India beats Pakistan in dramatic last ball finish at MCG
Kohli scores unbeaten 82 off 53 balls
Melbourne: India on Sunday defeated Pakistan in the ICC T20 World Cup 2022 encounter by 4 wickets at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.
Winning the toss, India had decided to bowl first following which Pakistan had set a target of 160 runs.
Chasing the score, Virat Kohli batted with grit and determination and scored a brisk ___ runs off ___ balls, helped by Hardik Pandya at the other end who scored ___ runs.
India were in a critical situation early in the inning, losing four wickets with only 31 runs on board. Both the openers skipper Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul fell inside two overs with personal single digit score following which Virat Kohli took charge and anchored the inning for his team.
When the pressure was building Kohli hit two sixes in the penultimate over off Haris Rauf to release the pressure.
In the final over, 16 runs were neededin the final six deliveries when Hardik Pandya skied one off the first delivery and was dismissed by Nawaaz. Dinesh Karthik walked into bat and immediately gave strike to Virat Kohli who hit a six off no-ball making the calculation 6 runs needed from 3 balls.
On the next legal delivery Virat Kohli was bowled on free-hit when the batsmen ran three runs causing confusion between the two team with the Pakistan team objecting to the batsmen running after the ball had hit the stumps.
When the calculation was two from two, Dinesh Karthik was stumped out bringing Ravichandran Ashwin to the crease while Virat Kohli was restricted on the other end.
With two runs needed off the last ball, Nawaz bowled a wide ball bringing the calculation to one run needed from the last ball. Ashwin then cleared the in-field to hit a boundary at long-off and seal the game for India.
Earlier, Arshdeep Singh and Hardik Pandya had picked three wickets each while Mohammed Shami and Bhuvbaneshwar Kumar had picked two wickets each in the first inning.
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Agra man arrested for harassing, touching inappropriately Czech tourist visiting Taj Mahal
Agra, Apr 6 (PTI): A man was arrested for allegedly harassing and touching inappropriately a tourist from the Czech Republic visiting the Taj Mahal, police said on Sunday.
The alleged incident occurred on April 3 and the arrest was made after a thorough investigation, they said.
In a written complaint at the Tourist police station, the woman alleged that she was "touched inappropriately and harassed" while walking along the Shamshan Ghat Road around 1 pm, they added.
The police registered a case and began a probe, deploying multiple teams to nab the accused.
Assistant Commissioner of Police (Taj Security) Syed Areeb Ahmed said, "A case was registered on the complaint of the foreign woman. Several teams were deployed to search for the accused. (Footage from) several CCTV cameras covering the area was scanned. After investigation, the accused Karan Rathore was arrested on Sunday."
The woman has identified Rathore as the accused and he has been taken into custody, the officer said.
