IND vs PAK: hardik pandya Powers India!!!
India won the great match played at dubai International Stadium on sunday by 5 wickets. Batting first, pakistan scored 147 runs. In reply, the indian team won by scoring 148 runs in 19.4 overs. hardik pandya batted brilliantly and scored 33 runs in 17 balls. The Player of the match was adjudged for his excellent all-round performance by hardik Pandya. He also took three wickets during the bowling. Now the next match of the indian team will be with Hong Kong.
After winning the toss, indian cricket team captain rohit sharma decided to bowl first. Bhuvneshwar Kumar got off to a great start and dismissed pakistan captain Babar Azam in the third over of the match. After this, in the last over of the powerplay, Avesh Khan proved Rohit's decision by showing Fakhar Zaman the way to the pavilion. After this, Iftikar ahmed and Mohammad Rizwan took the innings and took the team beyond the score of 50. hardik pandya made Iftikar walk on the very first ball of the 13th over.
By reaching 10 runs, pakistan lost four wickets. After this, none of the Pakistani batsmen could last long and the entire team was bundled out for 147 runs. Chasing the target of 148, the start of the indian team was not good and KL rahul fell victim to Naseem Shah on the second ball of the innings. After this Rohit and kohli together took india to the score of 50. However, Rohit and Virat got out early after a score of 50.
After this ravindra jadeja and hardik pandya batted brilliantly and took the team to the threshold of victory. When the team needed only 7 runs to win, Jadeja was out but hardik made the match in the name of india by hitting a six in the last over.
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