Pakistan has a strong start
After losing the toss, Pakistan landed to bat and the Farhan-Jaman duo added 45 runs without losing wickets in the powerplay. During this time the Indian bowlers were seen craving for the wicket. After this, Sahibzada Farhan continued batting fast and completed a half -century off just 35 balls. Pakistan scored 77 runs in nine overs without loss. At this time, Pakistan looked completely dominated. Varun Chakraborty gave India the first success in the 11th over. He broke the 84 -run partnership between Farhan and Fakhar. Farhan (57 runs) was dismissed for playing a big shot. From here, the direction of the match started turning.
Spinners reversed dice in the middle overs
Kuldeep Yadav gave the second shock to Pakistan. He caught Sam Ayub to Bumrah. He was able to score just 14 runs. Between 13–15 overs, Akshar Patel walked Mohammad Haris without opening an account. After this, Varun Chakraborty broke the backbone of Pakistan by dismissing Fakhar Zaman (46). By the 15th over, Pakistan’s score was 118/4 and the initial rhythm was completely broken.
Pakistan continuously shocks between 16-20 overs
After this, Indian spinners maintained pressure. Kuldeep pushed Pakistan into a deep crisis by dismissing captain Salman Aga (8) and Shaheen Afridi (0). Akshar also sent Hussain Talat to the pavilion. Finally, Jasprit Bumrah took the wickets of Haris Rauf and Mohammad Nawaz. The fast bowler bowled Rauf and caught Nawaz at the hands of Rinku Singh. While Pakistan scored 77 runs without loss in the first 10 overs, losing nine wickets by adding just 60 runs in the next 10 overs. Kuldeep, Varun and Akshar’s spin trio demolished Pakistan’s batting.
India’s poor start
India’s innings started very poorly. In the second over, Abhishek Sharma was dismissed for five runs. Captain Suryakumar Yadav also returned to the pavilion after scoring only one run. Shubman Gill played a short innings of 12 runs and was dismissed as the third wicket. India had lost three wickets within just 20 runs and got caught in trouble.