At Nassau County stadium in New York India beat opponent Pakistan by six runs by defended a target of 120 with a outstanding bowling performance by the Jasprit Bumrah. Mohammad Rizwan and Babar Azam has given a good start in their chase for Pakistan.Jasprit Bumrah was with Shivam Dube dropping a sitter of him and giving Mohammad Rizwan a second life. However with the help of Suryakumar Yadav’s stunning catch in second over of Jasprit Bumrah he got Babar Azam. Pakistan scored 35/1 in the powerplay. India came active again after the 10th over. Hardik Pandya took 2/24 while Jasprit Bumrah took 3/14 and it came down to Pakistan needing 18 to win off the last over.
Pakistan’s pacers and their fielders backed Indian team all out for 119 runs in 19 overs. Virat Kohli played just three balls before falling to Naseem shah in the second over after which Shaheen Afridi dismissed Rohit Sharma in the next over at the Nassau County Stadium. Axar Patel was sent back ahead of Suryakumar Yadav and he gave India some energy in the powerplay along with Rishabh Pant.This pairscored 39runs for the third wicket off 30 balls before Axar fell on 20 off 18 to Naseem.
The very awaited match between India and Pakistan delayed by half an hour due to rain. Pakistan won the toss and chose to bowl first. However, rain returned which impact the match and led to a further delay in the start of the match. When the match finally started Rohit Sharma hit eight runs off the first over bowled by Shaheen Afridi. which was followed by yet another rain delay.