It is said that history repeats itself, but every time you get a chance to write a new history. The match was level on Sunday night. Fans had a long wait of five years. But Pakistan finally broke the losing streak to India in the World Cup.
In their very first match of the World T20, India had to face defeat against its arch-rival. In the match held in Dubai, Pakistan had a target of 152 runs, which they achieved by 10 wickets. There were many reasons for this defeat of Team India, some of them try to convince you.
Virat’s poor team selection
Once again captain Kohli’s insistence overshadowed the team. He decides his playing XI before any match. The same thing happened against Pakistan. Suryakumar Yadav, all-rounder Hardik Pandya and pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumar were fed while the rightful players Ishan Kishan, Shardul Thakur and Ravichandran Ashwin sat on the bench.
poor opener
Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul came to open the innings for Team India. Rahul opened the team’s account with a single off the third ball of the first over. Now Rohit Sharma had come on strike, who had come to play his record seventh T20 World Cup. The fans were hoping that they would use their experience to give the team a strong start, but before anything could happen, Afridi got Rohit out lbw with a precise yorker. On the very first ball of his second over, Rahul created panic by scattering his bails. Both the openers of the Indian team had returned to the pavilion on the total of just 6 runs.
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Winning the toss also went in favor of Pakistan
Despite the high pressure match, Pakistan captain Babar Azam won the toss and decided to bowl first. He saw moisture in the pitch and wanted his pacers to take advantage of it. And as Babar wanted, the team’s pacer Shaheen Shah Afridi did the same. During the toss, skipper Kohli himself admitted that he too would have preferred to bowl first. Dew was also a big factor in the second innings. The bowlers were finding it difficult to grip the ball.
weird shot selection
For a time, it seemed that Team India was recovering after losing both the openers. Virat and Suryakumar started playing aggressive shots. The pace of runs was also increasing, but in the last over of the powerplay, Surya was dismissed by Hasan Ali. The Indian batsmen did not improve despite losing their three wickets in the powerplay of T20 Internationals itself. After scoring 60 runs for 10 overs, Rishabh Pant played a bad shot on Shadab’s wrong one and lost his wicket. Ravindra Jadeja also fell victim to poor shot selection.
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poor performance by bowlers
Shaheen Shah Afridi wrote the script for India’s defeat. After the year 2019 and before this match, Afridi took 48 wickets in the powerplay. No other bowler could take so many wickets. But the Indian bowlers failed miserably on this pitch. Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Shami, Bhuvneshwar Kumar craved the wicket. Varun Chakraborty, who is considered to be a mystery spinner, also had to return empty-handed.
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