CRICKET99 Cricket Live Score ,Matches & Tournaments India vs Pakistan always a big game of both the countries and all cricket fans love to watch this in any format of cricket and this time at a such big occasion. ICC T20 world cup Group 2 match between India and Pakistan at Eden Gardens, Kolkata where Virat Kohli’s superb Fifty made India won the match by 6 wickets in 15th over. In World T20 Pakistan played 5 matches against India and lost all including today’s match too.
Today on 19th March 2016 just before the match rain delayed first and it was decided that it will be of 18 overs match. MS Dhoni won the toss earlier and decided to bowl first. It was a turning track and both the Indian spinners R Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja done their job today. No Pakistani batsman was able to hit big shots against them. Sharjeel Khan and Ahmed Shehzad gave a steady but slow start to their team, score 17 runs on 24 balls and 25 runs on 28 balls respectively. On score of 48 they lost both their openers. Captain Shahid Afridi also not done well and got out scoring 8 runs on 16 balls then Umar Akmal and Soaib Malik batted sensibly and took pakistan to a score to 118/5 runs in 18 overs.
For India, Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan came to open the innings but both the batsman lost their wicket early. Then Suresh Raina got out on a duck on his first ball. On a score of 23 India lost 3 wickets. Then Yuvraj Singh came on the crease and build a partnership with the great Virat Kohli and took India nearer to the total. Both the batsman made a partnership of 61 runs. Yuvraj got out scoring handy 24 runs on 23 runs with 1 six and 1 four. Then Virat Kohli completed his fifty and with Dhoni big six India levels the score and on next ball with a single India beat Pakistan again in the T20 World Cup and now on the 3rd position in the points table.
Virat Kohli is selected as man of the match for his not out 55 runs on just 37 balls with 7 fours and 1 six. Hope you all enjoyed the match. Check scorecard of the match here and stay tune with us for all cricket updates.