India vs Pakistan T20 World Cup Highlights: Pakistan outplayed and outclassed India with the ball first and then later with the bat as they chased down India’s target of 152 with all ten wickets in hand. Shaheen Afridi was explosive as he dismissed India’s openers cheaply. Only Kohli delivered for India with a gritty fifty, but Mohammed Rizwan and Babar Azam batted so effortlessly, that they made even Kohli's innings look just ordinary.
The only time India and Pakistan play each other these days is during multi-nation tournaments like the World Cup. Five years since they last played each other in this format, Pakistan and India locked horns in the biggest, at least most hyped, clash of the 2021 T20 World Cup. That the first-ever T20I between these teams, a tied affair that preceded the exciting bowl-out in Durban 14 years back, is still discussed is testimony to how much fans look forward to these arch-rivals clashing.
India vs Pakistan T20 World Cup 2021 Live
: It is all over. An emphatic win to say the least from Pakistan. They have humbled India - the tournament favourites. Pakistan chase down the target of 151 with thirteen balls to spare. Brilliant all-round play from them. They were fiery with the ball with Shaheen leading the attack. They backed it quite well on the field as well. For India, only Kohli was able to deliver, but in the end, Babar Azam and Rizwan made even Kohli's knock look ordinary. They were all over the Indian bowlers right from the start of the chase and were hardly tested. Pakistan begin their T20 World Cup campaign in style while India have some serious thining to do. That's it from us tonight. Hope you all enjoyed the evening. Be back tomorrow. Adios!
India vs Pakistan T20 World Cup 2021 Live | Over 16 | Pak 128/0 | Ind 151/7
: A par over at best from Bhuvaneshwar Kumar who was looking more to restrict the batsmen from scoring than take wickets. Considering the position India is in, the only thing they can realistically hope for is to mount the pressure with some dot balls. But the way these two are batting, even that is highly inlikely.
India vs Pakistan T20 World Cup 2021 Live | Over 16 | Pak 128/0 | Ind 151/7
: A good over from Shami, but he still went for seven runs. Babar and Rizwan were quite comfortable in scoring off even good yorkers. India is missing a Shaheen Afridi. Their bowling lineup has been made to look quite ordinary by Babar Azam and Rizwan. They have even made Kohli's innings look tame.
India vs Pakistan T20 World Cup 2021 Live | Over 15 | Pak 121/0 | Ind 151/7
: Bumrah is also unable to provide a breakthrough as Rizwan reaches his fifty with boundary towards the right of mid-wicket. India is running out of steam here. The bowling looking quite ordinary now and both Babar and Rizwan are all over them at the moment. This game is Pakistan's to lose now.
India vs Pakistan T20 World Cup 2021 Live | Over 14 | Pak 112/0 | Ind 151/7
: Runs starting to flow quite freely now for Pakistan. Babar Azam shifts a gear and drove Jadeja for two boundaries with the over conceding 11 runs. Jadeja has had a very poor outing today. He wasn't great with the bat at all and has also conceded 28 runs from his four overs. Ashwin fans must be smiling now.
India vs Pakistan T20 World Cup 2021 Live | Over 13 | Pak 85/0 | Ind 151/7
: Both Babar and Rizwan make light work of Varun as they swat him for 16 runs. Babar reached his fifty in style as he hit him for a six over mid-wicket. Shortly before that Rizwan had clobbered him for a six over deep square leg. Pakistan also crossed hundred in that over. Elsewhere in the Premier League, Liverpool are 5-0 up against Manchester United at Old Trafford. Salah scored a hat-trick with Pogba sent off in the 60th minute. And in the El Clasico, Real Madrid beat Barcelona 2-1.
India vs Pakistan T20 World Cup 2021 Live | Over 12 | Pak 85/0 | Ind 151/7
: Jadeja keeps both batsmen at bay, conceding just 5 runs, one of which was a leg bye. While they may not be scoring too many boundaries. Both Babar and Rizwan look quite comfortable at the crease. Barring a few edges, they haven't really been tested and look in total control. India will need something special if they areto break this partnership.
India vs Pakistan T20 World Cup 2021 Live | Over 11 | Pak 80/0 | Ind 151/7
: Bumrah is brought into the attack, but he is swatted to the boundary for four by Babar Azam in the second ball itself. Bumrah did well to come back with two tight deliveries, the second of which was a yorker. Babar Azam is into his forties.
India vs Pakistan T20 World Cup 2021 Live | Over 10 | Pak 71/0 | Ind 151/7
: Another good over for Pakistan. 9 runs from it. It started with Babar Azam hitting Varun for a boundary off the first ball. He didn't look to be in control of the shot, but it found the boundary nevertheless. The fourth ball saw a direct-hit at Rizwan's end, but he had dived in time. India were 60-3 at the same stage. Bumrah still has three overs left.
India vs Pakistan T20 World Cup 2021 Live | Over 10 | Pak 71/0 | Ind 151/7
: Another good over for Pakistan. 9 runs from it. It started with Babar Azam hitting Varun for a boundary off the first ball. He didn't look to be in control of the shot, but it found the boundary nevertheless. The fourth ball saw a direct-hit at Rizwan's end, but he had dived in time. India were 60-3 at the same stage. Bumrah still has three overs left.
India vs Pakistan T20 World Cup 2021 Live | Over 9 | Pak 62/0 | Ind 151/7
: A big over for Pakistan. Jadeja concedes 10 runs. Seemed like a good over until the fifth ball, where Babar Azam clubbed him over mid-wicket for a six. That was Pakistan's first boundary in four overs.
India vs Pakistan T20 World Cup 2021 Live | Over 8 | Pak 52/0 | Ind 151/7
: Varun Chakravarthy is zipping through with his overs. Just six runs off that over. Both batsmen have been kept quiet by the spinners. They seem to be extra cautious against them. India will be looking to get down with Varun and Jadeja's over quotas.
India vs Pakistan T20 World Cup 2021 Live | Over 6 | Pak 43/0 | Ind 151/7
: That is the end of power play and Pakistan are definitely better off than India. India haven't let them go on a roll, but Pakistan have all ten wickets in hand.
India vs Pakistan T20 World Cup 2021 Live | Over 5 | Pak 35/0 | Ind 151/7
: After two tidy overs, India finally let it slip with Shami. Rizwan and Babar both scored boundaries to score 11 runs off that over. Shami wasn't too bad with his line, but both batsmen played really well. India need to find a wicket to stem the run flow here.
India vs Pakistan T20 World Cup 2021 Live | Over 4 | Pak 24/0 | Ind 151/7
: Kohli brings Varun Chakravarthy into the attack. He stifles Babar Azam, with four consecutive dot balls. Babartried in vain to cut him, with just two coming off that over.
India vs Pakistan T20 World Cup 2021 Live | Over 3 | Pak 22/0 | Ind 151/7
: Tidy over from Bumrah, conceding just 4 runs, which included four dot balls. He is choking the batsmen for room. No swing on offer for the bowlers.
India vs Pakistan T20 World Cup 2021 Live | Over 2 | Pak 18/0 | Ind 151/7
: Another good overfor Pakistan as Babar Azam chips in with a boundary. He has been compared with Kohli for quite some time now. This is his chance to prove why he is one of the world's best. Eight runs off that over.
India vs Pakistan T20 World Cup 2021 Live | Over 1 | Pak 10/0 | Ind 151/7
: Pakistan are off to a good start. 10 runs coming off it. Mohammad Rizwan scores two consecutive boundaries, the second of which was a six over deep square.
India vs Pakistan T20 World Cup 2021 Live
: Rizwan and Babar Azam are on the field as they get ready for the chase. Will Babar be able to better Kohli's innings? We'll soon find out.
India vs Pakistan T20 World Cup 2021 Live | Over 20 | Ind 151/7
: Seven runs off the last over as India finish with 151/7. Brilliant bowling by Afridi for Pakistan, albeit that horrific last two balls which saw him conded 10 runs. Pakistan will feel they could have done better considering the start they got and the timely breakthroughs throughout the Indian innings. For India, Kohli proved yet again why he is their main man. He was clinical as ever and looked to be playing on another level even as his teammates fell cheaply around him. India will feel they have gotten enough on the board with the kind of bowlers they have. We'll be back soon for the chase. Stay tuned!
India vs Pakistan T20 World Cup 2021 Live | Over 19.3 | Ind 146-7
: Pandya too departs. Another slower ball does the trick and Haris Rauf has his first wicket.
India vs Pakistan T20 World Cup 2021 Live | Over 19 | Ind 144-6
: 17 runs from the over. Nobody expected that considering the way the over went until the Kohli wicket. Shaheen Afridi has leaked the most runs in the innings. The sixth ball went for a four, and to rub salt on the wound, it was a no-ball. Afridi did well the next ball to make Pandya miss, but he conceded 5 byes in his pointless attempt to run Pandya out.
India vs Pakistan T20 World Cup 2021 Live | Over 18.4 | Ind 133-6
: Shaheen Afridi strikes again! It is captain Kohli this time. He tries to heave Afridi, but finds an edge and it is collected well by keeper Rizwan.
India vs Pakistan T20 World Cup 2021 Live | Over 17.5 | Ind 125-5
: Jadeja departs! It was a poor, yet another expensive over from Hasan Ali. 11 runs had come off it until then before Hasan drew the mistake from Jadeja. Jadeja swings early and sends it high and into the hands of deep-midwicket where substitute Mohammed Nawazcups it safely.
India vs Pakistan T20 World Cup 2021 Live | Over 17.1 | Ind 116-4
: Kohli reaches his 29th T20I fifty with a couple. It is a T20I record. The others around him may perished cheaply, but Kohli is playing in a realm of his own here.
India vs Pakistan T20 World Cup 2021 Live | Over 17 | Ind 114-4
: Brilliant over from Haris Rauf. He mixes it up with some slow balls. Just four runs from that over. That has helped Pakistan reign things back. He has hardly given any room for Kohli or Jadeja to get their shots away.
India vs Pakistan T20 World Cup 2021 Live | Over 16 | Ind 111-4
: And Kohli does step up indeed. He swats Hasan Ali for two boundaries. Another expensive over fromAli. 10 runs from it. He has been the loose end in the Pakistan bowling attack.
India vs Pakistan T20 World Cup 2021 Live | Over 15 | Ind 100-4
: A very tidy 15th over from Shadab Khan. Just four runs off it. The score forecast has now dropped to 149. India need another big over now. Kohli is the set batsman here and he will need to pick up the pace if India are to post a decent total tonight.
India vs Pakistan T20 World Cup 2021 Live | Over 14 | Ind 96-4
: Haris Rauf's over goes for 9runs as he goes for that extra pace which resulted in one wide and a ball that went off course down the leg-side that Kohli nudge to the boundary. Rauf would feel hard done by that. It was a tidy over until that boundary.
India vs Pakistan T20 World Cup 2021 Live | Over 13 | Ind 87- 4
: Ravindra Jadeja replaces Rishabh Pant. A brilliant over from Shadab Khan. He has given Pakistan the breakthrough and India have to go at it again. There are not many overs left now.
India vs Pakistan T20 World Cup 2021 Live | Over 12.2 | Ind 84-4
: It is curtains for Rishabh Pant. The swinging didn't last. The ball pitches and turns away as Pant swings wildly, only to send it high as ShadabKhan traces back to take a comfortable catch. Pakistan have the breakthrough.
India vs Pakistan T20 World Cup 2021 Live | Over 12 | Ind 81-3
: India finally get the big over they so desperately needed. Pant hit two back-to-back sixes off Hasan Ali in an over that conceded 15 runs. Hasan is forced to change his approach.
T20 World Cup 2021 | India vs Pakistan Live | Over 11 | Ind 66-3
: A pacy over from Haris Rauf to say the least. He doesn't bother with the slow balls and bangs it as hard as he can. He concedes just six. India not able to find the acceleration they need.
T20 World Cup 2021 | India vs Pakistan Live | Over 10 | Ind 60-3
: Pakistan is finding hard to find Rishabh Pant quite now. He is on the charge and slices the field again and finds a boundary wide of short third. It wasn't a bad ball but Pant does well to cut it. We are half way through the first innings and India are currently going at a run a ball. Pakistan will not want to let them settle and with that, its's time for the drinks break!
T20 World Cup 2021 | India vs Pakistan Live | Over 9 | Ind 52-3
: Rishabh Pant is starting to find the runs now. After a couple of attempted sweeps, he finally connects with one and hits a boundary over short fine. India starting to find their rhythm again.
T20 World Cup 2021 | India vs Pakistan Live | Over 7.3 | Ind 41-3
: Pakistan review for a caught behind. Pant's attempted reverse sweep misses and Rizwan collects the ball behind the stump and is away in celebration. Umpire remains unmoved and Rizwan reviews immediately. Ultraedge shows there was no contact and Pakistan lose a review.
T20 World Cup 2021 | India vs Pakistan Live | Over 7 | Ind 39-3
: Rishabh Pant is the new batsman in, but Pakistan manage to keep him in check the first over. Most of the runs so far have come on the leg side as the pitch looks to be slow, something that we have witnessed with all the other games so far. Good conditions for someone like Bhuvaneshwar for India.
T20 World Cup 2021 | India vs Pakistan Live | Over 5.4 | Ind 31-3
: Suryakumar Yadav's cameo ends! Hasan Ali bangs the ball in at length and Surakumar Yadav gets down the pitch to punch it only to get a leading edge. Mohammed Rizwan does brilliantly behind the stumps as he dives to his left to grab the ball. India are in real trouble now.
T20 World Cup 2021 | India vs Pakistan Live | Over 5 | Ind 30-2
: Kohli is on the charge now as he launches Shaheen over mid-on. Three dot balls did the trick. Boundaries starting to flow for India, but they are still not out of the woods yet. One more over to go in the power play.
T20 World Cup 2021 | India vs Pakistan Live | Over 4.0 | Ind 21-2
: Suryakumar Yadav hits his second boundary to take some pressure off India. He survived an lbw call just a couple of balls earlier to Imad Wasim, but the impact was outside off. India are still living on the edge here.
T20 World Cup 2021 | India vs Pakistan Live | Over 3.0 | Ind 14-2
: Shaheen almost gets his third as Suryakumar Yadav pulls him, but the ball sails just over the diving Pakistan player on the boundary and India get their first six.
T20 World Cup 2021 | India vs Pakistan Live | Over 2.1 | Ind 6-2
: There goes another! Shaheen Afridi is one fire. 140kph+ delivery and KL Rahul has been completely bamboozled. It is a good length ball and it cramps KL Rahul for room. The ball brushes his thigh before hitting the stumps.
T20 World Cup 2021 | India vs Pakistan Live | Over 2 | Ind 6-1
: Pakistan have started with the upper hand here. Tidy bowling by both Shaheen and Imam and their fielders have backed them up as well. They won't mind conceding the singles in the first six overs.
T20 World Cup 2021 | India vs Pakistan Live | Over 1.0 | Ind 2-1
: End of over 1 and Pakistan have drawn first blood. Virat Kohli has taken the field. Imad Wasim to start the second over to Virat.
T20 World Cup 2021 | India vs Pakistan Live | Over 0.4 | Ind 1-1
: Paksitan have drawn first blood. Shaheen traps Rohit Sharma plum in front of the wicket. India are down one already! Beautiful yorker by Shaheen with a little bit of inward movement. He doesn't bother appealing to the umpire and the Pakistanis are away celebrating as the umpire lifts the finger.
T20 World Cup 2021 | India vs Pakistan Live | Over 0.2 | Ind 0-0
: Little bit of swing in the air. Rahul connects with the first two balls beautifully, but is unable to get off the mark. Some tidy fielding by Pakistan too.
T20 World Cup 2021 | India vs Pakistan Live
: All the players have taken the field. it will be Shaheen Afridi to KL Rahul first up. Here we go.
T20 World Cup 2021 | India vs Pakistan Live
: Historically India have struggled setting targets and Pakistan haven't exactly been flawless when it comes to chasing. It will all come down to who handles the pressure better tonight. Both sides have recently balanced squads with a mix of senior and junior players. Pakistan are relatively the younger side tonight, and it will be interesting to see how they handle the pressure. The crowd is electrifying and it will be quite a task for the players on the field to communicate with each other.
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: Both teams have taken the field. The national anthems are being played. A reminder of what each player is playing for tonight.
T20 World Cup 2021 | India vs Pakistan Live
: Here is the playing eleven for both teams.
India:KL Rahul, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli (capt),Suryakumar Yadav,Rishabh Pant (wk),Hardik Pandya,Ravindra Jadeja,Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Varun Chakravarthy,Mohammed Shami,Jasprit Bumrah
Pakistan:Babar Azam (capt),Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Fakhar Zaman, Mohammad Hafeez, Shoaib Malik, Asif Ali, Shadab Khan, Imad Wasim, Hasan Ali, Haris Rauf, Shaheen Shah Afridi
