Melbourne, Oct. 23 (IANS): Virat Kohli re-iterated on Sunday why he is considered one of the best chasers in cricket, slamming an unbeaten 82 off just 52 balls to power India to an incredible four-wicket victory over archrivals Pakistan in a thrilling Super 12 match of Men’s T20 World Cup in front of 90,293 fans at a sell-out Melbourne Cricket Ground on Sunday. After the right-left fast-bowling duo of Hardik Pandya and Arshdeep Singh picked three wickets each to restrict Pakistan to 159/8 in their 20 overs, Kohli and Hardik Pandya (40) shared a match-winning stand of 113 off 77 deliveries, lifting India from 31/4 to 160/6 on the last ball of the match to get their campaign off to a winning start. In their chase, India were struck a huge blow when K.L Rahul chopped onto his stumps while trying to defend against Naseem Shah in the second over. Two overs later, Haris Rauf had Rohit Sharma poking tentatively at a 145kph length ball and the thick edge flew to the first slip, who dived
Sri Lankan spinners stormed through the batting line to restrict Ireland to 128/8 before Kusal Mendis' magnificent knock of 86 propelled Sri Lanka to their first Super 12 victory of the ICC men's T20 World Cup, here on Sunday.
Sri Lankan batter while speaking after being awarded the Player of the Match, mentioned that the team management had asked the batter to last till the 10th over