Team India scored a memorable win over Pakistan on Sunday in their Super 12 clash of the ongoing T20 World Cup at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. With Virat Kohli stepping up for the occasion and crushing 82* from 53 balls, Team India claimed victory on the very last ball behind 160. Team India chose to field first and got off to a great start with Arshdeep Singh rejecting openers Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan, within 4.0 overs. Later, Shan Masood and Iftikhar Ahmed anchored the innings and changed the momentum of the game. In the 12th over, Iftikhar hit three sixes off all-rounder Axar Patel while giving up 21 runs in his over.
Axar was not brought back to bowl a single hit in the remainder of the game, as skipper Rohit Sharma went with Ravichandaran Ashwin as a spin option. After the match, former Indian cricketer Madan Lal Rohit praised Sharma for his decision, calling it the ‘highest point of his captaincy’.
“I think Rohit who didn’t bowl Axar Patel after his expensive was over the highest point (of his captaincy in the match). He looked at his more experienced spin bowler in Ashwin. He bowled Ashwin three times because there was too much at the time. many runs were awarded. I believe this was the highest point of his captaincy today,” Madan Lal told Aaj Tak.
Besides Madan Lal, former Indian batter Suresh Raina praised Rohit and said he is a player with a lot of respect in the team.
“I think he has a lot of respect in the team. The communication he has in the locker room. He’s a leader inside and out. I’ve always felt he had better communication and players respect him,” said Suresh. Raina.
In the match between India and Pakistan, Rohit Sharma had won the toss and chose to bowl first. Pakistan was limited to 159/8 in 20 overs.
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Chasing 160, India was 31/4 in the 7th left, but Virat Kohli and Hardik Pandya made 113 runs for the fifth wicket and this score was broken by Nawaz in the last over of the match when he dismissed Hardik, who took 40 runs. scored .
However, Kohli was able to lead the chase in the final and helped India to a memorable victory.
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