IND vs PAK: ViratKohli, Pandya shine india to victory!!!
Chasing the target of 160 runs, when 4 wickets fell on the score of 31 of the indian team, it seemed that india would lose today. But as long as kohli is at the crease and india is chasing, it is better to put such doubts out of mind. Actually in Melbourne, indian team captain rohit sharma won the toss and decided to bowl first considering the swing conditions.
Rohit's decision was proved right by his bowlers and Bhuvneshwar Kumar gave only one run through wide in the first over. Arshdeep Singh gave a big blow to pakistan by dismissing Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan. Thanks to the innings of Iftikhar ahmed and Shan Masood, pakistan scored 159 runs for the loss of 8 wickets in 20 overs.
Chasing the target of 160 runs, the indian team lost the wickets of captain rohit sharma, KL rahul, suryakumar yadav and Axar patel on the score of 31. After this, virat kohli and hardik pandya took the lead and stopped the series of wickets falling for the team.
In the beginning, very slow runs were coming out of Kohli's bat. At one time he was able to score 11 runs off 20 balls. He scored 71 runs in the last 33 balls. This innings weighed heavily on the pakistan team and was enough to change the course of the match.
Virat kohli faced 53 balls in this match, in which he scored only 11 runs in the first 20 balls. He made india return to the match by scoring 77 runs in the next 33 balls, due to which the indian team was successful in opening the tournament with victory. hardik pandya played well with kohli and contributed to India's victory by scoring 40 runs. Captain rohit sharma and KL rahul scored 4-4 runs.
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