On Sunday, India was defeated by Pakistan in a very hype game. The most anticipated match was finally played between the two arch-rivals. In the overall figure, India dominante Pakistan whereas Pakistan had better win-loss figure 19 wins to 9 loss at Dubai international stadium. Over 1 billion people watched the match. This is a much-awaited victory for Pakistan after five straight losses, including a t20 world cup loss.
Some people are also calling to boycott the game. It was because Pakistan was funding a terrorist group in Kashmir. New Zealand and England have already called off their tour to Pakistan due to security concerns. UAE now becomes Pakistan’s neutral place to play matches.
India also stopped playing with Pakistan after the 2007 terrorist attack. And cut off all bilateral relations with Pakistan. Since the terrorist attack on the Srilanka cricket team. Pakistan was not hosting cricket matches.
Highlights of Pakistan and India match : Pakistan was won by ten-wicket
As the Pakistan team won the toss and elected to bowl. Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul opened for team India. But before India could reach a half-century. India had already lost three wickets, including two openers. Again Virat Kohli shows why he was the man of the big occasion. He helped India with Rishabh pant to securely take the Indian scorecard to a respectable 150 runs. India was 151/7 in 20 overs.
Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan opened for Pakistan. Both were able to score half-centuries. With two overs and one ball remaining, both openers easily secured Pakistan victory. Mohammad Rizwan scored 79 runs out of 58 balls, and Babr Azam 68 runs out of 55 balls.
The Player of the match was Shaheen Afridi, with his three-wicket haul in 4 overs.
India Xi team- Hardik Pandya, KL Rahul, Rohit Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav, Virat Kohli, Ravindra Jadeja, Rishab pant, Jasprit bhumrah, Mohammad Shami and Varun Chakravarthy.
Pakistan Xi team- Asif Ali, Babr Azam, Fakhar zaman, Imad wasim, Muhammad hafeez, Shadab khan, Shoab malik, Hari rauf, Muhammad rizwan, Hasan ali and Shaheen aftidi.
