**India Defeats Pakistan by 6 Runs: Men’s T20 World Cup 2024 – Match Highlights**

 In the T20 World Cup 2024 Group A match at the Nassau County International Cricket Stadium in New York, India secured a six-run victory over Pakistan. Pakistan's bowlers, Naseem Shah and Haris Rauf, impressed by taking three wickets each as they bowled out India for 119 runs in 19 overs. Rishabh Pant was India's top-scorer with 42 runs off 31 balls.

In the chase, Muhammad Rizwan top-scored with 31 runs, but Jasprit Bumrah's remarkable performance of 3-14 earned him the Player of the Match award and ensured India's victory. This win marked India's successful start in the tournament after winning their opening fixture against Ireland at the same venue.

	India	v	Pakistan
ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2024 Match 19 Sunday 9 June 2024 20:30 Venue Nassau County International Cricket Stadium, New York Umpires Richard Illingworth & Rodney Tucker Pakistan won the toss and decided to bowl

India

119 (19 overs)

Rishabh Pant 42

Naseem Shah (3-21)

Pakistan

113-7 (20 overs)

Mohammad Rizwan 31

Jasprit Bumrah (3-14)

India win by 6 runs

• IND
• PAK

• Pakistan		Runs	Mins	Balls	4s	6s	SR
  Total	(20 overs)	113 for 7
  Mohammad Rizwan (w)	b Jasprit Bumrah	31	71	44	1	1	70.5
  Babar Azam (c)	c Suryakumar Yadav b Jasprit Bumrah	13	24	10	2	0	130
  Usman Khan	lbw Axar Patel	13	27	15	1	0	86.7
  Fakhar Zaman	c Rishabh Pant b Hardik Pandya	13	10	8	1	1	162.5
  Imad Wasim	c Rishabh Pant b Arshdeep Singh	15	41	23	1	0	65.2
  Shadab Khan	c Rishabh Pant b Hardik Pandya	4	13	7	0	0	57.1
  Iftikhar Ahmed	c Arshdeep Singh b Jasprit Bumrah	5	18	9	0	0	55.6
  Shaheen Afridi	not out	0	7	1	0	0	0
  Naseem Shah	not out	10	4	4	2	0	250
  Extras	1nb, 4w, 4lb	9

  Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ	0s	nb	w
  Arshdeep Singh	4	0	31	1	7.8	11	0	1
  Mohammed Siraj	4	0	19	0	4.8	11	1	1
  Jasprit Bumrah	4	0	14	3	3.5	15	0	0
  Hardik Pandya	4	0	24	2	6.0	11	0	1
  Ravindra Jadeja	2	0	10	0	5.0	5	0	0
  Axar Patel	2	0	11	1	5.5	6	0	0

  Fall of wickets
  1	26		Babar Azam	4.4
  2	57		Usman Khan	10.1
  3	73		Fakhar Zaman	12.2
  4	80		Mohammad Rizwan	14.1
  5	88		Shadab Khan	16.3
  6	102		Iftikhar Ahmed	18.6
  7	102		Imad Wasim	19.1
  	113			20

On the other hand, Pakistan faced disappointment in their opening match against tournament debutants and co-hosts USA, suffering a shocking defeat.

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