T20 World Cup: Pakistan defeats Team Blue, what went wrong for India?

Between the much-awaited match between India Vs Pak on Sunday, Pakistan defeats India for the first time ever in T20 World Cups in the Super 12 stage Group 2 clash in Dubai.

India made 151/7 thanks to Virat Kohli’s 57 before Pakistan chased it down with Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan adding an unconquered 152-run stand for the opening wicket.

But the question that arises is what actually went wrong for India? Know here!

• India left out Ravichandran Ashwin, who had played both the warm-up clashes and Shardul Thakur out of the XI and went with Varun Chakravarthy as Ravindra Jadeja’s spin partner and Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Mohammed Shami as Jasprit Bumrah’s seam-bowling partners.
• Dubai became The Oval, almost. Shaheen Shah Afridi ran amok with the new ball as he first trapped Rohit Sharma plumb for a first-ball duck before cleaning up KL Rahul with another inswinger. Swinging balls haven’t been Indian openers’ best friend and Sharma fell into the trap.
• Kohli marked Hardik Pandya’s batting abilities at no.6. He had said that it wouldn’t be easy to replicate Pandya’s abilities as a finisher. However, with India finding themselves at four for 84, Jadeja was sent over Pandya and that move didn’t yield dividends. Jadeja made a run-a-ball 13 and hit only one four in his innings.
• Kumar and Shami both began the 151-run defence by attacking the stumps and bowling on the pads of Azam and Rizwan. The Pakistan openers were more than happy to play the flick and collect runs through the on the side. In contrast, both Hasan Ali and Haris Rauf changed their pace and maintained the line outside off stump, which India’s batters found hard to score off.