This article will look at the upcoming Pak vs India T20 World Cup 2022 match. India should win, as Hardik Pandya and Arshdeep Singh will keep Pakistan on the back foot. Mohammed Shami will bowl tight lines, and Virat Kohli will hit an explosive half-century.
India beats Pakistan in T20 World Cup 2022
Indian cricket fans will be delighted with the win over Pakistan in the first T20 World Cup 2022 match, which took place in Melbourne today. The victory was a classic, with Virat Kohli’s innings providing the highlight. The victory will help India recover from the loss they suffered last year in Dubai.
Pakistan are on 59-4 in their innings, with Shan Masood leading the side. However, India bowled well enough to keep Pakistan in check. They need to score 60 runs off five overs to win. Pakistan pacers must do better to restrict the in-form Indians.
Pakistan’s batting line-up had its moments, but was unable to keep pace with India. They lost skipper Babar Azam to the first ball. They lost Mohammad Rizwan and skipper Azam early in the innings. While they still have a strong bowling attack, they were unable to overcome India’s batting order. The Indian bowlers were effective in keeping Pakistan’s pacers in check.
Virat Kohli’s innings helped India to a four-wicket victory over Pakistan in the opening match of the T20 World Cup. Kohli, a former Test captain, made 82 off 53 balls. His innings was the highest score in a T20I match and was hailed as the greatest T20I knock of all time.
Virat Kohli was the hero in India’s T20 World Cup 2022 win over Pakistan. His unbeaten 82 off 53 balls saved the match from a Pakistani collapse. Kohli came to the crease when KL Rahul was out for four. Haris Rauf had reduced India to 31/3 after batting the Powerplay, but Kohli’s unbeaten 82 from 53 deliveries helped save the day for his team.
Babar Azam was caught by Arshdeep Singh for a duck. Babar Azam went for a review after the ball hit the bat. Afterwards, his batted hand went back down to the ground. He was not able to keep the ball, and he went for a review. The third umpire Richard Kettleborough ruled that the ball broke before the glove.
Babar Azam says Pakistan’s bowlers did a good job but Rohit Sharma and Pandya stole the show. Rohit Sharma was the one who hit a four in the previous match, and the partnership between these two players has been very successful for some time. Pakistan would love to break that partnership.
Arshdeep Singh and Hardik Pandya keep Pakistan on the backfoot
Hardik Pandya and Arshdeep Singh both picked three wickets each against Pakistan in the Super 12 clash. Both bowlers were impressive when the on-swing Indian pace attack came out. In the opening over, Harshdeep trapped Babar Azam for a golden duck with a good length delivery, while Pandya trapped Mohammad Nawaz and Shadab Khan. After a batting collapse, Pandya was also instrumental, picking up a wicket from Asif Ali, and bowling a glove edge catch to the keeper.
Both bowlers kept Pakistan on the back foot, with Arshdeep picking up the first wicket for India, and Hardik Pandya finishing with best figures for India, with six wickets and three dismissals for the hosts. Pakistan’s first two batsmen, Shadab Khan and Mohammed Rizwan, both fell for single figures, and the pair added only six runs in the final over.
India’s pace attack had similar success in the powerplay, taking out Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan cheaply. Meanwhile, Shan Masood made 52* off 42 balls. In the end, India won by four wickets and topped Group 2 with two points.
The batting order must make the difference in the final match. The two openers must remain on top for India to win. Hardik Pandya needs to score 70 runs in 36 balls, and they must avoid losing a wicket to Afridi in the first two overs. This is no walk in the park for Pakistan, as it is a tough wicket.
In the seventh over, Hardik Pandya hits the stumps at the striker’s end. Masood tries to tuck the ball away fine but fails to make it to the boundary. Hardik Pandya then bowls a short length to Karthik, who gets a top edge to a low catch.
Arshdeep Singh and Hardik Pundya kept Pakistan on the backfoot in their first innings. They were a key part of the Indian innings, and both bowled beautifully. The partnership between Pandya and Kohli gave India the chance to take the lead and reach the required target.
Mohammed Shami bowls tight lines to keep Pakistan on the defensive
India captain Rohit Sharma won the toss and decided to bowl against Pakistan. While Pakistan have been India’s strongest bowling partner since the 1990s, India have lost two of their last three encounters against them, including a loss by ten wickets in the group stage at the last T20 World Cup.
In the lead-up to the T20 World Cup 2022, Indian captain Virat Kohli has called up Mohammed Shami, who is a little short of match experience. Despite this, the pacer will likely play against Pakistan on Sunday. The pacer, who hasn’t played T20I cricket since the World Cup in UAE in 2021, was named late to the squad after a bout of illness. Jasprit Bumrah has also been ruled out due to a back stress.
Mohammed Shami will be a key player for the Indian side at the T20 World Cup 2022. His ability to bowl tight lines and to keep Pakistan on the defensive is vital in a tournament like this. As a right-arm seamer, Shami has the ability to keep Pakistan on their toes.
In India’s second innings, Pakistan had already scored 119 off their first 20 overs. The visitors had a chance to score more than 150, but the batsmen were swinging wild and falling. A lone six came off Ashwin’s carrom ball. The Pakistani openers, meanwhile, were unable to get past half century.
With five overs remaining, India needed sixty runs. Virat Kohli and Hardik Pandya shared an 113-run fifth-wicket partnership. Kohli’s innings was a masterclass of attacking the Pakistani bowlers. The Pakistani bowlers were under pressure and committed errors in the final overs. Ultimately, the team won by nine wickets.
Virat Kohli hits an explosive half-century
Virat Kohli struck an explosive half-century to lead India to a four-wicket win over Pakistan in their opening T20 World Cup game. Kohli, who scored 82 not out off 53 balls, rated his knock as the best half-century he has ever scored in the shortest format. He was also helped by Hardik Pandya, who put on a century stand in the innings.
Kohli’s explosive half-century came as the visitors needed just 28 runs off eight balls. After Hardik Pandya fell for 40 off Rauf’s opening over, Kohli hit two sixes off two balls – the first over the bowler’s head and the second over the fine leg boundary. Rohit Sharma then got dismissed off the first ball of the last over by Mohammad Nawaz.
India and Pakistan have always played an exciting game on the cricket field. This T20 World Cup clash at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne was no different. The final over was crucial for India as it needed 16 runs. Pakistan players wanted the ball to be declared a dead ball, but the umpires ruled in India’s favour, allowing Virat Kohli to hit an explosive half-century and Dinesh Karthik to score three runs off the final over.
Kohli is a big player for India and has a good record against Pakistan in T20 World Cups. He has scored three fifties in three games against Pakistan and India has won all three. He also hit a fighting fifty against Pakistan in the recent Asia Cup.
After Kohli’s half-century, the MCG crowd has been on its feet. Earlier, he hit a boundary off Nawaz, but the umpire signaled that there was no ball. The MCG crowd was ecstatic. However, it seemed like Kohli had hit the wrong ball and was out to prove his worth.
