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16th T20I • Melbourne Cricket Ground • Melbourne

Pakistan

159/8 (20)

India

160/6 (20)

IND won by 4 wickets

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Scorecard

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Playing XI

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Stadium

Melbourne Cricket Ground

Pitch

Batting friendly pitch with some help available for pacers.

Type

Hard Track

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Fantasy Top Picks

Expert Team 1

V Kohli

B Azam

Expert Team 2

S Yadav

M Rizwan

Venue Details

Melbourne Cricket Ground

1st Innings

145Avg Runs

7Avg Wkts

2nd Innings

151Avg Runs

4Avg Wkts

Fantasy Tips Exclusive

Mohammad Rizwan(73 T20I-2460 runs) is the number one ranked batter in the T20I rankings . In 18 T20Is this year, he has made a total of 821 runs at an average of 54.73 including nine half-centuries.

With inclusion of M Shami in squad, India's death over bowling became strong.Shami scalped four wickets on the last four deliveries of the match including a run-out and helped India win the game.

India has a strong middle order with Suryakumar Yadav(34 T20I-1045 runs) in form of his life.He is also the highest-ranked Indian T20I batter currently.

Harshal Patel(23 T20I-26 Wickets) has not been able to deliver a decent performance in the last few matches. He was leaking runs in death overs and also not consistent with his line and lengths.

Hot Picks :V Kohli,M Rizwan,S Yadav

Risky Picks:R Sharma,B Azam,H Pandya

Stay away :M Haris

Grand League Captaincy Picks:H Pandya,S Afridi,B Azam

Team Form (Last 5 Matches, Most recent first)

Team Form (Last 5 Matches)

India

Pakistan

Head To Head (Last 10 Matches)

IND

7- 2

PAK

Team Comparison (Last 10 Matches)

Matches Played

Matches Won

177

Average Score

168

237/3

Highest Score

221/3

92/4

Lowest Score

130/7

Player of the Match Virat Kohli

82(53)

PAK s

IND s

Info

Pakistan s

159/8 (20)

Batters

Mohammad Rizwan

33.33

c Bhuvneshwar Kumar b A Singh

Babar Azam

(C)

0.00

lbw b A Singh

Shan Masood

123.81

Not out

Iftikhar Ahmed

150.00

lbw b M Shami

Shadab Khan

83.33

c S Yadav b H Pandya

Haider Ali

50.00

c S Yadav b H Pandya

Mohammad Nawaz

150.00

c D Karthik b H Pandya

Asif Ali

66.67

c D Karthik b A Singh

Shaheen Afridi

200.00

c & b Bhuvneshwar Kumar

Haris Rauf

150.00

Not out

Extras

(B: 2, LB: 4, NB: 0, W: 6)

TOTAL

(20 Ov, RR: 7.95)

159/8

Did not Bat

Naseem Shah

Bowlers

EXT

5.50

8.00

6.25

7.50

7.67

21.00

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Babar Azam

lbw b A Singh

1-1

1.1

Mohammad Rizwan

c Bhuvneshwar Kumar b A Singh

2-15

3.6

Iftikhar Ahmed

lbw b M Shami

3-91

12.2

Shadab Khan

c S Yadav b H Pandya

4-96

13.2

Haider Ali

c S Yadav b H Pandya

5-98

13.6

Mohammad Nawaz

c D Karthik b H Pandya

6-115

15.5

Asif Ali

c D Karthik b A Singh

7-120

16.4

Shaheen Afridi

c & b Bhuvneshwar Kumar

8-151

19.2

India s

160/6 (20)

Batters

KL Rahul

50.00

b N Shah

Rohit Sharma

(C)

57.14

c I Ahmed b H Rauf

Virat Kohli

154.72

Not out

Suryakumar Yadav

150.00

c M Rizwan b H Rauf

Axar Patel

66.67

runout (M Rizwan / B Azam)

Hardik Pandya

108.11

c B Azam b M Nawaz

Dinesh Karthik

50.00

st M Rizwan b M Nawaz

Ravichandran Ashwin *

100.00

Not out

Extras

(B: 3, LB: 1, NB: 1, W: 6)

TOTAL

(20 Ov, RR: 8)

160/6

Did not Bat

Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mohammed Shami, Arshdeep Singh

Bowlers

EXT

8.50

5.75

9.00

5.25

10.50

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

KL Rahul

b N Shah

1-7

1.5

Rohit Sharma

c I Ahmed b H Rauf

2-10

3.2

Suryakumar Yadav

c M Rizwan b H Rauf

3-26

5.3

Axar Patel

runout (M Rizwan / B Azam)

4-31

6.1

Hardik Pandya

c B Azam b M Nawaz

5-144

19.1

Dinesh Karthik

st M Rizwan b M Nawaz

6-158

19.5

Match Info

Date & Time

23 Oct, 01:30 PM IST

Venue

Melbourne Cricket Ground

Match

16th T20I,

ICC Men's T20 World Cup

Umpires

Marais Erasmus (South Africa), Rod Tucker (Australia), Richard Kettleborough (England, TV)

Referee

Ranjan Madugalle (Sri Lanka)

Pitch Report

Batting friendly pitch with some help available for pacers.

Toss

India elected to bowl

W 1 2 6nb 1wd 3b W 1wd 4

Over 1

Runs: 18

All Overs

Player of the Match Virat Kohli

82(53)

Commentary

Oh my word. What. A. Game. Three India-Pakistan tussles this year and all of them have ended up as nail-biters. The good old Indo-Pak classics are back eh? But what a day and what a game for the T20 World Cup. And it rolls on with another double-header tomorrow - Bangladesh will open their campaign against the Netherlands in Hobart before South Africa make their bow against Zimbabwe at the same venue. Do join us for our coverage of the same right here on Sportskeeda while staying tuned to this platform for further cricketing news and action. You can be rest assured that the post-mortem of this game will go long into the evening. For the moment though, on behalf of my co-commentators Shashwat Kumar and Pratyush Rohra, this is Sooryanarayanan Sesha taking your leave and thanking you for joining us today. We hope you enjoyed our coverage and look forward to seeing you soon again tomorrow and beyond. Bye-bye for now and wishing you all a very happy and safe Diwali!

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