IND VS PAK T20 WORLD CUP MATCH 2022

As we know Ind vs Pak cricket match is the biggest rivalry of all time from many last year's. The match was on 23/10/22 one day before Diwali according to Indian calender. 
So now let's talk about the match,it was in Melbourne Australia.

Pitch report : 

The pitch was hard-rock and some grass on it and although good batting friendly pitch.Also there was good pace and bounce on the pitch therefore good help for bowlers to swing the ball.


So for Ind Rohit Sharma won the toss and elected to field which was a good decision in terms of dew.

Match started

Pak batsman were on crease,after 1.1 over Babar goes on a duck by Arshdeep by lbw .
In 4th over again Arshdeep came into attack and on the 6th ball of the over departs Rizwan 4(12) on the fine leg good catch by Bhuvneshwar.
After the end of 6 overs Pak was 32-2 and now powerplay ended. After poweplay Pak batsman build a good partnership . They manage to get to the target of 60-2 after 10 overs.
In the 13th over Shami comes into attack and takes wicket of Iftikhar 51(34) who was looking very dangerous. In the next over Hardik Pandya comes and takes the wicket of Shahdab khan 5(6) good well judge catch taken by Suryakumar in the long-on,in the same over of last ball Haider Ali got out .
After 15 overs Pak was 106-5 Now Pak needed runs to give a good target to defend, but unfortunately Mohammed Nawaz 9(6) got out in the 16th over Now Pakistan was in deep trouble but in last few overs good cameo role played by Shaheen Afridi 16(8) and Masood 52(42) played really well from the starting he was holding one side of wicket but at the other end wickets keep falling. Overall after 20 overs Pak was 159/8 in which  Masood's 52(42) and Iftikhar's 51(34) were fabulous and helped Pak to give a decent defending score. 
From bowling side Arshdeep and Hardik both took 3-3 wickets and Bhuvneshwar and Shami both 1-1 wickets. No wickets for spinner this time in 1st innings.



Now after small break its time of Indian Batsman to bat.
Rohit and Rahul started the game and on bowling side Shaheen Afridi was on attack, the bowl was also swinging in the 2nd innings and having a good bounce as well as pace.Soon Indian Batsman Rahul 4(8) got out in 2nd over on Naseem Shah, Now Virat Kohli comes into the crease.But this was only the start of the fallen of the wicket.In the 4th over Rohit Sharma 4(7) got out in the ball of Harris Rauf ,ball was travelling 145kmp it was very fast and good catch by iftikhar in slip.
Next Suryakumar comes into strike and on the very first ball hits a straight drive for four.He was looking good today but unfortunately  in the last over of poweplay Rauf gets Suryakumar wicket it was a length ball with some extra bounce Surya was looking to cut it late but can't he departs on the score of 15(10) with 2 fours.
At the end of the poweplay Indian tram was 31-3. It was not good all the way now also wickets fallen has not started in the next over Axar Patel 2(3) the only Left hand batsman got run out, Situations were going out of control India much needed a good partnership to get the game deep In this situation Hardik comes into crease and takes the charge.In next couple of overs Virat and Hardik both builded a good much needed partnership for India, at the end of 15 overs India was 100-4 and Partnership of 50 between both this man.Now India nexded 60 in 5 overs.

10 runs were required in each over at least to win.
In 16th over Rauf gives only 5 runs this was very good over from Rauf and now India was in great trouble as it needed 54 of last 4 overs.Next over also only 6 runs came by Nadeem Shah now India needed 48 in last 3 overs Very tough situation. But game not finished yet in the next over Shaheen Afridi leaked 17 runs now next over is of Rauf. 19th over was going good untill Virat hits 2 magneficient sixes back to back.Now 16 were needed of last over and last over was of Spinner Nawaz Hardik was on strike first ball and Hardik out silence in the ground, but Dinesh Karthik comes and give single on second ball of the over. On the third ball Virat drives and takes a double, on  the forth ball Virat hits a six and guess what its a no ball also so now 6 needed on 3 balls after that one wide came then 3 runs of byes on free hit but match was not over yet thriller coming on 5 th ball Karthik got out now 2 runs needed on 1 ball Ashwin on strike and Nawaz gifted a wide to india now 1 on 1 needed and Ashwin lofted the last ball through mid off for 1 run and India wins hurrayyyy!
The match of Ind vs Pak always full of thrill and excitement.
Hope you enjoyed the match live it's something else to watch this match live. And Man of the Match goes to king Virat kohli 82(53) What a great innings from him and the Partnership he builded with hardik was much needed 48 were needed in 3 overs it seems to be impossible task but king has done it also hardik 40(37) played awesome and his innings helped India to reach the target.
Pakistan also played really well but in last couple of overs bowlers leaked some runs like Indian bowlers Otherwise both teams bowlers bowled very well and both teams played really well but at last winner can only be one.
So for this match India is winner. What a match guys.