India vs Pakistan 16th Match at Melbourne, 23 Oct, 2022

Toss: India, who chose to bowl
Pakistan 159/8 (20)
India 160/6 (20)
India won by 4 wickets
Man of the Match: Virat Kohli
  • Ravichandran Ashwin 1 * (1)
  • Virat Kohli 82 * (53)

Over 7.1 Mohammad Nawaz tossed up delivery to Virat Kohli,1 run, gets forward and  tucks the ball away on to the on-side for a single as that angled in

Over 7.2 Mohammad Nawaz tossed up delivery to Hardik Pandya, no run, gets forward and pushes it back to the bowler

Over 7.3 Mohammad Nawaz tossed up delivery to Hardik Pandya,1 run, gets forward and punches it down to deep cover for a single

Over 7.4 Mohammad Nawaz tossed up delivery to Virat Kohli,1 run, gets forward and works it down the leg side with soft hands and gets a single.

Over 7.5 Mohammad Nawaz tossed up delivery to Hardik Pandya,1 run,  flatter one and turned away off the pads into the on-side for a single

Over 7.6 Mohammad Nawaz tossed up delivery to Virat Kohli,1 run, gets forward and driven along the ground to long-off for one.

Over 9.1: No runs. Mohammad Nawaz to Virat Kohli,

Over 9.2: Single. Mohammad Nawaz to Virat Kohli,

Over 9.3: Two runs. Mohammad Nawaz to Hardik Pandya,

Over 9.4: No runs. Mohammad Nawaz to Hardik Pandya,

Over 9.5: No runs. Mohammad Nawaz to Hardik Pandya,

Over 9.6: Single. Mohammad Nawaz to Hardik Pandya,

Over 11.1 Mohammad Nawaz tossed up delivery to Hardik Pandya,Six!  Comes on to the front foot and swung across the line and biffed over deep mid for a sixer. 

Over 11.2 Mohammad Nawaz tossed up delivery to Hardik Pandya,1 run, stays back and slaps the pull down the ground to long-on for a single

Over 11.3 Mohammad Nawaz tossed up delivery to Virat Kohli, no run, gets forward and fails to clip the ball away and the ball lobs off the pads for the keeper to grab it. Pakistan took a review. But it went off the pads. Pakistan lose a review. Was a little bit of a late call to take the review

Over 11.4 Mohammad Nawaz tossed up delivery to Virat Kohli, Six! Dances down like a house on fire and flames the ball over long-on for a sixer.

Over 11.5 Mohammad Nawaz bowls a quicker arm ball to Virat Kohli,1 run, gets forward and turned away onto the on-side for a single

Over 11.6 Mohammad Nawaz tossed up delivery to Hardik Pandya, Six! That was a flatter one, Hardik Pandya went for the swipe and slammed it over long-on. 86 needed now

Over 19.1 Mohammad Nawaz tossed up delivery to Hardik Pandya,  out Caught by Babar Azam!! Pandya wanted to swing it across the line. He just lost his shape. Pakistan is pumped up.More drama here

Over 19.2 Mohammad Nawaz tossed up delivery to Virat Kohli, 2 runs, backs away in the crease and sliced it down to long-on and picks up a couple of quick runs.

Over 19.3 Mohammad Nawaz bowls it flat in the air to Virat Kohli, 2 runs, gets forward and  looks to drive, gets it off the cue-end off the bat down to long-on for a couple

Over 19.4 Mohammad Nawaz slips in a full toss to Virat Kohli, no ball, SIX, That was a highish full toss, Kohli swings it across the line and flays it to deep square. The fielder at the deep managed to get a hand on it but failed to flick it back. 6 needed now off 3 balls.

Over 19.4 Mohammad Nawaz tossed up delivery to Virat Kohli, 3 byes, gets forward and misses the slog and the ball goes off the sticks past short third man for a triple. Three byes. The Pakistan players are asking the umpires as they want it to be a dead ball as the ball is slammed into the sticks.

Over 19.4 Mohammad Nawaz tossed up delivery to Virat Kohli, 3 byes, gets forward and misses the slog and the ball goes off the sticks past short third man for a triple. Three byes. The Pakistan players are asking the umpires as they want it to be a dead ball as the ball is slammed into the sticks.

Over 19.5 Mohammad Nawaz bowls a quicker arm ball to Dinesh Karthik, out Stumped!!  Karthik failed to connect on the slog sweep. The ball bobbled off the gloves of the keeper and Rizwan did really well to collect that and break the sticks

India won by 4 wickets

Virat Kohli | Player of the Match: It's a surreal atmosphere, I have no words, no idea how that happened. I am really lost for words. Hardik believed we can do it, if we stayed till the end. When Shaheen bowled from the pavilion end, that's when we decided to take him down. Haris is their prime bowler, and I hit those two sixes. The calculation was simple. Nawaz had one over to bowl, so if I could take Haris down, they would panic. From 28 in 8, it came down to 16 to 6. I tried to stick to my instincts. The first one was back of a hand-slower ball (the one over long-on). Standing here I just feel like it was meant to be. Till today Mohali was my best innings against Australia. Today I will count this one higher. Hardik kept pushing me. The crowd has been phenomenal. You guys (fans) kept backing me and I am grateful for your support.

Babar Azam (PAK ): Our bowlers bowled really well. All credit to Kohli and Pandya. It wasn't easy with the new ball. We had partnerships after 10 overs. We had a chance. We tried to stick to our plans. But credit to Virat Kohli. In the middle, we decided we wanted a wicket and held the spinner back. We had a lot of positives. The way Iftikhar played and the way Shan played.

Rohit Sharma (IND): I was in the dressing room. I don't have any words left. You got to expect something like this in a game like this. We wanted to stay in the game for as long as possible. That crucial partnership was the game-changing moment for us. The pitch had something in it. There was nice carry. Some swing and seam. Good to see from the bowling perspective. They had a good partnership (Iftikhar and Masood) after that. They batted well towards the end as well. But we knew we had to bat out of our skin to chase this. Those two guys (Kohli and Pandya) are experienced. Staying calm and taking the game deep was very critical. Good for our confidence. Always crucial to get off the mark like this. We were in no position to win this. The way we won that's more pleasing for us. Hats off to Virat for the way he batted, has to be the best innings he has played for India. I would like to thank everyone, it's wonderful to see. Their support for us is very, very crucial wherever we go.

Over 19.6: Wide ball. Mohammad Nawaz to Ravichandran Ashwin, 

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