The Indian team overturned the record book by defeating the Pakistani team by 6 runs
Monday 10 June 2024
New York (Urdu Point News Latest - NNI. June 10, 2024) In the T20 World Cup 2024 between Pakistan and India, the Indian team was able to defend an easy target of 120 runs. The Indian team defeated the Pakistani team by 6 runs. The 19th match of the event was played between Group A teams Pakistan and India at the Nassau County International Cricket Stadium in New York, USA, in which Pakistan won the toss and invited India to bat. .
When the Shaheen dismissed the Indian batsmen for 119 runs, there was a wave of happiness in the Pakistani camp and the target of 120 runs in 120 balls seemed to be very easy, but then, as usual, the Pakistani batsmen dashed the hopes of the nation. The batsmen batted very slowly in the early and middle overs which ultimately cost the national team a 6 run defeat.
According to the sports website Kirkinfo, along with Pakistan's defeat in the Pakistan-India match in New York, many records were also broken. For the first time in the history of T20 Internationals, the entire Indian team was out against Pakistan, previously in T20 Internationals. 2 times against Pakistan, 9 players of India were dismissed and 2 times of 7 players were dismissed. It has happened for the first time in the history of T20 International that the Indian team managed to win the match despite being all out while batting first.
In total, Pakistan and India have met 8 times in the T20 World Cup, in which the only success for Pakistan was during the T20 World Cup 2021, when India set a target of 152 runs to Pakistan and Pakistan achieved this target without losing any wicket. India's 7 victories against Pakistan in the T20 World Cup are the most by any team in the mega event. These 7 victories of India include the 2007 T20 World Cup between Pakistan and India, which was decided by Ball. Out – Football-like penalty shoot-outs (in which bowlers from both teams try to take wickets and the team that succeeds in taking the most wickets wins).
Surprisingly, in all the matches between Pakistan and India in the T20 World Cup, the team that won the toss decided to bowl first and managed to win the match, but this record was also broken in the match in New York yesterday. went when the team that won the toss lost the match. India successfully defended 119 runs against Pakistan, the lowest total in the ICC Men's T20 World Cup, previously held by Sri Lanka against New Zealand in 2014. He successfully defended only 119 runs in the T20 World Cup.
India successfully defended 120 runs for the first time in the history of T20 Internationals, before India defended 139 runs against Zimbabwe in Harare in 2016. Failure to chase 120 runs in T20 Internationals is Pakistan's second. The worst defeat was, earlier in the 2021 T20 World Cup against Zimbabwe, when Pakistan were chased down by 119 runs.
Pakistan needed only 48 runs in the last 8 overs and they still had 8 wickets left (ie 48 runs needed from 48 balls). No full-member team has ever lost in such a situation. The record was previously held by Australia, who were chasing a target of 163 runs against England in 2020 and needed 52 runs in the end with 9 wickets to spare. There were still left.
After scoring 81 for 3 in the opening 10 overs, they ended up with just 38 runs, the second-lowest total by an ICC full member team, preceded by Bangladesh's 2014 T20 World Cup in Hong Kong. After scoring 80 runs for 3 wickets in the first 10 overs against , only 28 runs were added and she was all out for 108 runs. It should be clear that after two consecutive defeats, Pakistan's access to the elite stage has become difficult. The team will face Canada on June 11 and Ireland on June 16, but Pakistan's progress to the next round will depend on the USA losing both matches.
