T20 World Cup, IND vs PAK: Virat Kohli Shines Again vs Pakistan, Hits Fighting Fifty

India crumbled to a 10-wicket loss to arch rivals Pakistan of their opening match of the Tremendous 12 stage of the ICC T20 World Cup. The one silver-lining for the ‘Males in Blue’ was a gritty knock from the blade of captain Virat Kohli. Kohli led from the entrance to take Group India to a complete of 151/7 towards Pakistan within the Tremendous 12 fixture of the continuing T20 World Cup in Dubai on Sunday. The Indian skipper scored 57 runs off 49 balls after Pakistan pacer Shaheen Shah Afridi dismissed Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul for reasonable. Surya Kumar Yadav appeared full of life however was quickly dismissed by Hasan Ali, lowering India to 31/3. Kohli and Rishabh Pant added 53 runs for the fourth wicket, earlier than the latter was dismissed on 39 (30) by Shadab Khan.

Ravindra Jadeja then joined Kohli within the center, with the pair stitching collectively 41 runs for the following wicket. Jadeja and Kohli had been ultimately dismissed by Hasan Ali and Afridi, respectively.

Hardik Pandya (11) gathered some much-needed runs to take India previous the 150-run mark. For Pakistan, Shaheen Shah Afridi was the choose of the bowlers as he returned with figures of three/31.

Other than him, Hasan Ali bagged a few scalps whereas Haris Rauf and Shadab Khan took a wicket every. In the meantime, Mohammad Hafeez and Imad Wasim went wicketless for the Inexperienced Military.

Pakistan openers Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan hardly broke any sweat because the duo chased the goal down, remaining unbeaten on 68 and 79 respectively to energy the staff residence.

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Earlier, Pakistan skipper Babar Azam gained the toss and opted to bowl towards India on the Dubai Worldwide Stadium. Group India had gained each of their warm-up video games previous to the marketing campaign, towards England and Australia, respectively.

Pakistan, then again, gained their first warm-up recreation with ease, thrashing the West Indies. Nonetheless, they had been introduced again to earth by a spirited South African staff within the second warm-up recreation.