In the biggest clash of the ICC T20 World Cup, India defeated Pakistan by 6 runs.

In the match played between the Group A teams at Nassau County International Cricket Stadium in New York, India set a target of 120 runs for Pakistan, but the Pakistani team failed even in chasing this easy target from India.

The national team could only score 113 runs for the loss of 7 wickets in 20 overs. In the chase, Pakistan was dominant over India for about 14-15 overs, and Pakistan's chances of winning were over 90%, but the Pakistani batters, due to continuous slow batting, succumbed to pressure in the final overs and forgot to hit boundaries.

After defeating Pakistan, India topped Group A with 4 points. Pakistan's team, with consecutive defeats in two matches, is at the fourth position on the points table.

Pakistan Innings:

In the chase, Pakistan's innings started with Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan. Pakistan lost its first wicket at 26 runs, Babar Azam scoring 13 runs, was caught in the slip off Jasprit Bumrah's ball.

At the total score of 57, Pakistan faced the second loss in the form of Usman Khan, who scored 13 runs and was LBW off Axar Patel's ball.

Pakistan's third wicket fell at 73 runs when Fakhar Zaman, after scoring 13 runs, also returned to the pavilion. Shadab Khan, who came to bat after him, could only score 4 runs and was caught out off Pandya's ball.

Iftikhar Ahmed played 9 balls and scored only 5 runs, Naseem Shah remained not out with 10 runs and Shaheen Afridi with zero runs.

For India, Jasprit Bumrah took 3 wickets, Hardik Pandya took 2 wickets. Arshdeep Singh and Axar Patel took one wicket each.

India Innings:

Against Pakistan, India's entire team could play only 19 overs and was all out for 119 runs.

India's innings began with Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma, while Shaheen Afridi bowled the first over for Pakistan.Only three Indian players reached double figures, with Rishabh Pant scoring 42, Axar Patel 20, and captain Rohit Sharma 13 runs.

Haris Rauf and Naseem Shah took 3 wickets each, Mohammad Amir took 2, and Shaheen Afridi took 1 wicket.

India lost its first wicket at 12 runs when Virat Kohli was out for 4 runs off Naseem Shah's ball. At the total score of 19, Rohit Sharma was also out for 13 runs off Shaheen Afridi's ball.

India's third wicket fell at a total score of 58 when Axar Patel, after scoring 20 runs, was caught by Naseem Shah. At a total score of 89, Suryakumar Yadav, after scoring 7 runs, was out off Haris Rauf's ball. Shivam Dube, after scoring only 3 runs, was caught off Naseem Shah's ball.

In Mohammad Amir's over, India lost two wickets consecutively at a total score of 96. At a total score of 96, Rishabh Pant, after scoring 42 runs, and Ravindra Jadeja, for zero, returned to the pavilion.

At a total score of 112, Hardik Pandya and Jasprit Bumrah were also out consecutively. India's last wicket fell at a total score of 119 when Arshdeep Singh was run out after scoring 9 runs.

Rain:

Due to rain, the match was stopped after the first over of India's innings, which resumed at 9 PM. Before the match was stopped, India had scored 8 runs in one over without losing any wicket.

Earlier, due to rain, the match, which was scheduled to start at 7:30 PM, began at 8:20 PM, and the toss, scheduled for 7:00 PM, was delayed by half an hour due to rain.

Toss:

Pakistan won the toss and decided to field against India. On this occasion, Pakistan team captain Babar Azam said that Imad Wasim was included in the team in place of Azam Khan for the match against India.

He said that they would try to perform well against India, the past is past, and the focus is on today's match, and that they get a lot of encouragement for the match against India.

Indian team captain Rohit Sharma said that they would try to score well so that the bowlers could defend it, having played two to three matches here, they have an idea of how much the score should be.

Squads:

India: Rohit Sharma (captain), Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper), Suryakumar Yadav, Shivam Dube, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Jasprit Bumrah, Arshdeep Singh, Mohammed Siraj

Pakistan: Babar Azam (captain), Mohammad Rizwan (wicketkeeper), Usman Khan, Fakhar Zaman, Shadab Khan, Iftikhar Ahmed, Imad Wasim, Shaheen Afridi, Haris Rauf, Naseem Shah, Mohammad Amir