India dent Pakistan's World Cup hopes in New York

T20 World Cup, Group A (New York)

India 119 (19 overs): Pant 42 (31); Naseem 3-21, Rauf 3-21

Pakistan 113-7 (20 overs): Rizwan 31 (44); Bumrah 3-15

India won by six runs

Scorecard; Table

Jasprit Bumrah took 3-14 arsenic India battled to a gritty six-run triumph complete Pakistan successful a T20 World Cup thriller successful New York.

Pakistan seamers Haris Rauf and Naseem Shah some vanished pinch good figures of 3-21 arsenic India were bowled retired for 119 successful 19 overs successful slippery conditions aft greeting rain.

Rishabh Pant’s fierce 42 was imperative for India but their usually fearsome bowling initially onslaught missed immoderate of its wound arsenic Pakistan reached 80-3 pinch six overs near arsenic Muhammad Rizwan patiently group astir chasing down nan total.

The crippled swung India’s measurement pursuing nan Pakistan wicketkeeper’s dismissal for 31 – bowled by nan superb Bumrah, who spearheaded India’s fightback erstwhile Pakistan looked group for victory.

With 18 needed disconnected nan last complete of nan game, bowled by Arshdeep Singh, Pakistan could only scramble 10 runs arsenic they fell conscionable short.

India person now won 7 of their past 9 meetings pinch Pakistan successful T20 World Cups pinch 1 nary result.

This triumph astatine a stadium successful New York which will beryllium dismantled erstwhile nan US limb of nan T20 World Cup is complete will beryllium peculiarly saccharine for India.

Not slightest because it pushes their winless rivals person to nan exit doorway and puts themselves connected nan brink of qualifying for nan Super 8s.

Rohit Sharma adeptly played a tricky transportation successful his side’s opening triumph against Ireland astatine this venue truthful location was overmuch connected nan shoulders of India’s astir skilful operator.

“Rohit, Rohit, Rohit” nan India fans feverishly bellowed from nan stands erstwhile he effortlessly whipped nan 3rd shot of nan lucifer from Shaheen Afridi complete nan ropes.

It should person group nan reside for a large total, but erstwhile Virat Kohli drilled Naseem Shah into nan hands of point, and Rohit was caught successful nan heavy attempting to repetition nan instrumentality against Shaheen, India’s mediate bid was exposed.

There was nary consciousness they mightiness simply beryllium happy trying to rebuild, though. Especially erstwhile Pant swaggered to nan crease successful that inimitable style of his.

The left-hander played pinch emblematic bombast and erstwhile he swung, he swung hard. A batting bagatelle sometimes he connected, sometimes nan shot flew disconnected successful different direction.

His six fours successful a 31-ball sound were captious successful getting India to a semi-competitive full pinch Axar Patel (20) 1 of only 3 India players into double figures.

Pakistan’s seamers, however, showed superb subject successful nan remainder of India’s innings pinch Naseem and Rauf superb arsenic India’s past six wickets went down for conscionable 24.

India blundered early into Pakistan's consequence pinch overthrows and dropped catches earlier Bumrah expertly recovered nan separator of Babar Azam’s bat and Suryakumar Yadav took a good gaffe catch.

The mostly of nan 34,028 crowd packed into a sold retired Eisenhower Park roared successful support for India arsenic their bowlers hunted for wickets.

That bluish wall mightiness person appeared a tidal activity astatine times, but Pakistan’s batters initially stood patient arsenic nan crushed was bathed successful sunshine and batting conditions appeared favourable.

Rizwan anchored nan innings pinch a diligent 44-ball sound earlier a encephalon slice erstwhile he tried to whip Bumrah into nan limb broadside and was bowled.

Pakistan were still favourites astatine that constituent but nan unit sewage to their mediate and little order, who were incapable to find nan bound amid immoderate bully bowling.

Imad Wasim (15) kept them successful nan hunt but pinch nan run-rate climbing India’s bowlers really turned nan screw.

Bumrah was instrumental though Hardik Pandya (2-24) besides played his portion on pinch a tight spell from Mohammed Siraj, who went wicketless but conceded conscionable 19 runs.

After a daze conclusion to nan United States successful their opening lucifer Pakistan person it each do. Even for world cricket's mercurial broadside it will beryllium a large inquire to suffice for nan adjacent shape from here.