Full Match Repack: India Vs Pakistan T20 World Cup 2022

A match-defining partnership in India’s chase during the middle overs shifted control; timely boundaries and rotating strike minimized Pakistan’s bowling pressure.

Hardik (40 off 37) tried one big shot too many. Caught. India need 31 off 12.

Dinesh Karthik walks in. First ball: run out (yes, run out — chaos). India need 28 off 6. india vs pakistan t20 world cup 2022 full match repack

One over left. Mohammad Nawaz bowling. Kohli on strike. Ashwin on non-strike.

Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat. The MCG roared. But within three overs, the roar turned into a stunned whisper. A match-defining partnership in India’s chase during the

Shaheen Afridi was not bowling. Mohammad Rizwan was batting like a man possessed. He and Babar put on a clinic of risk-free powerplay batting. Arshdeep Singh bled runs. Bhuvneshwar Kumar, the swing king, found none.

The Shift: At 10 overs, Pakistan were 85/0. Rizwan brought up his fifty. The Indian fielders looked at each other. The crowd sensed history—but the wrong kind. Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat

Middle Overs Meltdown: Hardik Pandya broke through (Babar caught for 31). Then Shan Masood arrived and went full beast mode—sweeping spinners, hammering pacers. Rizwan fell for 43, but Masood (52* off 42) and Iftikhar Ahmed (51 off 34) launched a death-over assault.

Final total: 159/8 (India’s death bowling: 11 overs, 97 runs, 3 wickets — ugly).

Chase target: 160. Easy, right? Wrong.

At 31/3 inside the powerplay, the MCG went silent. India was staring at humiliation.