There were three matches before the match between India and Pakistan at the R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo. In all three matches, the team chasing runs lost. Even after this, Pakistan captain Salman Ali Aga, after winning the toss, invited India to bat first.

The fast bowlers bowled only two overs for Pakistan. Shaheen Afridi bowled both these overs and gave away 31 runs. Pakistan got the wicket of Abhishek Sharma in the first over. Shaheen gave India a chance to make a comeback by giving 15 runs in the second over.

For Pakistan, Usman Tariq gave only 24 runs in 4 overs. It is not easy to score runs against him but even after this, during the explosive batting of Ishan Kishan, Captain Salman did not bring him to bowl. When Usman came to bowl, India’s score was 92 runs in 10 overs.

Tilak Verma and Hardik Pandya were out on two consecutive balls. Captain Suryakumar Yadav also could not play freely. But in the end, Shivam Dubey scored 27 runs on 17 balls and Rinku Singh scored 11 runs on 4 balls, taking India to 175 and taking the match away from Pakistan.

Pakistan team had lost four wickets in the powerplay itself. Hardik dismissed Sahibzada Farhan in the first over. In the second, Sam Ayub and Salman Agha became the victims of Jasprit Bumrah. After this Babar Azam was out on Akshar’s ball.