T20 World Cup 2024: Bumrah, Hardik, Pant star as India beat Pakistan by six runs

Jasprit Bumrah showed why hersquos one of the best bowlers in the world through his sensational spell of 314 including 15 dot balls as India successfully defended 119 to beat Pakistan by six runs in a highlyanticipated Menrsquos T20 World Cup match at the Nassau County International Cricket Stadium on SundayAfter fast bowlers Naseem Shah and Haris Rauf took identical figures of 321 as Pakistan bowled out India for just 119 in 19 overs with Rishabh Pant topscoring via 42 off 31 balls India clawed their way back in thanks to Bumrahrsquos heroic spell starting from him taking out Mohammad RizwanHe also got excellent support from Hardik Pandya who took 26 from two overs after conceding 18 in his first two overs Mohammed Siraj Arshdeep Singh and Axar Patel took a wicket each to ensure Pakistan who were 803 at one point were restricted to 1137 as India successfully defended their lowest total ever in T20Is in a remarkable lowscoring heistChasing 120 Babar Azam began with a punchy ondrive off Siraj while Muhammad Rizwan was dropped on seven by long leg off Bumrah Azam authoritatively pulled Bumrah for four before the fastbowler had the last laugh when his back of the length ball got extra bounce and seam movement to take his outside edge to first slipUnder pressure to tee off Rizwan danced down the pitch to smack Pandya over longoff for six as Pakistan ended powerplay at 351 After Rizwan survived a runout chance off Hardik Usman Khan broke his edgy run by slapping him over cover for four followed by the former bringing out insideout lofted drive off Ravindra Jadeja to pick another boundaryBut India bounced back on the first ball after drinks break as Axar trapped Usman lbw at the crease with a slider coming from wide of the crease with replays showing it would have crashed into leg stumpFakhar Zaman came in to launch Axar down the ground for six and whip Arshdeep for four more before topedging a pull to Pant taking an over the shoulder catch off Pandya Bumrah returned to rattle Rizwanrsquos stumps while Pandya bounced out Shadab Khan as Pant sprinted to his left to take the catchWith boundaries not coming India continued to increase the pressure and resulted in Iftikhar Ahmed took on a full toss from Bumrah but holed out to fine leg who almost collided with square leg as his spell became the real differentiator between winning and losing for IndiaDespite an overrate penalty forcing India to have an extra fielder in the 30yard circle Arshdeep caught inside edge of Imadrsquos bat on a yorker which Pant caught safely Despite Arshdeep being hit for two fours by Naseem India ensured they pulled off a remarkable heist to seal a memorable win over PakistanEarlier on a tricky pitch where ball stopped on batters occasionally only three batters reached double figures for India as Pant topscored with 42 a largely charmed life at the crease where his trademark unorthodox shots got him better returns than orthodox strokesAt one point India were comfortably placed at 893 in 11 overs before they dramatically lost the plot Naseem Haris Rauf and Mohammad Amir triggered an epic collapse with their brilliant bowling as India lost their last seven wickets for just 30 runs In a bid to attack in the middle overs India lost batters due to poor shots and kept picking out fielders which meant they couldnrsquot stitch partnerships in a reckless batting performanceAfter 30 minutes of rain delay and another 29 minutes of rain enforced interruption post the first over Virat Kohli got going with a creaming cover drive for four But he chased a wide delivery from Naseem and picked out pointIn the next over Rohit Sharma miscued a pickup shot off Shaheen and was caught by deep square leg Amir beat a promoted Axarrsquos outside edge thrice in as many balls before the batter cut and ramped Shaheen for four and six respectivelyOn the other hand luck favoured Pant heavily ndash a healthy outside edge went past Iftikhar at slip for four off Amir Immediately after a topedge on his wristy flick was dropped by Usman at cover and Pantrsquos attempt to drive again took an outside edge flying over Iftikhar for four more as India ended a dramatic powerplay at 502Axar skipped down the pitch to drive over Iftikharrsquos head for four but in a bid to repeat that shot against Naseem he completely missed the ball and was castled Pant again survived on 17 when Usman shelled a chance to catch his topedge on the slogsweep off ImadBut from the 10th over off Haris things changed dramatically for Pant He lofted a slower ball over midoff fell over to paddle over short fine leg and flicked in the same region to pick a hattrick of fours followed by a lovely reversesweep off Imad to pick another boundaryBut Pakistan bounced back as Suryakumar Yadav picked out midoff against Amir and Shivam Dube chipped a simple catch to Naseem off his own bowling Amir had Pant finally running out of luck when his miscued loft was caught by midoff moving to his left and Ravindra Jadeja chipped straight to short midoff on consecutive deliveriesPakistan ensured India didnrsquot get to close their innings well as Rauf got Pandya flicking to deep backward square leg and had Bumrah hit straight to short cover on consecutive balls Arshdeeprsquos runout by Azam ensured Indiarsquos innings ended with one over unused which didnrsquot become a factor in their stunning victoryBrief Scores India 119 in 19 overs Rishabh Pant 42 Naseem Shah 321 Haris Rauf 321 beat Pakistan 1137 in 20 overs Muhammad Rizwan 31 Jasprit Bumrah 314 Hardik Pandya 224 by six runsThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever