MELBOURNE: Virat Kohli and Hardik Pandya’s partnership steered India to victory against Pakistan in the nerve-wracking opening match of the T20 World Cup at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) on Sunday
Kohli smashed 82 runs and Pandya 40 runs to reach a partnership of 113 runs off 78 balls.
Playing XI
Pakistan: Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Babar Azam (c), Shan Masood, Shadab Khan, Haider Ali, Iftikhar Ahmed, Mohammad Nawaz, Asif Ali, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Naseem Shah, Haris Rauf.
India: Rohit Sharma (c), KL Rahul, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Axar Patel, R Ashwin, Mohammed Shami, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Arshdeep Singh.