Today India is facing arch-rival Pakistan in the 19th match of the T20 World Cup 2024. The match will be played at the Nassau County Stadium in New York. The Indian team has reached here by winning its last match, while Pakistan had to face defeat against America in the last match. There will be a tough competition between the two teams today.
India vs Pakistan Live Score: Pakistan's Babar Azam won the toss and chose to bowl first against Rohit Sharma-led India at the Nassau County International Cricket Stadium in New York.
It has started raining again at the Nassau County Stadium in New York. The pitch is covered with covers. The match was supposed to start at 8.30 pm, but now it may be delayed further. All the players have gone to the dressing room. This is one news that can bring sadness on the faces of the fans.
The match will start at 08: 50 PM IST. The match was supposed to start at eight in the morning. However, it rained again after the toss and it could not start from eight-and-a-half. Now it will start at 8: 50 and it will be 20-20. No cuts have been made. The Indian team will bat first in this overcast condition.
The match has begun. Rohit Sharma took two wickets in the first innings. Shaheen Afridi to bowl the first over. On the third ball of the over, Rohit Sharma hits a boundary. India are eight wickets away from victory.
It has started to rain again after one over of play. Rohit hit Shaheen Afridi for a six over the leg side in the first over. India are eight wickets away from victory. The toss was delayed by half-an-hour due to rain. The match began at eight o'clock in the morning. However, soon after the toss, it rained again and the match started at 8: 50 pm. Now after one over it rained again and the match has been stopped. It is raining very heavily. The pitch is covered with covers.
The match begins at midday. The umpires inspected the ground and gave instructions to start in a while. The rain has stopped. A huge crowd has gathered at the Nassau County Stadium in New York. India have scored eight runs without losing a wicket so far.
The match begins again. Naseem Shah came on to bowl the second over and in the very first ball, Virat Kohli hit a brilliant cover drive for a boundary. There is no reduction in overs and 20-20 overs are being played.
India won the first match by 12 runs. As soon as the match resumed, Virat Kohli was caught by Naseem Shah in the second ball of the match. He scored four runs. Rohit Sharma and Rishabh Pant are at the crease. Shaheen Afridi bowled the first over and Rohit hit a six and eight runs in that over. India are 19 for the loss of two wickets.
India lost the match by 19 runs. Virat Kohli departs after scoring four runs. In the third over, Shaheen Afridi got Rohit Sharma out caught by Haris Rauf. Rohit scored 13 runs. Rishabh Pant and Axar Patel are at the crease. India are 20 for the loss of three wickets.
India are 38 for the loss of two wickets. Rishabh Pant and Axar Patel are at the crease with 14 runs on the board. There has been a partnership of 19 runs between the two so far. Rohit Sharma scored 13 runs and Virat Kohli scored four runs. Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli out.
Powerplay is over. India are 50 for the loss of two wickets. Rishabh Pant is batting on 15 while Axar Patel is on 15. There has been a partnership of 30 + runs between the two.
India lost their third wicket on 58. Naseem Shah clean bowled Axar Patel. He scored 20 runs off 18 balls with the help of two fours and a six. This is the fourth-highest score by an Indian batsman in T20Is. Pant and Axar added 39 runs for the third wicket. Suryakumar Yadav and Rishabh Pant are at the crease. India are 63 for the loss of three wickets.
India are 81 for the loss of three wickets after 10 overs. Suryakumar Yadav and Rishabh Pant are batting on 34. There has been a 20 + run partnership between the two. Earlier, Pant had stitched a 39-run partnership with Axar. If India has to score big, Pant has to play a big innings. Earlier, Virat Kohli was dismissed for four runs, Rohit Sharma for 13 and Axar Patel for 20. Naseem had sent Virat-Axar to the pavilion. Shaheen, on the other hand, dismissed Rohit.
India were bowled out for 89 in 12 overs. Suryakumar Yadav, the number one batsman in T20Is, was dismissed for just seven runs. He was caught by Haris Rauf off Mohammad Amir. Surya shared a 31-run stand with Pant. Rishabh Pant and Shivam Dube are at the crease. India are 90 for the loss of four wickets after 12 overs.
India have lost seven wickets for 96 runs in 15 overs. Ravindra Jadeja and Rishabh Pant took two wickets each. Pant scored 42 off 31 balls. Jadeja, on the other hand, failed to open his account. Hardik Pandya and Arshdeep Singh are at the crease.
India are 106 for the loss of seven wickets after 17 overs. Currently, Hardik Pandya and Arshdeep Singh are at the crease. India's batting is crumbling.
In the 18th over, Haris Rauf gave India two blows on consecutive balls. Hardik Pandya was caught by Iftikhar Ahmed on the fourth ball of the over. In the very next ball, Jasprit Bumrah was caught by Imad Wasim. He scored seven runs. Bumrah, on the other hand, failed to open his account. India are 113 for the loss of nine wickets after 18 overs. At the moment, Siraj and Arshdeep are at the crease.
India were bowled out for 119 in 19 overs. Team India got off to a disastrous start batting first. The top order, middle order all failed. In the last over, India managed to score 119 runs.
Rohit Sharma (13 runs), Virat Kohli (four runs), Axar Patel (20 runs), Suryakumar Yadav (seven runs), Shivam Dube (three runs), Hardik Pandya (seven runs). Ravindra Jadeja and Jasprit Bumrah also failed to open their account. Arshdeep Singh was run out for nine runs. Siraj remained unbeaten on seven. Rishabh Pant top-scored for India with 42. He has scored 31 runs and picked up six wickets. Naseem Shah and Haris Rauf took three wickets each for Pakistan. Mohammad Amir took two wickets. Shaheen Afridi took one wicket.
"Pakistan's innings has started. Nine runs in the first over. Arshdeep Singh to bowl the first over. Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan are opening the innings for Pakistan.
Pakistan are 19 for no loss after three overs. In the third over, Shivam Dube dropped an easy catch of Rizwan off the bowling of Bumrah. Rizwan scored seven runs. In the next over, Siraj dropped a difficult catch of Babar.
India had won the first match by 26 runs. In the fifth over, Bumrah had Babar Azam caught at slip by Suryakumar Yadav. He scored 13 runs. Usman Khan and Rizwan are at the crease. Shivam Dube dropped an easy catch of Rizwan. Rizwan was on seven at the time.
In 10 overs, Pakistan scored 57 runs for the loss of one wicket. Rizwan is batting on 27 while Usman is on 13. Pakistan need 63 runs in 60 balls. Babar Azam departs after scoring 13 runs. At the same time, Shivam Dube dropped an easy catch of Rizwan.
In the 11th over, Pakistan scored 57 runs. Axar Patel has got Usman Khan out LBW. He scored 13 runs. Fakhar Zaman and Rizwan are at the crease. After 11 overs, Pakistan are 66 for the loss of two wickets.
India lost their third wicket on 73. Hardik Pandya has got Fakhar Zaman out caught by Rishabh Pant. He scored 13 runs. Babar and Usman have also returned to the pavilion. Imad Wasim and Mohammad Rizwan are at the crease. After 13 overs, Pakistan are 73 for the loss of three wickets. They need 47 runs in 42 balls.
Pakistan lost their fourth wicket on 80. On the first ball of the 15th over, Bumrah cleaned up Rizwan. He scored 44 runs off 31 balls. Imad Wasim and Shadab Khan are at the crease.
India beat Pakistan by six wickets. India were bowled out for 119 in 19 overs. In reply, the Pakistan team looked in a very strong position. At one point in the 14th over, Pakistan were 80 for three. The match was then called off. Shadab and Rizwan are out. In the 19th over, Jasprit Bumrah came to bowl and he gave just three runs and took the wicket of Iftikhar. India need 20 runs from 18 balls. However, Arshdeep conceded just 11 runs and picked up the wicket of Imad Wasim. This is how Team India turned the impossible into possible. Team India's defeat seemed certain, but the fast bowling quartet of Bumrah-Arshdeep, Siraj and Hardik won the match for India. At the end of 20 overs, Pakistan managed to score 113 runs for the loss of seven wickets. For India, Bumrah took three wickets and was adjudged the Player of the Match. Hardik Pandya took two wickets. Arshdeep Singh and Axar Patel took one wicket each.