T20 World Cup 2022 Super 12 Group 2 Match 4 was played between India and Pakistan today. India defeated Pakistan by 4 wickets. Match ended with Pakistan’s 159/8 (20 Overs) and India’s 160/6 (20 Overs) scores.
In a close match, where India needed 16 runs from 6 balls, India emerged as the winner. 50 Partnership from 39 balls between Kohli and Pandya laid a path for the winning. Halfway through the innings, India was 45/4. But the partnership pulled India back in the chase.
To remember, Pakistan’s 10-wicket win in last year’s edition was their first in World Cups against India.
Melbourne Cricket Ground with a capacity of 90,000 watchers witnessed the 3rd contest between India and Pakistan in less than 2 months’ time. This is an absolute fan delight.
Batting first, after losing the toss, Pakistan scored 159 runs in their allotted 20 overs. Masood 52 runs from 42 balls and Iftikhar Ahmed with 51 runs from 34 balls were the top scorers in the Pakistani batting lineup. Hardik Pandya with 3/30 and Arshdeep Singh with 3/32 were the top bowlers in the Indian bowling scorecard.
In the Indian batting line-up, Virat Kohli top-scored 82 runs from 53 deliveries with Hardik Pandya’s 40 runs from 37 balls making India sail through the victory.
Pakistan bowlers Haris Rauf’s 2/36 and Mohammad Nawaz’s 2/42 did not help Pakistan’s hold to win the match.
With this win, India got 2 points and stands top of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2022 Super 12 Group 2 Points Table. In this group, the Netherlands, Zimbabwe, Bangladesh, and South Africa are yet to play their first matches.
ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2022 Super 12 Group 1 Points Table, New Zealand, Sri Lanka, and England has 2 points each. Afghanistan, Ireland, and Australia are yet to score a point in this group.
A major setback in this ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2022 tournament is West Indies not getting Qualified in the Super 12 group.
Other than West Indies, Namibia, United Arab Emirates, and Scotland were the other countries to exit from the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2022 tournament.