India beat Pakistan by four players in yesterday’s ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2022 Super 12 match at Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG).
In an engaging and fluid match from start to finish, Pakistan recovered 98/5 to be crowned 159/8 after being asked to defeat by Men in Blue. Motivated by the resistance of their smashers, Pakistan knocked India down on April 31 at the start of the seventh inning. However, one Virat kohli (82 * off 53 balls) class that lifted Team India to an unlikely victory from the pit of despair.
Chase 160, Team India is defeated early KL Rahul (4) drag an outside delivery man from Naseem Shah back to his tree stump. Haris Rauf’s speed then surpassed the Indian captain Rohit Sharma (4) and Suryakumar Yadav (15). While Rohit missed one, SKY was caught behind. Things took a turn for the worse for India as Axar Patel (2) was exhausted after a terrible mixed with Kohli.
Kohli finally found a partner in Hardik Pandya (40 out of 37). The duo added 113 for the fifth game. However, they are forced to spend their time early due to a lot of relationships. As a result, India lags behind the offering rate. However, Kohli faced Shaheen Afridi, Rauf and Mohammad Nawaz in the last three parts of the match and came out on top.
He beat Afridi three trebles in game 18, two six points against Rauf in the penultimate game and six decisive hits against Nawaz in the final game. Victory came from the bat of Ravichandran Ashwin, who overtook Nawaz in the yard with a necessary last ball.
Earlier, Arshdeep Singh (3/32) and Pandya (3/30) had excellent bowling performances to put Pakistan in the back. The left winger trapped Pakistan captain Babar Azam (0) lbw with his first ball and knocked out Mohammad Rizwan (4). Pandya achieved tough successes and was rewarded with the scalps of Shadab Khan (5), Haider Ali (2) and Nawaz (9).
The half-century contrast between Iftikhar Ahmed (51 years old 34) and Shan Masood (52* off 42) with the support of a guest from Shaheen Afridi (16 years 8) helped Pakistan place India a 160 challenge. For the most part, that seems to be enough, until Kohli steals Pakistan’s thunder.
A match ruined by endless controversies
While the action on the field made for a thrilling battle, the game was marred by a number of controversial decisions. Opinions were divided about Axar’s finish as Pakistan’s goalkeeper Rizwan failed to keep the ball.
The final match produced two moments that became the main focus of the match. After Kohli made a high pitch from Nawaz for six hours, he turned to the umpire and deemed the ball too high. The service is declared to be without the ball. Surprisingly, the umpire at the field did not double-check the decision with the third umpire. Replays show it to be a very tight call.
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Next, Kohli was beaten by free shipping. However, the ball missed the goal of the Pakistani players after bouncing the tree and the Indian players passed 3 people. The umpires urge the umpire that the ball should be declared “dead”. Instead, the chase was bid farewell to three times.
While India won the final ball, the common sentiment among Pakistani fans on social media was that their team had been robbed of the victory.
Who won Man of the Match in IND vs PAK T20 World Cup 2022?
There are many impressive performances in the game. Arshdeep started off with a brilliant spell that helped him knock out Pakistan’s two top scorers on the cheap. After a pushback from the batting side, Pandya put India ahead again with three big attacks. He also makes an important 40 contribution to the willow tree.
As he usually does in T20Is, Kohli led the chase. To be fair, despite his presence, hitting 60 in the last five passes seems overly optimistic. But Kohli had faith and in the end he succeeded. It was what Rohit considered Kohli’s best shot. That is a big compliment.
For Pakistan, Masood and Iftikhar in their fifties stand out amid a sea of low scores. Rauf gave the team hope of victory, eliminating Rohit and SKY.
Kohli was an easy choice for Man of the Match because of his decisive strike and one that Indian fans will be hard-pressed to forget very soon.
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