Cricket: Pakistan crushes India in Twenty20 World Cup

Captain Babar Azam set an example when Pakistan won the Indian World Cup for the first time on a 10-wicket mill in the Super 12 blockbuster at the Twenty20 World Cup in Dubai.

Posts Kohli played with a captain’s strike of 57 to save India from top-notch fluctuations and help them reach a competitive 151-7 in the 2007 opening match.

His opponent Babar combined with Mohammad Rizwan made Pakistan fly and then won the goal with 13 balls to save India’s 100 per cent victory record against them in the limited World Cup.

Babar didn’t miss out on 68, while Rizwan made an unbeaten 79.

Beware of the baptism, the captains have preferred to leave and Babar also followed this trend after the victory.

Pakistan did not have to wait long for a breakthrough when Shaheen Afridi (3-31) struck twice in his first seven deliveries to ferocious India.

The left-hand pacemaker shot a Yorker-length steep delivery to dismiss Rohit Sharma lbw for a golden duck and in his next round shot KL Rahul through the gate to rearrange the stocks.

Suryakumar Yadav hit six for Afrid, but Rizwan took the dive from behind the positions to dismiss the batsman and reduce India to 31-3 in the sixth set.

Kohli and Rishabh Pant calmed the nerves in the Indian camp and guided the team into the game 60-3 in the middle.

Pant then decided to attack counterattack and hit Hasan Ali against each other, but his very aggressiveness eventually made him.

Shadab Khan teased Pant on Google to lure a skier whose spinning made himself abandoned by the batsman 39.

Kohli fell in the final final round of acceleration, but India still reached the 150 mark.

Pakistan, in its response, not only kept its throws intact in the winning games, but also did briskly when Babar and Rizwan effectively killed the race with their rock stability.

Babar raised to fifty in his style by hitting the spun Varun Chakravarthya by six, while Rizwan reached his own fifty and capped Jasprit Bumrah.

Pakistan will play next time in New Zealand on Wednesday morning.

Meanwhile, in the second group, Charith Asalanka and Bhanuka Rajapaksa split 86 partnerships so Sri Lanka won Bangladesh in five innings in their opening match.

Asalanka remained unbeaten with 80 of 49 balls – his first T20 international half-century – and Rajapaksa, celebrating his 30th birthday, hit 31 balls 53 to help Sri Lanka chase a 172-hit goal with seven balls.

To hit the bat, Bangladesh gave 171 to four after opening striker Mohammad Naim anchored the innings with a 52-ball 62 and experienced Mushfiqur Rahim hit an unbeaten 57 off 37 balls.

Bangladesh will face England in their next match on Wednesday, the day before Sri Lanka will face Australia.