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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KKR defeat LSG via Super Over
Lucknow (PTI): Kolkata Knight Riders edged Lucknow Super Giants via Super Overs in a battle between two bottom-placed teams in the IPL, here on Sunday.
Chasing a modest 156, LSG suffered a batting collapse and managed to tie the contest and take it to Super Over with No. 9 Mohammed Shami striking a last-ball six against a wayward Kartik Tyagi, who leaked 16 runs in the final over.
But Sunil Narine bowled a stunning Super Over conceding just one run and taking two wickets to give KKR an easy target.
Rinku Singh then finished the chase with a boundary off first ball from Prince Yadav.
Earlier the KKR were in deep trouble with 93/7 in 15 overs but Rinku smashed a sensational 83 not out from 51 balls including four sixes in a row in the final over to lift them to 155/7.
Cameron Green (34) was the only other batter to reach double-digit scores as KKR suffered a familiar batting meltdown with Mohsin taking his maiden fifer.
In reply, LSG continued their dismal show with the bat to succumb to their fifth loss in a row.
Brief Scores:
Kolkata Knight Riders 155/7; 20 overs (Rinku Singh 83 not out, Cameron Green 34; Mohsin Khan 5/23). Lucknow Super Giants 155/8; 20 overs (Rishabh Pant 42). KKR won via Super Over.
