs but gets the wicket of Ravindra Jadeja before ending his night with the ball. A well disguised slower ball from Ali. It was into the slot but Jadeja was outfoxed. He chipped it in the air and was caught by substitute fielder Mohammad Nawaz!

IND are 127/5 after 18 overs. Hardik Pandya is the new man in

50! He bunts the ball to mid-wicket and runs 2. He brings up his 29th T20I fifty

FOUR! On the rise, goes over extra cover. ONE BOUNCE AND FOUR! Virat Kohli is freeing his arms now and that is ominous news for Pakistan's bowlers

FOUR! ANOTHER GIFT AND JADEJA OBLIGES! Strays onto the pads from around the wicket. It is short and angling away from the leg stump. All Jadeja has to do is swivel flick it over fine leg for 4.

Haris Rauf,  0/15 after 2 overs, returns for his final spell of the day.

WHAT AN OVER! An absolute crucial over. He concedes just 4 in the 17th over 

IND are 114/4 

FOUR! Kohli is now into the 40s. A slower bouncer from Hasan. Kohli, who had already taken a couple of steps out of his crease, does well to roll his wrists and guide the ball past fine leg for 4.

FOUR! WOW! WOW! WOW! Is the calm before the storm over and is the storm already here? That is an exquisite extra cover drive, presenting the full face of the bat. No need to run there.

IND are 110/4 after 16 overs.

5 OVERS TO GO! Kohli (37*) and Jadeja (6*) now hold key as India eye a total around 140.

IND are 100/4 after 15 overs.

FOUR! Thank you very much, says Virat Kohli. He strays down the leg side, wide of Kohli's pads. Virat rolls his wrists to flick the ball through fine leg for 4.

IND are 96/4 after 14 overs.

OUT! PAKISTAN CONTINUE TO PULL INDIA BACK EVERY NOW AND THEN! A googly from Shadab Khan. Angling away from him, Pant still decides to go for a slog and he top-edges it. Shadab Khan runs back and completes the catch. he is gone for 39.

IND are 84/4 after 12.2 overs

Not Hardik Pandya but Ravindra Jadeja joins Kohli. Mostly because of left-righty combo

1/6 after 1 over. Hasan Ali bowled a great first over.

SIX! WHAT A SHOT FROM PANT! Another one-handed six. He is making a habit of this. Down on one knee, extends his arms fully and tonks it over backward square leg for a maximum.

SIX! ANOTHER ONE-HANDED SIX! I am beginning to believe he actually practices this shot in the next. Overpitched his off-cutter, did Ali. Pant clears his front leg and deposits the ball over the long off boundary for another six.

BRILLIANT OVER FOR INDIA! 15 off it. IND are 81-3 after 12 overs.

Right then! Speedster Haris Rauf has been brought into the attack.

He can be express, very express

A top over from Rauf. Gives away just 6 runs. IND are 66-3 after 11 overs

FOUR! Is Pant settled and comfortable? This shot suggests so. From around the wicket, Hafeez angles the ball into Pant after pitching it short of good length. Pant waited for the ball to come onto him, crouched low and used fast, whippy hands to cut the ball through the backward point for 4. 

AFTER 10 OVERS, INDIA ARE 60/3

GREAT SHOT! GREAT FIELDING! Oh, some lovely cricket here. Short and wide from Shadab Khan, Pant, off his backfoot, cuts the ball square. Haris Rauf runs a long way to his right to save 2 with a beautiful divin effort.

IN THE AIR….AND…SAFE! What was that, Pant? Looked like a tired/half-hearted shot. The ball from over the wicket, angles away from Pant. He goes for a slog sweep and top edges to no man's land at long off.

FOUR! EASY PICKINGS! A GIFT INDIA NEEDED. Tried the wrong one but ended up banging it short and wide of leg stump. Pant, on one knee, guided the ball behind square for four.

FIFTY UP FOR INDIA! 52-3 AFTER 9 OVERS.

Veteran Mohammad Hafeez, who also played the first T20 World Cup in 2007, has been brought on

PAKISTAN REVIEW AND THEY LOSE IT. Pant tries to reverse sweep Hafeez. The bat misses the ball. Rizwan, the keeper, went up immediately. Umpire Erasmus gave it not out and upon review, the replay showed that the ball missed the gloves and the bat. 

IND 43-3 after 8 overs.

Leg-spinner Shadab Khan concedes just 3 from his 1st over

IND are 39/3 after 7 overs

OUT! EDGED AND GONE! WHAT A CATCH FROM RIZWAN! Short of length and just moving away from outside off.  SKY throws his hands at it with his feet rooted. Nicks it and Rizwan dives parallel to the ground to grab a beauty.

IND ARE 31-3 AFTER 5.4 OVERS

Rishabh Pant is the new batter in

First bowling change of the night as Hasan Ali is introduced into the attack.

Good tactic from Kohli, as you'd expect from this modern-day great. In order to negate Shaheen Afridi's swing, who is bowling his third over, he is batting from outside his crease. Not deciding to hang back and taking the challenge head on is just typical Kohli.

SIX! YOU KNEW THIS WAS COMING! After facing three dot balls, he makes room, charges down the track and creams the ball over long on for 6. This is a death-overs shot. USUALLY, may I add. 

IND are 30/2 after 5 overs. 

FOUR! He means business, does Suryakumar Yadav. Till the last delivery, Wasim had only conceded 3 runs. On the final ball, SKY brought out his sweep shot and since the fine leg was inside the circle, he was able to thread the gap and find four behind deep square.

IND are 21-2 after 4 overs

The way Indian openers have gone about their business in the recent past, this is an anamoly. But credit where due, Shaheen Afridi is bowling like a dream.

SIX! Just as I was typing the word “dream”, SKY finished the over with a scintillating pull shot for six. Short from Afridi, SKY rocks back onto this backfoot and tonks the ball over deep square leg.

IND are 14/2 after 3 overs

OUT! KL RAHUL IS GONE TOO! SHAHEEN AFRIDI HAS TWO! That is rapid, that is menacing and that was near impossible to play. Once again, from over the wicket, on good length and gets the ball to move in sharply. Like Sharma, KL played across the line and he lost his stumps.

He is gone for 3. IND are 6/2 after 2.1 overs.

Suryakumar Yadav is the new man in