India got off to a poor start as KL Rahul got an inside edge and was clean bowled in the 2nd over of the innings.
Earlier, Arshdeep Singh and Hardik Pandya took three wickets each as India restricted Pakistan to 159/8 in 20 overs in T20 World Cup Super 12 Group 2 match at Melbourne Cricket Ground. Arshdeep had struck in the powerplay, dismissing Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan but Shan Masood and Iftikhar Ahmad struck the fifties to keep Pakistan in the game. In the end, Haris Rauf and Shaheen Shah Afridi also hit crucial boundaries to take Pakistan’s total past the 150-run mark.
India (Playing XI): Rohit Sharma (c), KL Rahul, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Dinesh Karthik (w), Axar Patel, Ravichandran Ashwin, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mohammed Shami, Arshdeep Singh
Pakistan (Playing XI): Babar Azam (c), Mohammad Rizwan (w), Shan Masood, Haider Ali, Mohammad Nawaz, Shadab Khan, Iftikhar Ahmed, Asif Ali, Shaheen Afridi, Haris Rauf, Naseem Shah
