India and Pakistan are facing each other in a mouth-watering clash in the T20 World Cup 2021 in Dubai. Both teams will try to kick off their campaign with a win.
Babar Azam won the toss and elected to bowl first. Pakistan left out Haider Ali from the 12 they announced on the eve of the match. On the other hand, India left Ishan Kishan, Ravichandran Ashwin, Shardul Thakur and Rahul Chahar out for this game.
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Pakistan thrashed India in the campaign opener and won the game by 10 wickets with 13 balls to spare.
After the victory, former Pakistan fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar mocked Harbhajan Singh for his comment in the build-up of the match. Harbhajan Singh tried to pull the leg of Pakistan by saying they should give a walkover to India as they won’t be able to win at all.
However, Akhtar trolled him by asking Harbhajan do you want a walkover now. He shared the video on Instagram and insisted on whether he is still looking for a walkover or not.
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On the match’s front, Shaheen Afridi gave a perfect start to Pakistan when he dismissed Rohit Sharma for a golden duck before dismissing KL Rahul in his second over. India were 6/2 before Hasan Ali removed Suryakumar Yadav to reduce India to 31/3 inside the powerplay.
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Virat Kohli scored a fighting fifty but he was slow in his approach and got out after scoring 57 runs in 49 balls. India scored 151/7 in 20 overs.
In response, Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan came out with all guns blazing. Both openers looked at ease and didn’t commit any false shot. Both of them scored the fifties and chased the target down with 10 wickets in hand and 13 balls to spare.
