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New York, June 10 (HS). In the Group-A match of the T20 World Cup, the Indian team defeated Pakistan by 6 runs. The heroes of India's victory were the Indian bowlers, who did not let Pakistan score even 120 runs in 120 balls. Pakistan's team could score only 113 runs by losing 7 wickets in 20 overs. Jaspreet Bumrah was chosen as the Man of the Match for his excellent bowling. Bumrah took three wickets by spending only 14 runs.
Chasing the target of 120 runs set by India, the Pakistan team started well. Captain Babar Azam (13 runs) and Mohammad Rizwan (33 runs) together added 26 runs for the first wicket. However, as soon as Babar was out, the team's run-scoring pace slowed down. The team scored only 57 runs in 10 overs after losing the wicket of Usman Khan (13 runs) after Babar. After this, Fakhar Zaman could score only 13 runs, Imad Wasim 15 runs, Shadab Khan 4 runs and Iftikhar Ahmed 5 runs. In the last over, Pakistan needed 16 runs to win but despite two fours by Naseem Shah, the team could score only 9 runs. In this way, India defeated Pakistan by 6 runs. For India, Jasprit Bumrah took three wickets and Hardik Pandya took two wickets while Arshdeep Singh and Axar Patel got one wicket each.
Earlier, after losing the toss and batting first, India scored 119 runs in 19 overs. Captain Rohit Sharma contributed 13 runs, Rishabh Pant 42 runs and Akshar Patel 20 runs. Apart from these, no batsman could reach double figures. For Pakistan, Naseem Shah and Harish Rauf got three wickets each. While Mohammad Aamir took two and Shaheen Shah Afridi took one wicket.