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Captain quotes from post match presentation
Virat Kohli, India captain: We didn't execute properly. Credit where it's due and Pakistan outplayed us today. They started brilliantly with the ball, and 3 wickets for 20 runs was not a good start. We needed wickets early but with the bat they gave us absolutely no chances. It played slow in the first half and hitting through the line was not that easy as it was in the second half, after 10 overs. We needed those 15-20 extra runs and for that we needed a good start but Pakistan's bowling didn't allow us to get those extra runs. We could make the argument of getting in another slower bowler, but it's important to stay composed and understand our strengths, because with the dew the slower bowlers couldn't be effective either. This is just the first game of the tournament, not the last.
Babar Azam,Pakistan captain:This was the team's effort, and the early wickets were very helpful. It gave us a lot of confidence and our spinners were very good as well. We applied our plans and got the results. We, the openers, kept it simple and built a partnership and because the wicket was getting better so we just wanted to keep batting till the end, which we did. It won't get easier just because we beat India. We will take the confidence, but we're taking it one match at a time, and there's a long way to go in the tournament. We prepared well, and just kept the history out of our mind. We needed quality practice, and warm-up matches, and even our domestic tournament and those games gave us a lot of confidence.
Player of the Match
Pakistan pacer Shaheen Shah Afridi wins the Player of the Match award for his superb spell for 3/13.
Shaheen Shah Afridi:It is the good wishes of my parents and all Pakistanis. Very happy with my performance. The plan was to bring the ball back in. I was just trying to swing it and I was just looking to give the team a breakthrough. That was what I practiced in the nets as well yesterday. Batting against the new ball was tough. The credit goes to Babar and Rizwan for the way they played. All teams are good in the tournament and we will look to carry this momentum through and go to the finals.
Result
Pakistan beat India by 10 wickets.
PAK 152/0 after 17.5 overs.
Shami to bowl the eighteenth over.
17.1Shami to Rizwan, SIX! Short ball on middle and leg, Rizwan pulls and sends the ball back in the stands for a maximum!!!!!
17.2Shami to Rizwan, FOUR! Good length ball on middle and leg, Rizwan guides the ball down to deep mid-wicket for a boundary.
17.3Shami to Rizwan, FOUR MORE! Back of the length balland Rizwan pulls for a boundary.
17.4Shami to Rizwan, 1 run, full ball on off stump, Rizwan guides the ball down to deep mid-wicket for a single.
17.5Shami to Babar, 2 runs and PAK WIN! Full ball and Babar drills the ball down the ground and complete two runs. With these two runs, Pakistan beat India for the first time in a T20 World Cup match.
PAK 128/0 after 16 overs.
Shami to bowl the sixteenth over.
15.1Shami to Rizwan, FOUR! Short ball on off stump, Rizwan pulls and sends the ball to square-leg for a boundary.
15.2Shami to Rizwan, no run, full ball on off stump, Rizwan hits the ball to mid-off.
15.3Shami to Rizwan, 1 run, full ball on off stump, Rizwan drives the ball down to long-on for a single.
15.4Shami to Babar, 1 run, full ball on off stump, Babar drives the ball down the ground for a single.
15.5Shami to Rizwan, 1 Leg Bye, full ball on middle and leg, the ball raps on the pads and goes to cover, Rizwan takes a single.
15.6Shami to Babar, no run, full ball on off stump, Babar blocks the ball.