India vs Pakistan Live Score, T20 World Cup 2024: India Beat Pakistan by 6 Runs
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India defeated Pakistan by 6 runs in a Group A contest of the ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2024.
Being asked to bat first, India were bowled out for 119 runs.
Rishabh Pant was India's highest scorer, with a 31-ball 42.
Defending the low total, Indian bowlers restricted Pakistan to 113/7.
Jasprit Bumrah was India's best bowler again, picking up 3 wickets.
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India vs Pakistan Live Score: Familiar Foes Meet on New Shores
India vs Pakistan Live Score, T20 World Cup 2024: Let's be honest here, the ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2024 has not – barring a few upsets – lived up to the hype, predominantly owing to batting conditions. The tournament is screaming for an epic showdown between two giants, and it is exactly what we can expect today, when cricket's most iconic rivalry – India vs Pakistan – will be rekindled in New York.
At the Nassau County International Cricket Stadium, India, the inaugural champions, will take on Pakistan, the 2009 winners, with thousands of South Asian expats in attendance.
India vs Pakistan Live Score: Contrasting Starts
The two teams have had very contrasting starts to their campaign. India were thoroughly professional in their eight-wicket triumph over Ireland, with captain Rohit Sharma leading from the front. The Babar Azam-led Pakistan, however, suffered a shocking defeat to USA in their first match. Another defeat might mean curtains for the Pakistani team, depending on results of other matches.
India vs Pakistan Live Score: Key Matchups
The winner of this contest could be decided by the minuscule player battles. We take a look at the five most exciting ones.
India vs Pakistan Live Score: Toss Delayed
Toss has been delayed due to rain!
It was only a passing drizzle which seems to have run its course, as the players are already out playing keepie-uppies. But we will have to wait for the flip of the coin.
There will be an inspection at 7:45pm.
India vs Pakistan Live Score: Toss at 8pm
And we have an update!
Toss will take place at 8pm, that is, about 11 minutes from now. The match will start at 8:30pm.
India vs Pakistan Live Score: Pakistan Win Toss
The news from the centre is – Pakistan have won the toss and they will be bowling first! Babar Azam also confirms Pakistan are playing four pacers for this match.
The decision is not surprising, conceding this pitch has always favoured the teams bowling first, and the moisture on the track after the rain will further facilitate the pacers. This will be a new challenge for the Indian team.
"We will bowl first because of the weather and moisture in the pitch. The conditions suit us. We have four fast bowlers so we will try to use it to our advantage," said Babar.
"We would have bowled first too. We need to assess how conditions play and come up with an idea of what a good score is," said Rohit.
India vs Pakistan Live Score: Playing XIs
As expected, India have opted to field the same team which made light work of Ireland. Pakistan, though, have made one change, with Imad Wasim replacing Azam Khan.
India Playing XI: Rohit Sharma (c), Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant (wk), Suryakumar Yadav, Shivam Dube, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, Arshdeep Singh.
Pakistan Playing XI: Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Babar Azam (c), Usman Khan, Fakhar Zaman, Shadab Khan, Iftikhar Ahmed, Imad Wasim, Shaheen Afridi, Haris Rauf, Naseem Shah, Mohammad Amir.
India vs Pakistan Live Score: Further Delay
Uh oh! There is another delay. The drizzle was back again, and hence, the first ball will be bowled at 8:50pm. We have to wait for 20 more minutes.
India vs Pakistan Live Score: All Set
National anthems have been sung – first Quami Taranah of Pakistan, followed by Jana Gana Mana of India. We are all set for the first ball to be bowled.
India vs Pakistan Live Score: First Six in First Over
Rohit Sharma starts with the bang!
Almost everyone predicted a cautious start from the Indian openers, but Rohit Sharma is having none of that. In just the third delivery of Shaheen Shah Afridi, he flicks his wrist for an exquisite six.
India: 8/0 after 1 over.
India vs Pakistan Live Score: Rain Stops Play
Rain has returned again!
Not the ideal sight for the fans, as the players are now leaving the ground. It is only a drizzle, but for now, play cannot be continued.
India vs Pakistan Live Score: Rain Gets Heavier
It goes from bad to worse for the fans! The drizzle has not intensified into a proper downpour, as the spectators inside the stadium and trying to find a shade. We might be losing overs now.
India vs Pakistan Live Score: Covers Off
The rain has completely stopped, and the covers are now coming off. Pakistani players are entering the field again, while Rahul Dravid is having a word with the officials.
India vs Pakistan Live Score: Play to Resume at 9:30pm
And so we have the word. The match will resume at 9:30pm, that is, about 12 minutes from now. Nothing has been mentioned about any loss of overs, so we are likely to have a full game.
India vs Pakistan Live Score: Naseem Cleans Up Kohli
After a bit of delay, play resumes with Naseem Shah sharing the new ball with Afridi. Kohli faces his first ball of the day and get off the mark with a boundary. Oh no! India lose their first wicket as Naseem Shah cleans up Kohli on his third delivery with Usman Khan taking his catch. Kohli walks off after scoring 4 runs off 3 balls.
India vs Pakistan Live Score: Afridi Gets Rohit
Rishabh Pant is the new batter for India. Meanwhile, Rohit flicks the last ball of the 2nd over for a boundary. Shaheen is back for the third and he gives Pakistan another breakthrough; India lose their captain Rohit Sharma on the 4th ball of the 3rd over. He was attempting for a big shot but the ball ended up in Haris Rauf's hands at square leg.
India: 20/2 after 3 overs
India vs Pakistan Live Score: Axar Joins Pant
Left-arm pacer Mohammad Amir has been introduced into the attack in the 4th over of the innings. Meanwhile, Axar Patel has joined Pant in the middle. Amir has bowled a brilliant over, conceding just 4 runs.
India: 24/2 after 4 overs
India vs Pakistan Live Score: Axar Breaks Shackles
Shaheen Afridi is back for the 5th over and Axar Patel welcomes him with a boundary and follows it up with a maximum. 4 more runs come from the over.
India: 38/2 after 5 overs
India vs Pakistan Live Score: 50 Up for India
Amir returns to bowl the final over of the powerplay. Pant edges the first delivery, finding a gap and collecting four runs. On the next ball, he survives a close call when the cover fielder drops a difficult catch. Pant then strikes another boundary on the 5th ball of the over.
India: 50/2 after 6 overs
India vs Pakistan Live Score: Axar Walks Back
Iftikhar Ahmed joins the attack in the 7th over of the game and gets struck for a boundary off Axar Patel's bat to the end the over with. Naseem Shah takes the ball for the next over and cleans up Axar Patel. The batter missed the length delivery and the ball crashed the stumps. Axar walks back in disappointment.
India: 62/3 after 8 overs
India vs Pakistan Live Score: Halfway Through The 1st Innings
Suryakumar joins the crease as the new batter for India, while Pakistan bring Imad Wasim into the attack in the 9th over. Meanwhile, Pant is given another reprieve as Usman Khan drops his catch once more. Haris Rauf returns to bowl the 10th over, and Pant takes full advantage, smashing him for three consecutive boundaries with innovative shots. This is exactly what India need at this moment.
India: 81/3 after 10 overs
India vs Pakistan Live Score: Surya Departs
Pant maintains his aggressive approach, punishing Imad Wasim with a boundary in the 11th over. However, just when India were looking to be gaining momentum, they suffer a setback as Haris Rauf dismisses Suryakumar Yadav, with Amir taking the catch at mid-off.
India: 90/4 after 12 overs
India vs Pakistan Live Score: India Lose Their 5th Wicket
Shivam Dube joins Pant at the crease in his maiden game against Pakistan. However, he appears to succumb to the pressure, as Naseem Shah dismisses him with a catch off his own bowling in the 14th over.
India: 96/5 after 14 overs
India vs Pakistan Live Score: Amir Dismisses & Jadeja
Pakistan stage an impressive comeback as Mohammad Amir cleans up both Pant and Jadeja in the 15th over. With Amir on a hat-trick, Arshdeep Singh manages to survive. This has been a brilliant display of bowling from the men in green. Naseem has been handed the ball for the 16th over and he concedes just 3 runs off of it.
India: 100/7 after 16 overs
India vs Pakistan Live Score: Arshdeep on the Counter-Attack
Arshdeep Singh has decided to prove why he deserved to be promoted ahead of Jasprit Bumrah in the batting order. The left-arm pacer smashes a four against his Pakistani counterpart, Mohammad Amir. The latter is not pleased, though, as he bangs a ball short immediately after.
India: 106/7 after 17 overs.
India vs Pakistan Live Score: Hardik Departs
WICKET!
Is this the last nail in the coffin? India's vice-captain Hardik Pandya loses his wicket just how captain Rohit Sharma did. Trying to flick a ball on the pads, he finds Iftikhar Ahmed at deep backward square leg. For a change, Ahmed holds on the ball.
India vs Pakistan Live Score: Bumrah Gone
NINTH WICKET GONE!
India are falling apart like nine pins here. Haris Rauf is wreaking havoc. Pakistan are on the ascendancy, and how? Jasprit Bumrah goes for a drive on the very first delivery he was facing, but finds Imad Wasim in a catching cover position.
India: 113/9 after 18 overs.
India vs Pakistan Live Score: All Out
LAST WICKET FALLS!
Arshdeep Singh will have to depart, as Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan's combined efforts finds him well short of his ground, in the last delivery of the penultimate over.
The big news – This is the first-ever instance where Pakistan have bowled India out in T20I cricket.
India: 119 All Out.
India vs Pakistan Live Score: Good Start For Pakistan
Considering the scoring India are defending, Rohit Sharma would have preferred a flawless first over from Arshdeep Singh, but that is not to be. Nine runs come from the first over.
Pakistan: 9/0 after 1 over.
India vs Pakistan Live Score: Siraj Starts Well
This was a much better over from India's perspective. Mohammed Siraj started his spell with a boundary, but bounced back with five controlled deliveries.
Pakistan: 14/0 after 2 overs.
India vs Pakistan Live Score: Rizwan Gets Reprieve
DROPPED!
Would you believe it? Shivam Dube has dropped an absolute dolly here. Jasprit Bumrah slides the ball down Mohammad Rizwan's pads, who flicks it straight at the hands of Dube, stationed at fine line. But the all-rounder cannot hold on to the ball.
Pakistan: 19/0 after 3 overs.
India vs Pakistan Live Score: Another Drop
DROPPED AGAIN!
Babar Azam is the beneficiary on this occasion, but India could have dismissed both Pakistani batters by now. Babar sends a Mohammed Siraj delivery straight back to the bowler, but the pacer is a tad slow to react.
Pakistan: 21/0 after 4 overs.
India vs Pakistan Live Score: Rizwan Goes Big
Hardik Pandya was introduced to bowl the last over of the powerplay, and it seemed Mohammad Rizwan was waiting for this very over to break the shackles. The wicketkeeper-batter hits the first six of the Pakistani innings.
Pakistan: 35/1 after 6 overs.
India vs Pakistan Live Score: Another Excellent Over From Siraj
Mohammed Siraj will consider himself extremely unlucky to not have a wicket to his name. His third over is as good as the first two, with only three runs coming from it.
Pakistan: 38/1 after 7 overs.
India vs Pakistan Live Score: Jadeja Begins Well
Ravindra Jadeja has also started well, so count India out of this contest at your own peril. Only four runs come from the left-arm spinner's first over, as the asking rate is now 6.5 runs per over.
Pakistan: 42/1 after 8 overs.
India vs Pakistan Live Score: Run Out Chance Goes Begging
MISSED OPPORTUNITY!
India could have had their second wicket here, but fielding lets the team down again. There is a mix-up between Mohammad Rizwan and Usman Khan, and the latter is well short of the crease when Hardik Pandya attempts to break the stumps. But he could not, as the throw was wayward.
Pakistan: 51/1 after 9 overs.
India vs Pakistan Live Score: Rizwan Keeps the Scoreboard Ticking
The scoreboard will say Mohammad Rizwan has scored only 27 runs in 36 deliveries, but what a fine job he is doing for Pakistan! Ravindra Jadeja builds pressure with four consecutive dot deliveries, but all of that was released when Rizwan danced down the track to smash a boundary in the last ball.
India need a wicket, and they need it by yesterday!
Pakistan: 57/1 after 10 overs.
India vs Pakistan Live Score: Axar Breaks Partnership
WICKET!
Axar Patel has struck gold in his very first ball. Usman Khan could not come up with an answer to a slider, and was struck on the pads right in front of the middle-stump. Credit should be given to Rohit Sharma as the on-field umpire's decision was not out, but a successful DRS call came to India's rescue.
Pakistan: 66/2 after 11 overs.
India vs Pakistan Live Score: Arshdeep Returns
Arshdeep Singh, who bowled the first over and then disappeared, has been re-introduced into the attack now. Six runs came from his second over.
Pakistan: 72/2 after 12 overs.
India vs Pakistan Live Score: Zaman Departs
WICKET!
Just what the doctor ordered for India. Fakhar Zaman dances down the track, Hardik Pandya bangs the ball short, Zaman goes for the pull and ends up edging it into the gloves of Rishabh Pant. Is there a way back for India from here?
Pakistan: 73/3 after 13 overs.
India vs Pakistan Live Score: Going Down the Wire, But Where is Bumrah?
Arshdeep Singh bowls his third over and concedes 7 runs. This match is going right down the wire, but the major question is – where is Jasprit Bumrah.
Pakistan: 80/3 after 14 overs.
India vs Pakistan Live Score: Excellent Axar
EXCELLENT!
India are right back in the game. In fact, they might even be the favourites now. Axar Patel bowls a fantastic 16th over, conceding just two singles. Imad Wasim and Shadab Khan need to get a move on now.
Pakistan: 85/4 after 16 overs.
India vs Pakistan Live Score: Hardik Strikes Again
WICKET!
The pendulum has swung. The tables have turned, and so have the tides. The complexion of the game has changed completely. It is now India's game to lose after Hardik Pandya got the wicket of Shadab Khan. Like Fakhar Zaman, Shadab went for a pull against Pandya but gave a simple catch to Rishabh Pant behind the stumps.
Pakistan: 90/5 after 17 overs.
India vs Pakistan Live Score: Siraj Wayward
A wayward 18th over from Mohammed Siraj. There was a no ball, a wide, and ultimately, nine runs were scored. Pakistan now need 21 runs in the last two overs. Will Jasprit Bumrah bowl the next over, or the 20th?
Pakistan: 99/5 after 18 overs.
India vs Pakistan Live Score: Bumrah Delivers Again
WICKET!
Stop the press. Jasprit Bumrah has done it again. India are an inch away from another remarkable World Cup triumph over Pakistan. Just three runs came from the penultimate over, which concluded with Iftikhar Ahmed's wickets.
Pakistan need 18 runs from the last over.
Pakistan: 102/6 after 19 overs.
India vs Pakistan Live Score: Last Over
Last over. Arshdeep Singh to bowl it.
First ball – WICKET! Arshdeep Singh dismisses Imad Wasim. Excellent decision by the umpire. 18 needed from 5.
Second ball – 1 run. Now 17 needed from 4.
Third ball – 1 run. 16 from 3.
Fourth ball – 4 runs. 12 from 2.
Fifth ball – Another four. India have done it! 8 needed from 1.
Sixth ball – 1 run. India win by 6 runs.
India vs Pakistan Live Score: India Victorious
And so, India have beaten Pakistan in a World Cup match once again! Every aspect was in favour of the green shirts in this match, from winning the toss to having only 120 runs to chase down. But at the end of the day, it is those players in blue who are smiling, as they nearly always do whenever the two cricketing giants meet. This match lived up to the tag of 'cricket's most iconic rivalry', on what has otherwise been a pretty lukewarm tournament so far.
India's next match is against USA on 12 June, and we will bring you live updates from that match. But before that, our reporter in USA is speaking with the fans to know how they are feeling. Keep an eye on our pages.