New Delhi. Whenever an India and Pakistan cricket match comes up, there is great excitement. A new story of adventure every moment. Ups and downs in every over. Now let’s talk about the T20 World Cup played last year. Because of this, all the thrill of cricket was limited to just one over. Then we saw a single, a double, 3 runs, a six in an over of 6 balls. 7 runs were scored on one ball. Not only that, wide balls, no balls, bye runs were also seen. Just wait, the story is now incomplete. Because we have also seen caught out, ‘bold’ and stumping in this over. And most importantly. India had a great victory on the last ball as well.
This exciting match between India and Pakistan was played on 23 October 2022 in Melbourne. Batting first in this match, Pakistan scored 159 runs for 8 wickets. In reply, India scored 129 runs for 4 wickets in 18 overs. 15 runs were scored in the 19th over. Thus 16 runs were needed to win in the last over and Virat Kohli and Hardik Pandya were at the crease.
Pakistan entrusted the responsibility of bowling the last over to left-arm spinner Mohammad Nawaz. Nawaz had Hardik Pandya caught out on the very first ball. In this way, a wave of happiness ran through the Pakistani camp. But after this, Pakistan only had to despair, it had to give up.
Dinesh Karthik took a single on the second ball of the last over. Virat Kohli kept India’s hopes alive by taking 2 runs on the next ball. Then came the fourth ball of the over, which changed the course of the match. Virat Kohli hit a crushing six on this ball. The ball was waist high and India got a no ball as well. It means that 7 runs were scored on one ball and Pakistan had to repeat this ball. Nawaz threw this ball wide. Now India needed 5 runs in 3 balls to win. India had the upper hand but the game was still on. Nawaz bowled Virat on the next ball. But as this ball was a free hit, Pakistan did not get any benefit from this. Despite Gilles flying, the Indian team scored 3 runs on this ball. Three bye runs. Now India needed 2 runs from 2 balls to win. Cricket took a turn again and on the fifth ball of the over, Nawaz stumped Dinesh Karthik and sent him to the pavilion. Now Ravichandran Ashwin has come to bat. India needed 2 runs to win off the last ball. The fielders cornered Ashwin to steal the runs. But why would Ashwin be satisfied with one run? He hit a brilliant four in the mid-off to give India the win.
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Tags: Asia Cup, India Vs Pakistan, Pakistan, T20 World Cup, Team India, Virat Kohli
First published: September 02, 2023, 09:57 IST