Cricket

'Love u Kohli' - Fans bow down to Virat Kohli to win the nail-biting thriller for India against Pakistan

Indian fans were also thrilled and overwhelmed with this amazing win of India in this high-voltage drama. They took to Twitter to shower...

author-image
Jennifer
New Update
Virat Kohli

The cricketing world’s biggest rivalry took place at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne between two South Asian giants and arch-rivals India and Pakistan. Both teams locked horns for the 14th time in either of the World Cups. Indian skipper Rohit Sharma won the toss and asked Babar’s men to bat first at the turf of MCG in this high-octane encounter.

Advertisment

Batting first, the men in green posted a decent total of 159 runs for the loss of eight wickets in the allotted 20 overs. With the brilliance of showman Virat Kohli, Indians happened to cross the line at the last ball of the 20th over to win this nail-biting thriller by a margin of four wickets to start their campaign in an emphatic style.

Indian fans were also thrilled and overwhelmed with this amazing win of India in this high-voltage drama. They took to Twitter for heaping their praises on the Indian team

Here's how fans reacted to India's thrilling against Pakistan:

Advertisment

Furthermore, talking about the match, after recovering from some early blows, Iftikhar Ahmed and Shan Masood’s half-century knocks helped Pakistan to post a total of 159 runs for the loss of eight wickets in the allotted 20 overs. Masood played a knock of 52 runs off 42 balls whereas Iftikhar smashed 51 runs off 34 balls with two boundaries and four sixes in his account. Star opening pair of Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan failed to impress on the big day for Pakistan as they both went back to the pavilion only on the score of 15 runs.

Arshdeep Singh and Hardik Pandya scalped three wickets each alongside one wicket each by Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Mohammed Shami.

While chasing the target, the Indian batting lineup crumbled in the beginning as they lost four wickets only on the score of 31 runs. Virat Kohli remained the nucleus of India’s run chase throughout the entire innings. He took the charge from the moment when the team was in a delicate position and took the men in blue home with a handsome win. He smashed a match-winning knock of 82 runs off 53 balls with six boundaries and four sixes on his credit.

The 33-year-old also stitched a brilliant century partnership for the fifth wicket. Hardik Pandya scored 40 runs off 37 balls with one boundary and two sixes to his name.

Virat Kohli Was adjudged player of the match for his match-defining performance in the biggest event of the 20-20 World Cup 2022.

India Pakistan 20-20 World Cup 2022 Virat Kohli