IND vs PAK / Pakistan's knees ahead of Kohli's 'Virat' innings, India won by 4 wickets on the last ball

IND vs PAK: Team India defeated Pakistan by 4 wickets in the great match played in Melbourne. Virat Kohli was the hero of this victory of India. King Kohli played an unbeaten 82 in just 53 balls and gave Team India a nearly lost victory. Let us inform that after playing first, Pakistan had scored 159 runs for 8 wickets in 20 overs. In response, India chased down the target on the last ball.

The great match between Pakistan and India in the T20 World Cup was full of excitement till the last ball. Chasing 160 runs, India was in trouble at one time losing 4 wickets at 31. Then Kohli and Hardik, who came to the crease, shared a partnership of 113 runs in 78 balls. Hardik got out at the last moment, but Chase Master Kohli remained frozen.

In the last over, when India needed 16 runs to win, Kohli did wonders. Spinner Nawaz hit a six off the no ball. After this, when he was bowled on a free hit, he ran for 3 runs. Dinesh Karthik got out if 2 runs were needed. When Ashwin came, Nawaz threw a wide. After this Ashwin scored one run and won.

India's openers flop, even Surya did not walk..

Openers KL Rahul and Rohit Sharma were flops against Pakistan in the 2021 T20 World Cup. Pakistan fast bowler Naseem Shah sent Rahul to the pavilion for 4. Captain Rohit Sharma, who was dismissed for 0 against Pakistan in the 2021 T20 World Cup, was also a flop. He fell victim to Haris Rauf by scoring 4 runs.

Team India had high hopes from Surya Kumar Yadav. He also got a good start, but after scoring 15 runs in 10 balls, he was out on the ball of Haris Rauf. Rauf bowls a back off length ball to the middle stump. Surya wanted to make an upper cut over the slip, but the speed in the ball was such that the ball kissing the bat went into the gloves of wicketkeeper Mohammad Rizwan.

Iftikar-Masood took over Pakistan

Iftikar Ahmed scored 51 runs for Pakistan. Shan Masood also scored 52 runs. Both of them handled the Pakistani team that had lost the openers early. 50 runs partnership as well. Iftikar was also blessed with luck. One of his difficult catches was missed by Ashwin off Shami's ball. 6 Pakistan batsmen could not even touch the double figure.

Playing XI of both the teams

India - Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Dinesh Karthik, Axar Patel, Ravichandran Ashwin, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mohammed Shami and Arshdeep Singh.

Pakistan - Babar Azam (Captain), Mohammad Rizwan, Shan Masood, Haider Ali, Iftikhar Ahmed, Mohammad Nawaz, Shadab Khan, Asif Ali, Naseem Shah, Shaheen Shah Afridi and Haris Rauf.