ICC Men’s T20 World Cup, India vs Pakistan, live blog: Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma depart

IND 24/2 (4 overs): Dream start from Pakistan! India have sent two left-handed batters Rishabh Pant and Axar Patel to deal with the left-armer threat. But Pakistan have managed to keep India quiet since Rohit’s wicket.

For all the pitch talk, must say the curator has done a fine job to get this deck in order.

It’s early in the game but definitely different to the previous games. #PakvsUSA #T20WordCup— Ashwin ???????? (@ashwinravi99) June 9, 2024

IND 19/2 (2.4 overs): WICKET! Rohit Sharma also departs. He had been looking in good touch and looked to go for the pick up shot against Afridi again but this time, it falls short and Haris Raufs takes a clean catch. India in big trouble. The pitch and overcast conditions were expected to aid the pacers but this is solid stuff from Pakistan.

For the FIRST time, Virat Kohli did not top-score in an IND-PAK T20WC match since his T20I debut.

Top-scorer of INDvsPAK in
2012 - Virat Kohli (78*)
2014 - Virat Kohli (36*)
2016 - Virat Kohli (55*)
2021 - Virat Kohli (57)
2022 - Virat Kohli (82*)— Kausthub Gudipati (@kaustats) June 9, 2024

Only the second time Virat Kohli has been dismissed against Pakistan in 6 T20Is. Kohli’s average vs them before today was 308.00. Naseem Shah with a massive wicket!— Mazher Arshad (@MazherArshad) June 9, 2024

IND 12/1...

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