Date : 9-June-2024

Venue: Nassau County International Cricket Stadium, New York, USA

Match: India vs Pakistan, Group A, T20 World Cup 2024

Score : 

India:119 /10

Pakistan : 113/7

Result: India won by 6 runs

Summary:

It was a thrilling match.

Spectators were at the edge of the seat. Both in the stadium and in front of television.

Looked like a one-sided match initially. But cricket is unpredictable !

And India won the match finally.

India lost the toss. And batted first. .

The Indian team was restricted to a low score of 119 runs. 

Only Rishabh Pant (42 runs) played a significant knock for India. 

Next highest scorer was Axar Patel with 26 runs.

Pakistan's Naseem Shah and Haris Rauf picked up 3 wickets each.

Pakistan started chasing.

It was a modest target. So Pakistan seemed in control initially but were choked by some excellent death bowling from India.

Jasprit Bumrah took 3 wickets for 14 runs.

Hardik Pandya took 2 wickets for 24 runs.

Pakistan fell short by 6 runs, scoring only 113 runs.

Player of the match : Jasprit Boomra

This was a thrilling low-scoring encounter where both teams' bowlers dominated.

I hope you enjoyed the match as well !