India vs Pakistan Highlights, T20 World Cup 2021: Pakistan win by 10 wickets to register first World Cup win against India

Raashid Bhat:

Babar Azam (68*) and Mohammad Rizwan (79*) played solid knocks as Pakistan thrashed India by 10 wickets in Dubai. With the emphatic win, Pakistan also registered their first-ever win over India in an ICC World Cup match.

11:17 PM (IST), Oct 24

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." 

- Babar Azam after win against India

11:16 PM (IST), Oct 24

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 an 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." 

- Virat Kohli after the defeat against Pakistan

11:15 PM (IST), Oct 24

Skipper Babar Azam led the chase from the front -- scoring an unbeaten 68 and took Pakistan across the finish line with 13 balls to spare. Here's a quick look at how Babar got his runs today against India!

11:14 PM (IST), Oct 24

Opener Mohammad Rizwan played a solid unbeaten 79 as Pakistan hammered India by 10 wickets. Here's a quick look at how Rizwan got his runs today!