WATCH: Rohit Sharma gets emotional during India's national anthem ahead of the Pakistan clash

The much-awaited high-octane encounter between India and Pakistan started with the first over from senior Indian pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumar. Before the start of the match, both teams came in the field for their national anthems, respectively. Pakistan’s national anthem started first followed by India’s anthem.

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During India’s national anthem, skipper Rohit Sharma couldn’t hold his emotions and went into tears. It felt like an emotional and big moment for the Indian captain as he is leading the Indian team in the 20-20 World Cup for the first time in his 15-year-long career.

The video of this emotional moment has gone viral over social media and fans are also pouring their hearts into these emotions of the Indian skipper. A user happened to post this video on Twitter with the caption, “1 Billion emotions in one small expression.  #RohitSharma.”

Here’s the video of Rohit Sharma in tears:

1 Billion emotions in one small expression. #RohitSharma



pic.twitter.com/L2cjcmIodn

— Prashant Arora 🇮🇳 (@PrashantIRAS) October 23, 2022

Speaking of the match, India has got a brilliant start as Arshdeep Singh scalped the wicket of Babar Azam on the very first ball of his 20-20 World Cup career. The skipper has gone on the golden duck in the high-octane clash against India. On the other hand, Bhuvneshwar Kumar conceded only 1 run in his first over along with Arshdeep who conceded five runs and also scaped a big wicket in his first over.

At the time this news is being written, Pakistan has scored 6 runs for the loss of one wicket in two overs with Mohammad Rizwan and Shan Masood there in the middle.

Notably, this is the 14^th match between both teams in World Cups. India is dominating the rivalry with a handsome scoreline of 12-1 after a loss against Pakistan in last year’s World Cup.