Middle order collapses as India gets bowled out for 119 against Pakistan

The Pakistan bowlers turned out to be too good for the Indian batsmen

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New York: India took on Pakistan in the nineteenth match of the T20 World Cup 2024 at the Nassau County International Stadium in New York. Pakistan won the toss and decided to bowl first. Rain delayed the commencement of the match but after some time, the clouds finally gave way for the match to get started.

India started brightly with Rohit Sharma hitting a huge six to Shaheen Afridi in the first over. However, disaster struck in the very next over as after hitting a boundary, Virat Kohli lost his wicket to Naseem Shah. Things went from bad to worse as Rohit Sharma also departed in the next over with India reeling at 19/2.

Axar Patel got elevated to number 4 and joined Rishabh Pant at the crease. The pair formed a good partnership of 39 runs before Naseem Shah took his second wicket of the day in the form of Axar Patel. Pant played many innovative shots and took India’s run rate to over 8 runs per over. At one stage, India was looking very comfortable, and it looked as if they would easily reach a score of over 150.

However, Suryakumar Yadav lost his wicket in the eleventh over and from that point onwards, the wickets never stopped tumbling. Pant, Shivam Dube and Ravindra Jadeja lost their wickets in a span of just a run. The middle order collapsed completely and suddenly the score went from 89/3 to 96/7. Hardik Pandya and Arshdeep Singh tried to form a partnership, but nothing seemed to work as Pandya lost his wicket at the score of 112.

India was bowled out at the score of 119 in 19 overs. Naseem Shah and Haris Rauf were the best bowlers for their side as both of them took 3 wickets each and gave away only 21 runs each as well.

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