The Indian cricket team was not playing at home, yet after going to Sri Lanka, it defeated Pakistan by 61 runs. In the entire match, from the beginning till the end, the Pakistan team was not even seen to be in the race for victory. This was India’s eighth win over Pakistan in the T20 World Cup, which is the highest win by any team against the same opponent in the history of the T20 World Cup. After the match, captain Suryakumar Yadav dedicated this victory to the Indian fans.

Pakistani lost due to their own mistake

After the match, Indian captain Suryakumar Yadav said that this victory is for the Indian fans. He told how the Pakistan team lost due to its own mistake. Suryakumar said that Team India played the kind of cricket it wanted to play. He also said that the right decision would have been to bat first on the Colombo pitch, whereas Pakistani captain Salman Aga surprised everyone by choosing to bowl after winning the toss.

Salute to Ishaan’s thinking

Suryakumar Yadav praised Ishan Kishan and said, “I think Ishan Kishan came with a different thinking. After one wicket fell at 0, someone had to take the responsibility in the powerplay. Ishan fulfilled that responsibility very well. If I believe, we had gone far ahead in the powerplay.”

Abhishek Sharma was dismissed by Salman Agha in the very first over on the score of ‘zero’. When Shaheen Afridi came in the second over, Ishaan welcomed him with a six. From here he showed no signs of stopping and completed his half-century in 27 balls. He scored 77 runs in 40 balls. The rest of the team could only add 98 runs in 80 balls. In this way the Indian team had scored 175 runs in its innings. In reply, due to excellent bowling, he limited Pakistan to 114 runs.

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