T20 World Cup 2022: Virat Kohli Star, India beat Pakistan won by 4 wickets at historic MCG, scorecard.

A Virat Kohli-heroic performance today, as India beat rivals Pakistan in an extraordinary finish in a 2022 Men's T20 World Cup classic in the front of 90,293 spectators at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.

India defeated Pakistan by 4 wickets after chasing down Pakistan's 160 run target with the loss of 6 wickets on the final delivery.

India won the toss and decided to field first against the Pakistan at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.

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First Pakistan Innings.

When Arsdeep Singh bowled his first delivery in the second over, national captain Babar Azam was LBW and went back to the pavilion for a golden duck. Later in the fourth over, wicketkeeper Mohammad Rizwan too suffered at the hands of Arsdeep, scoring 4 runs off 12 balls.

In addition, Haris Rauf remained Notout by scoring 6 runs while Shadab Khan, Haider Ali, Muhammad Nawaz, Asif Ali, and Shaheen were all struck out after scoring a combined 16 runs.

In the permitted 20 overs, Pakistan scored 159 runs with the loss of 8 wickets.

For India, Arsdeep Singh and Hardik Pandya each took three wickets.

Earlier on day, Sri Lanka Tigers crushed Ireland by nine wickets.

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2nd India Innings.

KL Rahul was out early in the batting for 4 runs by Naseem, and then Rohit Sharma out for 4 runs, and Surya Kumar Yadav were out for 15 runs each by Haris Rauf.

Babar then ran Axar Patel out for two runs.

Following Akshar's demise, Kohli and Pandya batted extremely responsibly and contributed significantly to the team's success by putting up a 113-run partnership for the fifth wicket.

But with scoring 40 runs, Hardik Pandya turned into Nawaz's victim. Nawaz bowled Dinesh Karthik on the fifth delivery of the final over, but India still needed 16 runs from 6 balls to win. On the final ball, India reached its goal of 160 runs.

Kohli was defeated in the match scoring an unbeaten 82 runs and also awarded the man of the match award.

India beat Pakistan in T20 World Cup 2022 in opening match, brief scorecard.

Pakistan 159-8 (20 overs): Masood 52* (42), Iftikhar 51 (34); Pandya 3-30, Arshdeep 3-32

India 160-6 (20 overs): Kohli 82* (53); Rauf 2-36, Nawaz 2-42

India win by four wickets

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