India take on Pakistan in the most highly-anticipated group match of the 2024 T20 World Cup in New York.
Pakistan were left reeling after a shock super-over defeat to the United States in Dallas on Thursday and will have to bounce back in one of the fiercest rivalries in sport.
Only two teams will qualify from Group A and India started their campaign with a dominant victory over Ireland, as they went into the tournament among the favourites, despite not having won a major international event since the 2013 Champions Trophy.
However, there have been serious questions raised about the playing surface on the pop-up stadium in Nassau County, with the ICC admitting the pitch is not up to standard and would be subject to ‘remedies’ before the flagship game.
Follow all the live action in the blog below.
WICKET! Rishabh Pant c Babar Azam b Mohammad Amir 42 (India 96-6, 14.1 overs)
Pakistan are REALLY on top now! Rishabh Pant has gone! Huge wicket for Pakistan.
Mohammed Amir back into the attack and with the very first ball, Pant tries to loft him over the top, straight down the ground but Babar Azam can jog across from mid-on and pouch the catch.
A good innings of 42 from 31 balls by Pant but his team are in real trouble now.
Luke Baker9 June 2024 18:13
India 96-5 (14 overs) – Pandya 0; Pant 42
Hardik Pandya comes in and India need him to use all his experience to help take them to a decent total. Naseem oversteps on the final ball of the over, giving Pandya a free hit but he swings and misses att he following ball.
Pakistan are on top here.
Luke Baker9 June 2024 18:10
WICKET! Shivam Dube c & b Naseem Shah 3 (India 95-5, 13.2 overs)
Are India in a bit of trouble here? Naseem Shah is tearing India apart and has a third wicket now!
The ball grips the pitch slightly and all Shivam Dube can do is scoop it straight back to the bowler for the simple catch. Pakistan are rocking and rolling now!
Luke Baker9 June 2024 18:09
India 94-4 (13 overs) – Dube 3; Pant 41
Imad Wasim keeps it tight again, just four runs from the over and he’s only conceded 17 runs from his three so far. Superb stuff.
Luke Baker9 June 2024 18:07
India 90-4 (12 overs) – Dube 0; Pant 40
Shivam Dube the man in at No 6 for India and Rauf completes a superb over by getting a ball to rear up at him. Just a single off the final ball scoring-wise in that one, plus the wicket.
Pant is the key man for India now, you feel
Luke Baker9 June 2024 18:01
WICKET! Suryakumar Yadav c Mohammad Amir b Haris Rauf 7 (India 89-4, 11.2 overs)
And Haris Rauf, as he so often does, makes the breakthrough to take a much-needed wicket. Yadav has very much had a watching brief as Pant has opened his shoulders and when he tries to get in on the act, it goes wrong.
A scoop straight to Amir at mid-off and Yadav spliced it rather than catching it cleanly. They’d have preferred Pant but a wicket nonetheless for Pakistan
Luke Baker9 June 2024 18:00
India 89-3 (11 overs) – Yadav 7; Pant 40
Decent over by Imad Wasim but Pant produces a gorgeous reverse sweep for FOUR runs as the highlight of the over.
Luke Baker9 June 2024 17:57
India 81-3 (10 overs) – Yadav 5; Pant 34
Haris Rauf is handed the ball by his skipper and Rishabh Pant goes full Rishabh Pant! An ill-advised slower ball is crunched for FOUR with a lofted cover drive before a typically acrobatic shot sees him falling away to his left and ramping the ball to the right for FOUR more to fine leg.
A third FOUR of the over as he flicks a ball on his legs more conventionally to fine leg for another boundary. Thirteen off the over as Pant moves to 34.
Luke Baker9 June 2024 17:49
India 68-3 (9 overs) – Yadav 5; Pant 21
Slow left-armer Imad Wasim into the attack and he almost has an immediate breakthrough. Pant top-edges the ball straight up and Usman Khan sprints to try and get there but despite a full-length dive, the ball is just beyond his fingertips as it hits the ground. So close!
Nice first over from Imad as India only take six off it.
Luke Baker9 June 2024 17:44
India 62-3 (8 overs) – Yadav 4; Pant 17
Suryakumar Yadav the man in at No 5 and he punches a cracking straight drive down the ground for FOUR off the second ball.
Luke Baker9 June 2024 17:40