IND vs PAK, T20 World Cup 2024: India all out for 119, records its lowest T20I score against PakistanThe Rohit Sharma-led side was shot out for 119 runs in 19 overs in the first innings in the Group A match.
JUNE 09, 2024 23:13SummaryA poor outing with the bat for India. Losing Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma put India on the backfoot right from the beginning. Even though Axar Patel and Rishabh Pant helped India get back on track but Pakistan controlled the scoring rate. A middle order collapse didn’t help either. Terrific performance by Pakistan’s pacers though. Naseem Shah and Haris Rauf took three wickets each, while Mohammed Amir (2) and Shaheen Afridi (1) too contributed three wickets combined.
JUNE 09, 2024 23:05IND 119/10 in 19 oversAfridi. Siraj plays the yorker with soft hands and steals a run. An overthrow gets India one more run! Siraj gets another double on the next ball towards cover. Another overthrow and another extra run added to India’s pocket! Siraj attempts a ramp shot but misses the ball. Another ramp, another miss. Pakistan has reviewed for caught behind. Nothing on ultraedge. Siraj is not out. OUT! Siraj hits towards mid off and calls for run. Arshdeep is late to respond. The throw reaches the keeper early and Arshdeep is runout. India is bowled out for 119.
JUNE 09, 2024 22:57WIND 113/9 in 18 oversHaris. Short ball and Pandya slashes towards deep third and gets a boundary. A good shot to start the over. Another fine cut but a terrific fielding in the deep saves the boundary. Pandya takes two. OUT! Pandya picks the ball towards square leg and is caught in the deep. A good running catch. Hardik Pandya c Iftikhar Ahmed b Haris Rauf 7(12). Jasprit Bumrah at crease. OUT! First ball duck. Bumrah drives straight to cover. Siraj takes a single on his first ball.
JUNE 09, 2024 22:524IND 106/7 in 17 oversAmir continues. Length ball and Arshdeep swings his bat towards midwicket and gets a four. Superb shot that. Arshdeep is hit on the hand by a bouncer. The support staff runs in to attend him. He’s back after a brief break. Full ball and Arshdeep swings again towards leg side and gets a double. Arshdeep comes down the track and but misses the ball. Another swing and a miss.
JUNE 09, 2024 22:47IND 100/7 in 16 oversNaseem. Arshdeep is surviving somehow. He cuts the ball towards deep third and brings Pandya at the strike. Pandya gives him the strike back on next ball. Naseem tests Arshdeep with a short ball. Arshdeep takes a single on the last ball of the over. 100-up for India.
JUNE 09, 2024 22:41WIND 97/7 in 15 oversAmir is back. OUT! Pant tries to hit straight and but doesn’t time the ball. A simple catch for the fielder at long off. India is in trouble. Pant c Babar Azam b Amir 42(31).Ravindra Jadeja comes. And he goes, first ball! Chips the ball straight to short cover. A first ball duck. Arshdeep Singh to face the hat-trick ball. And he defends. He flicks the next ball towards square leg for a single. Pandya is happy to leave the ball to keeper.
JUNE 09, 2024 22:34WIND 96/5 in 14 oversNaseem is back. OUT! Dube is gone too. Seam up and Dube just chips it straight back to the bowler. A forgettable innings for Dube. Dube c and b Naseem Shah 3(9). Hardik Pandya in at seven.Defends his first ball. Charges down the track but isn’t able to find the gap between mid off and cover. Another dot. Down the leg wide. Well, turns out it is a frontfoot no ball. So a free hit. Pandya goes for a slog but misses.
JUNE 09, 2024 22:31IND 94/4 in 13 oversImad for his third. Dube takes a single on the first ball and Pant gives gets him back on strike on the next ball. Imad is getting the ball to turn. Four runs from the over.
JUNE 09, 2024 22:25WIND 90/4 in 12 oversHaris Rauf. An appeal for LBW on the first ball against SKY but the umpire isn’t interested. OUT! SKY chips straight to mid off. Fuller ball, SKY tries to go over the fielder but doesn’t time the ball at all. Suryakumar Yadav c Amir b Haris Rauf 7(8). Shivam Dube is the new man in.The ball is still doing a bit here and there. Dube isn’t able to time the first three balls he has faced. He cuts and takes a single on the last ball of the over. Just one run from the over.
JUNE 09, 2024 22:214IND 89/3 in 11 oversImad Wasim continues. Pant sweeps and takes a single. Imad comes around to SKY, ball drifts down the leg. SKY tucks for a single. Pant takes out the reverse sweep and hits the ball over short third for four! Comes down the track next and takes a single towards long on. SKY takes a single to end the over.
JUNE 09, 2024 22:144IND 81/3 in 10 oversHaris Rauf for the first time. Pant blocks the first delivery. FOUR! Pant goes inside out over covers, all the fielders are in the ring on the off side, an easy boundary. FOUR again! Finally, Pant gets his desired ramp over fine leg. Another FOUR! Pant uses the angle and sends it through fine leg. The fifth is a bouncer, Pant jabs it to third man for one run. Sky is beaten on the final.
JUNE 09, 2024 22:09IND 68/3 in 9 oversImad Wasim now. Starts with a wide outside off to Pant. CHANCE! Another edge for Pant on a slog sweep. Usman tries to get to it from deep square and goes for a one-handed attempt. Spills it! An outside edge for Sky for a single. Pant pulls the fifth to deep mid wicket for two. A single to long on.
JUNE 09, 2024 22:04BIND 62/3 in 8 oversNaseem for his second over. Pant gets a single through mid wicket off the first delivery. BOWLED HIM! Axar tries charge down the track and slog, gets nowhere near it and gets castled.Axar Patel b Naseem 20 (18)Suryakumar Yadav in now. FOUR! A handsome on-drive which dissects the mid on and mid off fielders.
JUNE 09, 2024 22:004IND 57/2 in 7 oversIftikhar Ahmed to bowl the next over. Axar cuts the second off his back foot for a run. Pant tries to ramp on the third but cannot. Another attempt to ramp, gets an inside edge onto his leg, another dot. The next is wide down leg. Pant walks down on the fifth and plays to long for one. FOUR! Axar lofts the final delivery down the ground.
JUNE 09, 2024 21:554IND 50/2 in 6 oversAmir to Pant, edged and FOUR! Pant goes for an expansive drive, gets a thick edge but is too fast for the first slip fielder. DROPPED! A leading edge for Pant flies over covers. Usman Khan tracks it, gets under it but just fails to gather the ball by a whisker; three runs. Axar guides the fourth ball to third man for a single. FOUR again! Pant gets yet another edge which flies over the slip.
JUNE 09, 2024 21:484IND 38/2 in 5 oversShaheen to Axar, FOUR! An under-edge on an attempted cut runs away to the fence through third man. SIX! An upper cut from Axar after Shaheen goes for a bouncer. One run through covers on the third. Pant drives on the fourth but fails to clear the infield. MISSED! Pant gets an inside edge as the fifth jags back in, just misses the wickets, one run. Axar cuts the final delivery for two runs.
