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Team India defeated Pakistan in a thrilling match. Team India won the T20 World Cup match played at Nassau Stadium in New York on Sunday by 6 runs. However, the Indian team, which came to bat first, was on the backfoot from the very beginning. The team scored only 119 runs in 19 overs. Chasing which, the Pakistani team could score only 113 runs by losing 7 wickets in 20 overs.
Now even though Team India has won this match, questions are being raised on some decisions of Indian captain Rohit Sharma. What are those decisions in the match against Pakistan that surprised everyone?
Virat Kohli is opening the innings
Virat Kohli came out to open against Pakistan for the first time in 12 years. However, it was a flop. Kohli could score only 4 runs in 3 balls. Till now Virat used to bat at number three against Pakistan. In which he has scored 492 runs in 11 matches at an average of 70.28. Virat Kohli could have been sent to bat at number three against Pakistan, but Rohit's attempt to open with him failed.
Letter at serial no.4
Along with this, Rohit Sharma promoted Akshar Patel to number-4. However, his experiment also failed. Akshar was out after scoring 20 runs in 18 balls with the help of 2 fours and 1 six. Suryakumar Yadav comes in this batting order. He was sent at number-5. Surya also failed in this match and was out after scoring 7 runs in 8 balls. Questions are also being raised on this decision of Rohit.
Kuldeep Yadav is out
Rohit Sharma kept star spinner Kuldeep Yadav out of this match. Whereas Kuldeep's performance against Pakistan has been excellent. It was expected that Kuldeep Yadav would be brought into the team after resting Shivam Dubey, but Rohit surprised everyone by removing the spinner. Kuldeep has taken 12 wickets in 6 matches.
Bumrah started in the third over
Star bowler Jasprit Bumrah came to bowl the third over. Everyone was surprised to see him bowling after such a long time. Bumrah proves to be effective with the new ball. He could have given success to Team India from the very first over, but Rohit's decision surprised everyone. The special thing is that Jasprit Bumrah gave the first success to India. Bumrah took the wicket of captain Babar Azam. After this, he continued to bowl well and took a total of 3 wickets for 14 runs in 4 overs. In the 19th over, Bumrah gave only 3 runs and took a wicket. However, even after this victory of Team India, Rohit Sharma will be surrounded by some questions.