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A historic moment in cricket! For the first time in World Cup history, Pakistan defeated India — and in style!
Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan chased down 152 runs without losing a single wicket, handing Pakistan a 10-wicket victory over arch-rivals India.
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Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan chased down 152 runs without losing a single wicket, handing Pakistan a 10-wicket victory over arch-rivals India.
Relive every moment from this unforgettable match of the T20 World Cup 2021.
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00:00India wins! Unbelievable teams here at the point where
00:03The victorious Pakistan team
00:07Hollywood and his team have won the world 2020 final
00:10The winner is trusting this
00:13Sri Lanka, the new champions
00:17The most great wins! Remember the name!
00:23Live the game, love the game
00:30Welcome to the Dubai International Stadium
00:35The latest venue to host one of the biggest rivalries in the game
00:39It's India versus Pakistan
00:41It is a near sellout
00:43It is the first game from Group 2
00:45And it is going to be an absolute cracker
00:48India have been outstanding
00:51They've not lost to Pakistan in world events
00:54Can Barbara Zahm and his men turn over Virat Kohli
00:57For the first time in a World Cup
00:59We shall see in the next 40 overs or so
01:02Toss was won by Barbara Zahm
01:06And he immediately said we will have a bowl
01:08Maybe because of you
01:09Maybe it suits our game
01:11Virat Kohli wasn't that fuss to be honest
01:14We've had some cricket today
01:23This is the group that we're in here
01:25Group 2 on the right
01:26First time we're in this group
01:28It is India against Pakistan
01:30What a start the sixth time in World T20 action
01:34And we've had some action today already
01:36From the other groups
01:38South Africa
01:38Correction Sri Lanka
01:39Have beaten Bangladesh by five wickets
01:42A real good run chase from Sri Lanka
01:45Two teams advance from each group to the semi-final stage
01:48All eyes were on those teams
01:56And in particular I'd say the India team and how they balanced it
01:59Hardik Pandya said on interview
02:00He wouldn't be bowling today
02:02He's not fit enough to bowl
02:04So they have five front-line bowlers
02:06And who will they turn to for a few fiddly overs
02:10Will it be Kohli himself?
02:11They've gone Jadeja
02:12They've gone Shami
02:13Bumrah
02:14Chakravarti plays
02:15It's an outstanding bowling attack
02:18It is an outstanding side
02:19And Pakistan
02:24There you go
02:24The skipper
02:25Ranked number two in the world in this format
02:27Barbar
02:28Rizwan
02:28Baka Zaman
02:30Hafiz and Malik
02:30The veterans are in the middle order
02:32Asif Imad
02:33Shadab
02:34Hassan
02:34That's some depth to their batting
02:36Shaheen
02:36Shah
02:37Afridi
02:37What a left-armor he is
02:39And Ralph as well
02:40So
02:41That looks a top, topside
02:43A lot of good memories from that
02:46ICC event in 2017
02:49Champions Trophy, remember
02:51They say this ground's going to be about 80%
02:57They're queuing up around the ground to get in
03:00It's a great occasion and it is great
03:10We don't see enough
03:11These two sides going against each other
03:13There's a lot of respect
03:14Between these two sets of players
03:17Great to see the crowds back
03:24There weren't many in yesterday for West Indies England
03:27There's plenty in
03:28Mainly blue
03:29But there's quite a few in green as well
03:32That's the point
03:34Yes but they're not
03:35Paul
03:40The United States
03:42scores in India
03:44D Peng
03:45Mahal
03:46Mahal
03:46Mahal
03:47Mahal
03:47volunteers
03:48Mahal
03:49Shah
03:50Wahal
03:51Wahal
03:54Wahal
03:55Wahal
03:56An
03:57Wahal
03:57Wahal
03:57Wahal
03:58Wahal
03:58Wahal
03:59Wahal
04:00Wahal
04:00it's just asking a question there
04:11I think India were going to take the knee
04:13before a ball went down
04:16just debating it
04:17I think they wanted to take a knee
04:19and Pakistan wanted to have a hand on their heart
04:22just to debate when that will take place
04:25I think it is going to take place now
04:30this Indian team has taken the knee
04:38and the Pakistanis are going to put their hands on their heart
04:54so already a slip is in place
04:56it will be the very talented K.O. Rahul is in great nick
05:00he's on strike
05:01same pitch as yesterday
05:06West Indies were bowled out for 55
05:083D with the first ball
05:21a little bit of swing in
05:27now Rahul he just middles it straight to extra cover
05:31oh gone surely gone yes
05:34absolutely plumb
05:36first blood Pakistan
05:37what a beauty full and straight
05:40this has been a weakness with Roy Sharma for a long long time
05:45the left hander getting the ball to curve back into his pads
05:50and he was palpably
05:52palpably late
05:54on the shot
05:55a full Yorker
05:59an attempted Yorker
06:00it just defeated him completely
06:01so Roy Sharma has gone out
06:05first ball for a ruck
06:06India lost their first wicket for one
06:09absolutely fine on that front foot
06:15don't worry about that end
06:17worry about the other end
06:18it was perfect
06:19what a start from Pakistan
06:21Sharma goes through a duck
06:23it's one for one
06:24full look at that seam position
06:38it's only going to go one way with that seam
06:39and that is thudding into the back pad
06:42of Rohit Sharma
06:44what a star he is
06:47that is plumb
06:48absolutely
06:52middle of the middle stump
06:54what was surprising is that
06:57in recent times
06:58Rohit Sharma has opened his stance up
07:01just that little bit when he's
07:03countering the left handers
07:05this time it didn't seem that he had done that
07:07if anything he seemed to be more on the middle stump
07:09than anywhere else
07:11normally it's leg stump
07:12here he is at number three
07:17Kohli strolls in
07:19after just four deliveries
07:20two slips in
07:22ranking now
07:27four
07:27in the world
07:29in this format
07:29will it be the inswinger
07:31will it go across Kohli
07:33what a beauty
07:37he's on absolute fire
07:39they cannot play him
07:41both openers are gone
07:43and the Indian fans can just look on in disbelief
07:46that was a quick delivery
07:50more than 140 kilometers per hour
07:53and it also moved in
07:54just that little bit late
07:56it's very difficult to play
07:57such kind of deliveries
07:59looking to play across the line
08:04and missing it
08:06just going to check for that no ball again
08:22again absolutely fine
08:24that is perfect
08:26and again at the other end
08:28perfect
08:29unplayable
08:31six for two rolls
08:34gone for three
08:35and again at the other end
09:05that's not going to swing
09:15that's going to go to the man
09:16in the deep
09:17he's out there
09:17over his head to six
09:19India needed that
09:21a flick of the wrist
09:23and we have our first six of the evening
09:2514 for two
09:35he does
09:40he does play this shot well
09:41he flicks it
09:44look at the way
09:45he's brought his wrist into play
09:46whether it's off the front foot
09:49swept hard
09:56no one's catching up with that
09:58he means business
10:00he means business
10:00he's already into double figures
10:0321 for two
10:05he's a pretty bold player
10:11audacious
10:12he plays some audacious shots
10:13and this is one of them
10:14this one
10:14was outside the leg stamp
10:17and he got the room to
10:18get it away from that fielder
10:20in the 30 yards
10:21I think the square
10:23gets way too
10:24away from the ball
10:27the studio
10:28showing he means
10:30business here
10:31gives himself room
10:39hands through the ball
10:40coley on the charge now
10:42six for him
10:43that's his answer
10:46he stayed in the crease
10:49and made that into the length
10:53ball that batsmen are looking for
10:54particularly in the death overs
10:56these are early overs
10:59and look at this shot
11:02magnificent shot
11:04sweet connection
11:05don't find too many sixes
11:13with Virat Kohli
11:15that's the away movement
11:22it's a big call
11:23as it can
11:24struggles
11:29for Surya Kumar
11:31continue
11:31but Hassan Ali's
11:32outstanding performance
11:34a good catch too
11:34100th catch in T20
11:40for Rizwan
11:42the back of the land
11:46just may be seeming away
11:48Surya Kumar out for 11
11:52just that delivery
12:03seeming away slightly
12:05just straightening
12:06but that is a fantastic catch
12:09there's one
12:11watch it all the way
12:12we've seen this so many times
12:14we've seen this a lot of times as well
12:16celebrations Pakistan
12:18very much a young man still making his way in the game
12:36across formats
12:37an important time for Rizwan
12:41and he gets that away
12:48all the way for four
12:51captain trying to take controls
12:5436 for three
12:55just opening the face
13:08allowing for that
13:09little bit of movement away
13:11make sure he picked the gap
13:13we've seen this from
13:14Virat Kohli a lot of times
13:16but the opening of the face
13:18at the right moment
13:19that'll help push the total on
13:25for India
13:2650 comes up
13:2952 for three
13:30that poor delivery
13:41tried the wrong one
13:42but too far down leg
13:44easy pickings
13:45it's a good shot
13:47but it was delivered on a platter
13:49by Shaddaf
13:51that's a lovely shot
14:06truly is brilliant from Rishabh Pant
14:09that is some shot
14:13he's actually allowed the ball to
14:17come on to him
14:18almost behind him
14:19as he cut it away
14:20made sure he used the box
14:23but back
14:25look at where he's hit it
14:26it's almost past
14:28him in terms of the ball
14:30crossing him
14:31and then playing it
14:32it's a fantastic cut shot
14:34find me a definition
14:41for that shot Shane Watson
14:42it's just
14:45it's incredible to see
14:45that one-handed shot
14:46but this was always
14:48a great matchup
14:49for Rishabh Pant
14:50Hassan Ali
14:51coming around the wicket
14:52the shorter side
14:53that Rishabh's hitting
14:54it's on the leg side
14:54one-handed shot
14:56his ability to be able
14:57to keep
14:58the bat
14:59going through
14:59the line of the ball
15:00even
15:00that full extension
15:02that hand off the bat
15:03with that bottom hand
15:04means he can get
15:05that full extension
15:05and oh yeah
15:07the shorter side
15:0880 metres
15:09this is a great matchup
15:11I've got a feeling
15:12that Rishabh Pant
15:13is going to keep
15:14going hard
15:14he wants this to be
15:15the real big over
15:16that India needs
15:17to be able to get
15:17back into the game
15:18and you're right
15:20so far
15:20not a single goal
15:21has been under pressure
15:22and now it was a shot
15:23aside but at 80 metres
15:24it doesn't matter
15:25it's an incredible shot
15:28if you can hit a six
15:29with a hand off
15:30of the blade
15:30can be expensive
15:42sometimes
15:43Hassan Ali
15:44but he's a wicket taker
15:45he can be expensive
15:46now he's got all of that
15:56as well
15:56Rishabh Pant
15:571-0 a square leg
16:00then the ball is pulled
16:02one down the ground
16:03over long golf
16:04and he's saying
16:05right there's two of us
16:05playing this game
16:06yeah Rishabh's been
16:08waiting his time
16:08to be able to get
16:09the right ball
16:10who really feels
16:11he can line up
16:12Hassan Ali
16:13he bowls a little bit flat
16:14he's coming around
16:14the wicket
16:15he changed the pace
16:16he got it a bit too full
16:17and Rishabh
16:18I wonder if he
16:19he must practice that
16:20that one-handed
16:22extension of training
16:23because he just does
16:24it so effortlessly
16:25it's just slightly easier
16:27though I think
16:27to that extent
16:28because mid-off
16:28is inside the circle
16:29so miss it
16:30if he could clear
16:31the field
16:31that was relatively safe
16:33this is the ball
16:38that Shadavh wanted
16:39the wrong run
16:39sitting underneath it
16:41takes the catch
16:42just the right time
16:45Rishabh Pant
16:45is looking very
16:46very dangerous
16:47decided to back
16:49himself
16:49with the wrong ball
16:50that is a big
16:52big wicket
16:53Shadav Khan
16:54held his nerve
16:55Rishabh Pant
16:5839 of 30 balls
17:00Shadav Khan
17:08the wrong one
17:09he bowled it perfectly
17:10perfect length
17:11enticed
17:12Rishabh Pant
17:13into thinking
17:14that he could get
17:15that slog sweep
17:16out
17:16and Shadav Khan
17:17he's a brilliant
17:18field
17:18he just saves
17:19the house
17:19and you can see
17:20how much it meant
17:21to him
17:21he knew how big
17:22an over that was
17:23for Pakistan
17:25a bit
17:25I just try and
17:26keep India
17:27under wraps
17:28India
17:29and some of his
17:44best batting
17:45form in recent
17:46times
17:46is
17:46Jadeja
17:47oh
17:51the spine
17:51into the pads
17:52a thank you ball
17:53for Virat Kohli
17:54yeah
17:57Virat Kohli
17:57just use the pace
17:58it's just a little
17:59too straight
18:00from the Harris
18:00route
18:01and you can see
18:02that the little
18:02fist bump there
18:03from Virat Kohli
18:04wants to dig in
18:06he's digging in
18:07as he always does
18:08Virat Kohli
18:09against Pakistan
18:11he's got out
18:12to T20 International
18:13T20 World Cup
18:15he's not got out
18:16three games
18:17just a little bit
18:18too straight
18:18a low wrist shot
18:20for Virat
18:21and that's who
18:21he's looking for
18:22gives himself
18:24for him
18:24he does pull him
18:25and he does
18:25get it past
18:26fine leg
18:28he was up
18:28in the ring
18:29and that's a
18:31well placed shot
18:32as well
18:32he didn't try
18:33to hit it too
18:34hard
18:34he was only
18:34looking for the
18:35placement
18:35because there was
18:36a deep square leg
18:37you don't want to
18:38hit it to the
18:38fielder
18:39you want to
18:40hit it away
18:40from the fielder
18:41that's exactly
18:41what the Indian
18:42captain has done
18:43this is the slow
18:44bouncer
18:44and look at the way
18:45he's controlled
18:46the shot
18:46bringing his wrists
18:47into play
18:48as well
18:48top class
18:49batting
18:50as he get it
18:59through
18:59he gets past
19:00extra cover
19:00he gets it past
19:01mid off
19:02and he stops
19:03running
19:04and that's why
19:05FOMO
19:05nobody in the game
19:08plays the extra cover
19:09drive better than
19:09Virat Kohli does
19:10gets into such a
19:12perfect position
19:13with the head
19:14on top of the ball
19:15the foot as close
19:16to the ball
19:17as possible
19:17and with a straight
19:19bat
19:19have a look at
19:20this
19:20this is
19:21magnificent
19:21stuff
19:22all the power
19:27hitters in the
19:28game
19:28it's lovely
19:29to see the
19:29touch of Kohli
19:30there
19:31just lent
19:32on a cover
19:32drive
19:33that should be
19:37an easy two
19:38with these two
19:39at the crease
19:39easy two
19:40and that is
19:4250 for Virat Kohli
19:4329th in T20
19:46cricket for India
19:47and 10 in
19:50World Cups
19:50as well
19:51both the
19:54records
19:54captains and
19:58inks
19:58which was
20:00needed by
20:00India
20:01they lost
20:01two wickets
20:02for nothing
20:03they needed
20:04the captain
20:05to stay
20:05till the end
20:06get those
20:06runs
20:07those are
20:10over the
20:10offside
20:11why would
20:11you scoop
20:12when you
20:13can hit it
20:13over extra
20:14cover for
20:14four
20:14the Indian
20:16captain's
20:16on the
20:17charge
20:17and that's
20:18the beauty
20:18of his
20:19batting
20:19he plays
20:20to his
20:20strengths
20:21he's not
20:22like you
20:22said
20:23somebody who
20:24scoops the
20:24ball up
20:25or ramps
20:25the ball
20:25up
20:26over the
20:27third man
20:28area
20:28he will
20:29wait for
20:30this
20:30this is
20:31his
20:31strength
20:31and
20:33one
20:34bounce
20:34over
20:34the
20:34boundary
20:35just
20:40waited
20:40for it
20:40it's a
20:41slower
20:41ball
20:41and the
20:42top
20:42of the
20:42bounce
20:42you
20:43hit it
20:43over
20:43extra
20:43cover
20:44he
20:48does
20:48go
20:48hard
20:48he
20:48picks
20:49it
20:49up
20:49over
20:49fine
20:50leg
20:50four
20:50more
20:51like I
20:54said
20:54he's
20:54the
20:55bullet
20:55they've
20:55got a
20:55target
20:56he's
20:56been
20:56the
20:56one
20:56who's
20:57leaked
20:57once
20:57today
20:57he's
20:58got
20:58one
20:58wicket
20:58ahead
20:59of
20:59Sylvie
20:59Kamari
21:00other
21:00one
21:00is
21:00first
21:00over
21:01but
21:01after
21:02that
21:02he's
21:02been
21:03the
21:03one
21:04weakling
21:04in
21:05the
21:05Pakistan
21:05bowling
21:06hasn't
21:15quite
21:16got it
21:16right
21:16Hassan
21:17Ali
21:17going
21:17round
21:18the
21:18wicket
21:18trying
21:19to
21:19tuck
21:19him
21:19up
21:19but
21:20too
21:20much
21:20down
21:20the
21:21leg
21:21side
21:21slower
21:24ball
21:25up
21:25in
21:25the
21:25air
21:25long
21:26way
21:26up
21:26should
21:26be
21:26taken
21:27mid
21:27wicket
21:27comes
21:28in
21:28gone
21:28beautifully
21:29bold
21:29slow
21:30ball
21:30from
21:31Hassan
21:31Ali
21:31he struggled
21:34a bit
21:34this evening
21:34but that's
21:35too far
21:35for him
21:36well the
21:39substitute
21:39fielder
21:40takes that
21:40catch
21:41and
21:42Jadija had
21:42no option
21:43he had to
21:43throw his bat
21:44not too many
21:45deliveries left
21:45looking to hit
21:47a big one
21:47the slower
21:48delivery
21:48you've
21:48boxed
21:49what's
21:49what's
21:49what's
21:58slower
21:59ball
21:59was it
21:59yet
21:59just an
22:00off-cutter
22:00wide
22:01as well
22:02lesson
22:03to any
22:04youngster
22:04out there
22:05bowl
22:05your slower
22:05ball
22:06wide
22:06just so
22:08that the
22:08batter
22:09can't
22:09catch up
22:09with it
22:10Jadija's
22:13gone
22:13Pandya
22:14arrives
22:14it's 1.25
22:15for 5
22:15won't be on
22:33strike
22:34Pandya
22:35the batter's
22:36cross
22:36Kohli will be
22:37on strike
22:37two overs
22:39and one ball
22:40left
22:40but that's
22:47the game
22:47it's gone
22:47before
22:48it's too
22:49quick
22:50it was
22:52over
22:521.45
22:53kilometers
22:54per hour
22:54the attempted
22:55Yorker
22:56if you get
22:58an edge
22:59it's going to
23:01speed away
23:01to the boundary
23:02as well
23:02that's what
23:03happened
23:03that's what's
23:04happened
23:04tough game
23:12really
23:12if anything
23:13maybe he was
23:14one stump
23:15wide
23:15but that would
23:16be really
23:16hard
23:17short gone
23:25gone
23:26he's in the
23:27game with
23:27the new
23:28ball
23:28he's in
23:28the game
23:29with the
23:29old
23:29ball
23:29and Freedy
23:30wins his
23:31battle
23:31with
23:32Virat
23:32Kohli
23:32this one
23:34one of
23:35the slow
23:36deliveries
23:36and one
23:37innings
23:38without
23:38Kohli
23:38has played
23:39he's gone
23:40for
23:4257
23:43this is
23:55the slow
23:55bouncer
23:56looking to
23:57point it
23:57towards the
23:58shorter
23:59side of
23:59the boundary
23:59but again
24:00it's the
24:00slowness
24:00of the
24:01delivery
24:01that has
24:02deceived
24:03the
24:03Indian
24:03captain
24:03and good
24:04catch again
24:05from
24:05Rizwan
24:06he took
24:06a super
24:07catch to
24:07get rid
24:08of
24:08Suley
24:09Kamari
24:09Ado
24:09now
24:10he's got
24:11rid of
24:11Virat Kohli
24:12he's gone
24:14for 57
24:156 down
24:15133
24:16he's got
24:31he's got
24:32with
24:32Nishra
24:32Kumar
24:33scrolls in at
24:35number 8
24:36with 8 deliveries
24:37to go
24:38he's got
24:45he's got
24:46he's got
24:46one of those big hitters
24:47behind square that will go away for four
24:51Kulnishwar Kumar can bat, but he's not one of those big hitters.
25:04That's hit hard, behind square, that will go away for four.
25:08Much needed boundary for India.
25:11Afridi's done, three for 30, one 38 for six.
25:21It's said Afridi's done, he may not be done.
25:29One foot no ball, third umpire's had a look.
25:34Yep, I'm going to go again and you're going to have a three hit.
25:43He's used the pace, it was a full ball.
25:48Didn't need to hit it up hard, but now, now he's got the liberty to swing his bat.
25:57I think it's a front foot no ball as opposed to height.
26:01Tight, that's what Panya needed.
26:05Free hit, leg sides, a short boundary.
26:18Doesn't cost, and they're trying to get through for a single.
26:23And he hurls it as well.
26:25It could be buzzers, it is buzzers.
26:28Absolute chaos, why is he thrown there?
26:32Five buys, and all of India celebrate.
26:3717 from the 19th over.
26:39Chaos.
26:39Chaos.
26:40And they've decided that whatever happens, they're going to try and get Hardik Pandya on strike.
26:53Could he have been run out?
26:54Should he have been trying that?
26:55Whatever.
26:56India's got four extra runs.
26:58The range of emotions, absolutely brilliant.
27:10Up in the air, a long way up in the air, there's two fielders, go for it.
27:15And it's the skipper, takes an easy catch in the end.
27:18Tremendous ball in once again from Rauf.
27:27Pandya.
27:2811 of 7, 146 for 6.
27:38Another slow ball at the hand.
27:40Yep, another cutter.
27:43Excellent.
27:44Deceiving Pandya, toe-end of the bat.
27:46Hardik Pandya made it look very simple.
27:54It's gone for 11, 146 for 7.
27:56And a champion at nine, the must across, that went a long way up.
28:04And a champion at nine, the must across, that went a long way up.
28:16Well, we said 150 about three, four overs ago, and one hit away from that.
28:25Three balls to go.
28:26Goes for the scoop.
28:36Now, that could be a wide.
28:38We'll have a look.
28:38No, given us a bye.
28:42He went a long way across his stumps, and that's why it wasn't wide.
28:46It's a really good comeback from India after a very slow start.
28:50But the game is set up perfectly.
28:53Two sides have gone hard at each other.
28:56And it is set up beautifully.
29:05151 scored.
29:08And Pakistan will have to get 152 to beat India for the first time in a World Cup game.
29:14It's a very good recovery, no question about it.
29:20They had lost two wickets of the openers very, very early.
29:25But Virat Kohli played a captain's innings, and then Rishap Pank came in and cracked the quickfire 39.
29:32So that partnership was the one that gave India the momentum.
29:37And now 151 is a score that the bowlers will appreciate.
29:41It will certainly say that, look, you've given us some total two-baller.
29:47Pakistan won the toss and decided to have a bowl.
29:51And this is what happened after that.
29:52A brilliant start from Afridi.
29:54A couple of early wickets from Rohit.
29:57First ball, Dark and Rahul.
29:59Bowled for three.
30:0011 for Syria Kumar Yadav.
30:0213 for Jadeja.
30:0411 for Pandya.
30:0539 for Pant.
30:07And a half century for the Indian captain, Virat Kohli.
30:11And the bowling, Shaheen Shah, free three for 31.
30:19What a spelly bowl.
30:22Hassan Ali chipping in with two wickets.
30:25And then Ralf, bowled exceedingly well, getting one for 25.
30:30Shaheen Shah, free three, has been a star with the ball for Pakistan.
30:35Power play, but yielded 36 for three wickets.
30:39A fight back in the middle over, 64 for one.
30:42And then 51 for three in the final phase of the innings.
30:47151 for seven.
30:49Anybody's game.
30:54Is it par?
30:55Is it above par?
30:56Is it below par?
30:59Pakistan have never beaten India in an ICC Cricket World Cup.
31:04Virat Kohli bowling.
31:06Will he be called?
31:07Will he be utilized?
31:08Or will he utilize himself at some stage?
31:12Hello, Bazit Khan.
31:13How do you see this 151?
31:17Well, if you said to Pakistan that you're going to get 151 to chase down,
31:23they'd have bitten your hand off.
31:26But saying that, it's UAE again.
31:29We reiterate this time and time again.
31:32Pitches aren't as conducive to stroke play as the rest of the world is.
31:38So, yet again, power play very important.
31:41We saw that with Pakistan's innings.
31:43Shaheen Shah, Freedy came to the party.
31:46India would want Bumrah to come to the party.
31:50And also, Pakistan with quite a bit of dependence on that top order.
31:56So, yet again, you look at the first three or four overs.
32:00And that should set the tone of the innings.
32:03But don't get me wrong, it won't be an easy chase.
32:09It won't be a chase which will just go around and Pakistan will feel that they can just come around easily.
32:18It will be a bit of a scrap.
32:19A lot of information can be passed the way of Virat Kohli if needed.
32:35Got a half century.
32:37It wasn't at a flying tempo.
32:4145 deliveries that took him.
32:43One of the things that happens here at Dubai Baz, as you well know, is sometimes, not every time,
32:54at the halfway mark of evening games, you can get slight due coming in.
33:00Which could allow the ball to slide on to the bat.
33:02I'm not saying there is, but that's something that teams factor in a lot.
33:06I don't think it's to the extent where the ball gets slippery, but certainly, from a batting perspective, it can be a benefit.
33:18Yeah, very much so.
33:19And we've seen teams chase whenever they have the option.
33:23They want to be batting second and chase down a target.
33:27One, the target, you know exactly how to go about it.
33:30And as you mentioned, if there's any bit of due formation, the ball sort of sides onto the bat better.
33:37And it also slickens everything up.
33:41But we'll have to wait and see if the due does make any effect on the game.
33:47Getting reports that there is no formation of due at the moment.
33:59It's good for the game.
34:09Specialist bowlers at his disposal.
34:11Reminded of a stat from the 2007 World T20 final at Johannesburg, where India got 157 for five.
34:26Pakistan fell short 152.
34:30All out.
34:31India winning by five runs.
34:33But Rizwan has been in brilliant form since he started opening the batting.
34:37Averaging around 80.
34:41Now, once he's come to that top order, he's been a new player altogether.
34:46And this opening partnership with Barbarazam is the cornerstone for Pakistan's batting.
34:55ICC T20, I rank number two.
34:57And if he gets going, if he plays 10-15 overs, he'll bring a calmness through this run chase.
35:05An opening partnership that has averaged over 50.
35:13The best ever for Pakistan.
35:14Can we find some swing?
35:16There was an absence of swing in the recent IPL here.
35:21But we've seen in this ICC T20 World Cup men's edition, there has been a bit of swing with the new ball.
35:34A little bit of swing there for Bhubanisha Kumar.
35:38Slip in place.
35:39Upright seam ball, just shaping the way.
35:57Lovely.
35:58Very busy player.
36:01Mohamed Rizwan.
36:01Area of strength for Rizwan.
36:07Square of the wicket.
36:08Next side, off side.
36:10Especially next side.
36:11He's developed his pick-up shot.
36:14And the length is...
36:16Well, it is short, but not a lot wrong with it.
36:19It's just a good connection, position of the batsman being very low.
36:24And that's why he gets that height on the ball and goes all the way.
36:36Oh, glorious.
36:38It really is worth the price of admission or your time watching by technology.
36:46Barbarazen.
36:47He does this every innings, every time, but you still stand up and take notice because of the class of the mat.
37:00That is purity at its best.
37:02Lovely touch shot.
37:17It's almost as if he wastes no energy or very little energy in playing these shots.
37:23Silky smooth.
37:24But always classy, even with that shot, he's sort of going with the ball, going into the shot.
37:37That is beautiful.
37:39And he's trying to hit it straight.
37:41He's not broken the wrist and tried to hit it square.
37:44That is a terrific shot.
37:45Boli will appreciate that.
37:47Not at this moment, but looking back.
37:49Top class.
37:56To get as low as Rizwan did, because I don't think that was what you call a typical short ball.
38:02And play that shot.
38:04It's great skill.
38:09Fables that next side, slow on into the pitch, but Rizwan swivels it.
38:15It's almost a half sweep, half pull.
38:18That's down low, smashes it.
38:26Right, he's got all the one that needed that, and it's just clear the boundary for six.
38:31The pressure was built against someone at a release of old.
38:36And that shot has done just that from Baba Azam.
38:38Baba Azam, the beauty of this shot is he doesn't premeditate.
38:44He literally waits for a little bit of length, a little bit flat of trajectory.
38:49He just powers the ball to the shorter side.
38:52The shorter side of the ground.
38:54He would have known that would have been the back of his mind.
38:57If he can get a little bit of length, just gets under it beautifully.
39:00And again, it's so effortless.
39:02He's not trying to over hit the ball.
39:04Just getting the middle of the bat on the ball.
39:06It's just, it's incredible.
39:12It really is to be able to see someone who's in such control of these game.
39:17Pressure's on a little bit.
39:23Oh, it was in the air, but split the gap.
39:26I thought he would have gone over the field anyway.
39:28Yes, he just bounced a little bit on Baba there.
39:35Just dragged it down a tiny bit of overspin.
39:38He's cut it hard enough.
39:39He was perfectly in the gap anyway, but just cut it hard enough to get it up and over the field.
39:49Over the top.
39:50Enough on it, and that'll raise the wave.
39:53Classy boundary.
39:54There's something about this batsman, isn't it?
39:58Baba does him.
39:59You can watch him on and on and on, because he makes it look so easy.
40:05Yes, you could say that this was probably not well-timed, but he had enough on it.
40:09Not maybe off the middle of the bat, but still enough power in it.
40:13This is the slower delivery.
40:16But he's made use of that slower delivery.
40:18He's made use of that length.
40:19Slots three.
40:25Over the top.
40:26Max Zimmer.
40:28Like I said, that's the short end of the boundary.
40:30That is what they're looking to target.
40:32And at this stage, when they've got all wickets in that, that's what they need to do.
40:36Throw their bats.
40:37Because Chakravarty has been pretty economical in the first three overs.
40:41Now in his final over, they don't want him to go a tight over.
40:45They want to attack him.
40:46That's what Rizwan has done.
40:55This time it's Baba.
40:56Same result.
40:58Smashes it.
40:59And gets to 50.
41:00Baba Razan.
41:05What a 4-1 innings.
41:07This has been so much talk.
41:11So much comparison between Virat Kohli and Baba Razan.
41:15And so with Virat Kohli getting a half century when India bat it,
41:19it was exactly the kind of incentive that the Pakistan captain needed
41:23to show that he's not far behind.
41:25That's a terrific innings from the Pakistan captain.
41:28That's a terrific innings from the Pakistan captain.
41:34She pulled it a little bit short again.
41:36The short end of the boundary.
41:39And Arsene, Baba Razan taking full advantage of it.
41:52Short and thumped in the gap.
41:54Baba Razan gets it to the fence.
41:56The placement is fantastic.
42:03But look at the footwork.
42:05It's the footwork that has allowed him so much time to hit the ball.
42:12The back foot going towards the stumps,
42:15making very good use of the depth of the crease.
42:17He's marginally short.
42:21Then he clears that front foot.
42:23This is a top shot.
42:24Absolutely terrific.
42:26An even better placement.
42:27That's going to be another boundary away from the fielder.
42:42Side two, far in the clicker delivery at the pads.
42:47112 for no loss.
42:48Fight it in, down leg side.
42:58All he had to do is help it along.
43:00And Baba Razan will not miss out.
43:02A lot of pressure applied on the bowlers and they will falter.
43:10It's not been his day.
43:14Time through the onside.
43:17That'll get his run to his 50, 52 or 41 and does it with style.
43:22The punch shot.
43:24That's a terrific shot.
43:27It was a pretty quick delivery, about 140 kilometers per hour.
43:31But he got into position so quickly.
43:34He uses the bottom end to very good effect.
43:35We've seen it when he plays that scoop sweep.
43:39And once again bringing the bottom end into play.
43:45Marginally short of length, but look at that shot.
43:47This is a magnificent shot from Rizwan.
43:49It's about the opening batsman now got a half century.
43:58I think it's been that.
43:59That is just symbolic of the kind of batting we've seen today.
44:03His two fielders out in the deep and he's played an imperious pull shot.
44:09Yeah, they've been quite brilliant, haven't they?
44:11These two, since Rizwan's moved up to open, they've been absolutely outstanding.
44:19Calm, cool, calculated, absolute masterclass at the moment in how to go about a run chase.
44:29Well, of all the things you could do, how high was that?
44:38He wanted to look at that, but it doesn't matter.
44:40Because off the bat it was high enough to go beyond the ropes.
44:43I'm not sure why he went, Shammy, at this stage.
44:51One of the great white ball bowlers in Bumrah.
44:54And that would be close to a no ball on height.
44:56It was really a free hit when it came there.
45:06It's a big 6-2.
45:10And now through the onside.
45:12There's only gaps at the moment as far as Rizwan is concerned.
45:17And there's now like a good middle distance runner.
45:19There's a nice finishing kick.
45:20Yep, and you cannot put this down to conditions.
45:25Yep, the dues come down.
45:27Yep, Pakistan won the toss.
45:29But let's be honest, for 80% of this game, they've been the better side.
45:35They have bossed it.
45:39145 for none.
45:41What a run chase this has been.
45:43Perfection.
45:43Pakistan had never won a G20 international by 10 wickets.
45:56This one is going into the gap as well.
45:58Take all the field without, you don't need them.
46:00Because at the moment the batsman can't even see them.
46:03All he's seeing is the spaces in between.
46:05Oh, it must be a wonderful feeling to be seeing the ball like that.
46:09Well, if you're going to wait this long to beat him in a World Cup game,
46:13you might as well do it special.
46:15In 10 wickets they could do this.
46:17What a partnership this is.
46:20149 unbroken.
46:23And Rizwan and Baba have been outstanding.
46:27Now Pakistan fans believe.
46:30They've had so many things thrown at them.
46:310-5, 0-12.
46:33Now there's a number there.
46:36And they have never lost the T20 international by 10 wickets.
46:39But it doesn't matter which side you're supporting.
46:47It's just been such an admirable display of batsmanship by these two.
46:51There's a reason these two have been so successful at the top of the order.
46:54They put on a, they put on a show here.
46:56Sure have.
46:59In styles of players.
47:00He thrashes at it a bit.
47:01There's one of a touch and class.
47:05Hardly put a foot wrong.
47:07Hardly a chance.
47:10It's just been outstanding.
47:13And first ball, what will be the last pretty soon.
47:17It will be this one.
47:21Just a single.
47:22Are they going to get a second here?
47:23They're charging back for the second.
47:25This could be the moment.
47:26This is the moment.
47:27And all of Pakistan will celebrate as will these two young men out there.
47:32They're a wonderful opening partnership.
47:36Muhammad Rezwan, Baba Razum.
47:37Calm, clinical and extremely skillful.
47:40Take it in, Pakistan fans.
47:45You've waited a long, long time for this moment.
47:48Take it all in.
47:49All the years of pain and hate.
47:54And finally you've beaten India in a World Cup game.
47:56It's only a journey though, remember that.
47:59It's a journey in a tournament.
48:02But this is a great start in that journey.
48:06I hope a lot of you are watching these pictures.
48:09A celebration in the Pakistan camp as you'd imagine.
48:12But genuine respect as the two teams shake hands at the end.
48:16I thought that those pictures of Virat with Barber and Rezwan were wonderful too.
48:20But well played.
48:21Pakistan win by 10 wickets.
48:23They've got their points on the board.
48:24They'll be absolutely thrilled.
48:34Usual chaos behind the scenes in Pakistan with selection and last minute changes in selection.
48:40Changes behind the scene.
48:41Teams not going to Pakistan to tour.
48:44Pulling out at the last minute.
48:47They've been down and they are up again.
48:51Fair play to India, the coach and their players.
48:53Teams to a man have gone up to Pakistan to congratulate them.
48:58I repeat it, it's just a start.
49:01But it is absolutely the start they wanted.
49:03There's the hero with the new ball.
49:06Shaheen Shah Afridi set it up.
49:08And Rezwan and Barber Azzan finished it off and finished it in some style.
49:15What a bowler.
49:17What a wonderful bowler the Shaheen Shah Afridi is.
49:19Pakistan just seemed to produce his left hand quick so you can swing the ball.
49:28And guess who's walking out there to shake hands with the Pakistan players.
49:32MS Dhoni and now the celebrations will begin.
49:35And these are celebrations that are much deserved.
49:37They've waited, as you said, Nasser, for a very long time to be able to do this.
49:40And they've done it in such un-Pakistan style.
49:46They usually have a stumble.
49:48They usually have a run out.
49:49They usually have a shamozzle in the field.
49:52Someone loses the plot.
49:54This is not the Pakistan we know.
49:56This has been clinical.
49:57This has been sharp.
49:59This has been a team together.
50:00You talked about all that happened in the build-up to this game.
50:05If there's one team that wouldn't be bothered by all that's happening around, it would be Pakistan.
50:09I actually believe the two teams not going to Pakistan strengthened them, allowed them to play a lot of domestic cricket.
50:15It allowed them to pick people like Pakhar Zamaa, like Haider Ali and all these younger players in.
50:20Well, there you go.
50:27Remarkably trying to chase down 151.
50:31Mohamed Rezwan, 79 not out.
50:34And Barbara Azam, the skipper, 68 in just 52 deliveries, a 10-wicket win.
50:43India had nowhere to go, really.
50:45After that first over from Bhubanesh, that had a couple of boundaries in it.
50:48Three overs for 25.
50:49Bhubanesh, Chakravarti, came on in the fourth over.
50:51Both three good overs.
50:52Then a couple of sixes hit off him.
50:54Jadija was economical.
50:56That's what you expect from your fifth bowler.
50:58And Bhumbra, three overs, 22.
51:01Shami, very expensive towards the end.
51:03And a lot more questions for India.
51:05But it's a journey for Pakistan.
51:07So it is a journey for India.
51:09It's one game.
51:11And they've got four to play.
51:12But this will be such a shot in the arm for Pakistan.
51:15Remember, it's only a day in between before they play New Zealand on the 26th.
51:18So 151 for seven was never going to be enough for India.
51:22It was actually a comeback that they got there.
51:24After Apreeti, you see that three for 31.
51:26There was a 17 run over at the end.
51:28Bowled beautifully in his first two overs to get Roy Charmaine, Kail Rahul out.
51:32And after Hassan Ali had got Surya Kumar, you know, the Indian never really got back into the game.
51:37And a wonderful clinical calm chase from Pakistan.
51:40The win by 10 wickets is the first time they've won a T20 international by 10 wickets.
51:44Yeah, power play 43.
51:57Then look at what happened there.
51:58I think that's a lot of matches are won on there.
52:00In the middle overs, from 7 to 15, Pakistan made 78.
52:04So it was just a really classical acceleration.
52:09Through the middle overs and then reaching a climax in the 18th, winning handsomely with two overs left.
52:1643 for no loss most days is a really good power play.
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