India vs Pakistan T20 Live Cricket Score.India vs Pakistan, T20 World Cup 2021 Live Score Updates: Virat Kohli’s half-century helped India recover from a disastrous start and post 151/7 against Pakistan in ICC T20 World Cup match on Sunday. Besides Kohli’s 49-ball 57, Rishabh Pant slammed 39 in 30 deliveries.
Pakistan skipper Babar Azam won the toss and invited India to bat first but the early blows were landed by the men in green as openers Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul departed within three overs. Kohli and Pant then joined forces to add 53 runs in quick time before the latter was caught out by leg-spinner Shadab Khan (1/22 in four overs) off his own bowling in the 13th over.
Brief scores: India- 151/7 in 20 overs (Virat Kohli 57, Rishabh Pant 39; Shaheen Afridi 3/31) vs Pakistan.
India (Playing XI): Virat Kohli (c), Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul, Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mohammed Shami, Varun Chakaravarthy, Jasprit Bumrah.
Pakistan (Playing XI): Babar Azam (c), Mohammad Rizwan(w), Fakhar Zaman, Mohammad Hafeez, Shoaib Malik, Asif Ali, Imad Wasim, Shadab Khan, Hasan Ali, Haris Rauf, Shaheen Afridi
A proper good over by India as Bumrah is introduced in the attack. Just 4 runs off it as he helps stem the run flow after the previous 2 overs both went for some boundaries. Pakistan 22/0 after 3 overs.
Babar and Rizwan walk out as India have a chat in the huddle. Bhuvneshwar will open the attack for India. Rizwan has hit one to the boundary and it looked like it was saved. Close call as Varun flicks it back in. His left hand is touching the boundary as he lets go a backhand flick with the right hand. Third umpire deems the ball hadn't left his hand quick enough. And he hits a maximum to follow. Pakistan off to a great start. 10 off the first over. Pakistan 10/0 after 1 over.
150 comes up for India. Good comeback for India after a slow start. Pakistan were superb with the ball and on the field for most part, and they've done very well to restrict India to 151. India, for their part, have done well to get there, having been three down inside the powerplay. Virat Kohli and Rishabh Pant's knocks have helped India immensely to post a respectable total. Over to the bowlers now.
The last over begins. Haris Rauf to ball. And he has got Hardik Pandya. Big wicket again. He looks to hit it with a straight bat over the bowler's head, but he ends up skewing it over the off side, and deep cover runs in and takes it close to the 30-yard circle. India 146/6 after 146/7 after 19.3 overs
Absolute chaos in the last ball of the 19th over. The original ball was a no ball that got to the boundary. A good free-hit ball, bouncer slanting across and finishing around the right shoulder. Pandya misses the pull, and tries to run a quick single to retain the strike. Rizwan's underarm throw misses at his end, then the bowler picks the ball up and flings a wild throw past the stumps at his end, and it rushes away too quickly for long-on to stop to his right. India 146/6 after 19 overs
They say life imitates art. Though in these times of packaged sentiments, an instinctive reaction may imitate an emoji. And so it was when Hasan Ali bent his back to get that effortful bounce trying to tease (but not quite) an edge from Kohli as India tried to accelerate the scoring rate on the final straight. A halfway swing of the bat to steer it to third man would see Kohli not quite find the timing on that shot, and Mohammad Rizwan would collect the shooter. Rizwan would do the shrug shoulder with palms upturned, indicating he wasn't sure if the dangerous batter had nicked. Unlike the shoulder gesture that bookends statements that can mean 'who cares' to 'who knows', this was more of a 'well, nope'. An appeal had begun gaining decibel, but was stubbed by the keeper. Hasan Ali couldn't stop Kohli, but got Jadeja the next over.
And Afridi has taken the big wicket of Indian skipper Virat Kohli. Slower bouncer, gets up around the right shoulder, and Kohli is too early on his attempted pull. All he manages is a top-edge that plops gently to the right of the keeper. That's the first time Pakistan have dismissed him in a T20 World Cup game. India 133/6 after 18.4 overs.
Jadeja departs now. He is caught by (sub)Mohammad Nawaz. Was looking steady. India lose another important wicket. He's looking to hit over mid-on initially but he's early on the shot, reaching well in front of his body, and then tries to adjust by bringing his wrists into the shot. All that does is send the ball down the throat of deep midwicket. India 127/5 after 18 overs.
3* - Virat Kohli
1 - Yuvraj Singh
1 - Gautam Gambhir
1 - Robin Uthappa
Hasan Ali to Kohli, 2 runs, pacy short of length delivery, big gap at mid-wicket. Kohli is one of the swiftest runners these days, And he Jadeja with skates on too. That's a knock it around fifty from the Indian captain. Another one against Pakistan. He had to play this way because Shaheen's early wickets.
Kohli is holding down India's fort as he hits two fours off this over. For the first one, Kohli turns his wrists over on top of the bounce and whips it to the left of the fielder. For the second one, he strides forward and just jabs that drive to the right of the diving extra-cover fielder. 10 off the over. India 110/4 after 16 overs.
Left-arm pace, fast, in-swing and just the right amount of it. In the 80s and 90s, one bowler with this ace up his sleeve was Wasim Akram and he often struck early blows in games between the arch-rivals. He was perhaps a touch slower than the lankier Shaheen Shah Afridi, who pierced out both Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul with the ball that came in. Rohit and Rahul would have expected Afridi to bend it back in, but at that pace and a length which cramped them, they could do little. The walk back to the pavilion seemed longer than usual for Rohit, even for those watching on TV. Usually he wears a slight smirk in such moments of despair. But today it was a plain ashen face. He had been flummoxed by the left-arm pacers' oldest magic trick.
Earlier this year Shahid Afridi confirmed the engagement of his eldest daughter to Shaheen Afridi by saying: "We are not relatives but Shaheen’s family was approaching us for the last two years with the proposal. I asked my daughter and we made the decision together. We Afridis have eight tribes, Shaheen and we belong to different tribes," he said. Later in a tweet, he would also say "my prayers are with Shaheen for his continued success on and off the field". Very early in the game against Pakistan, Shaheen did what his father-in-law would have dreamt - he got both the Indian openers to give his team a head-start. Not an overly aggressive pacer he didn't exchange words or show the dressing room door to the batsmen, he merely stuck to his trademark spread-eagle pose and gave double flying kisses. Though, Shaheen holds the honour of fashioning the most underplayed celebration in world cricket. Once during the Pakistan Super League, he got the wicket of Shahid Afridi and hid his face with his hands. Shaheen also got the '10' number shirt that the original Afridi wore. After he was given the honour, he tweeted: "This is more than a shirt number. It represents honesty, integrity and immense love for Pakistan. I am humbled and honored that I will be now representing Pakistan in shirt # 10 of Lala." Lala? Who calls his father-in-law Lala? Well, an Afridi of course.
Pant departs after a good innings. Shadab ends a dangerous innings just before it can take Pakistan out of the game. Looped up slow, pitching on middle and leg or thereabouts, and Pant looks to sweep. And is caught and bowled by Shadab. India 87/4 after 12 overs.
And a maximum from Pant. It's a one-handed swipe. Down he goes on his back knee, and off comes the bottom hand, and he extends his front arm fully and whips it over the square leg boundary And another one to follow, this one one-handed as well Pant uses the extra leverage he gets to meet the ball well in front of his body and lift it with a straight bat over the long-off boundary. Mid-off was in, and he just cleared the boundary. 15 off the over. India 81/3 after 12 overs.
With no Shardul Thakur, India only bat until 7 today. A couple of wickets around now will put Pakistan right on top. Haris Rauf comes into the attack. Over the wicket to Pant. India really haven't got that big explosive over. Pakistan have kept this very tidy. Just 6 off the 11th over. Indai 66/3 after 11 overs.
Pant has started this over just like he ended the 9th over. With a 4. 8 runs off the 10th over as India look to steady their innings. We are at the halfway mark of the innings as we go for a drinks break.