New Delhi. India's team won by 6 runs against Pakistan in a low scoring match at Nassau County International Cricket Stadium in New York. At one time it seemed that the Pakistani team would easily defeat India in this match. However, on the strength of Jasprit Bumrah's three-wicket haul and Hardik Pandya's tight bowling, India made a comeback and won the match. Rohit Sharma has also jointly held the record for defending the lowest target in the history of T20 World Cup 2024. Earlier, the Sri Lankan team has also defended a target of 120 runs against New Zealand in the 2014 T20 World Cup.

During the first batting, India's team was all out for 119 runs in the 19th over. With the help of three wickets each from Harris Rauf and Naseem Shah, Pakistan team made a record of getting Team India all out for the first time in the history of T20 World Cup. While chasing the target, Pakistan once again failed to defeat India on the stage of T20 World Cup.

The match turned as soon as Rizwan got out

Pakistan had a steady start while chasing the target. Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan added 26 runs for the first wicket. Jasprit Bumrah got Babar Azam, who was playing after scoring 13 runs off 10 balls, caught out by Suryakumar Yadav. Usman Khawaja, who came to play at number three, was dismissed after scoring 13 runs off 15 balls. Axar Patel got him out LBW. Mohammad Rizwan was bowled by Jasprit Bumrah on the first ball of the 15th over. From here the course of the match changed. At one point, Pakistan, which was playing with more balls left than the target, needed 18 runs to win in the last over, which Babar Azam's stalwarts could not make.

Rishabh Pant handled India's innings

India's start was not very good. Team India lost the wickets of Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli for just 19 runs. Kohli got out after scoring four runs off three balls by giving a very easy catch to Naseem Shah. Rohit, who was playing after scoring 13 runs off 12 balls, got out after giving an easy catch at square leg. Then Suryakumar Yadav 20 (18) and Rishabh Pant together made a partnership of 38 runs. In the eighth over, Naseem Shah bowled Akshar Patel. Suryakumar Yadav, who was playing after scoring eight runs off 7 balls, was caught out by Harris Rauf in the 13th over by Mohammad Aamir.

Hardik-Shivam Dubey-Jadeja flopped
India's score was 89 runs for four wickets after 11.2 overs but from here onwards, Team India lost three more wickets to reach 96 runs. Shivam Dubey three, Hardik Pandya seven and Ravindra Jadeja could not even open his account. Arshdeep Singh contributed nine runs. Whereas, Mohammed Siraj returned unbeaten after scoring seven runs.