Rallied by Shaheen Shah Afridi's slogging at the backend, Pakistan put on 127 for 9 against India in their Group A match at the Dubai International Stadium in Dubai on Sunday.
Kuldeep was the wrecker-in-chief for India, as he took 3 for 18 in his 4 overs.
Axar , Bumrah also chipped in with two wickets while Chakravarthy and Hardik took a wicket each.
Farhan was the top-scorer for Pakistan with 40 off 44 balls
Pakistan lost four wickets inside 10 overs and just could not get any partnerships going. Indian spinners put a leash on the scoring and put pressure in the middle overs.
It was only till Shaheen came out and smashed the ball around did Pakistan go past the 100-run mark.
128 doesn't look like big ask for the Indian team who bat deep.
Abrar is the new man in.
Hardik back to bowl the final over and he starts with the slower one, Shaheen swings and misses.
Hardik bowls a length ball in the slot and Shaheen connects and sends it sailing over long on for a six!
Full toss and Shaheen hits back to back sixes as he pulls the next one over deep mid-wicket!
A dot later, Shaheen swings again and Varma comes running in from the deep but puts it down, 2 runs to the batter.
Another swing and Shaheen gets another couple and Pakistan put 127 for 9 on the board.
Burmah continues and Afridi comes down and plays the yorker to long on for a single. No ball called.
Another attempted yorker and Muqeem backs away and plays it over mid-off for a four.
Muqeem makes room again and slashes the ball over backward point for another four.
Muqeem then take a single next ball before Afridi plays the ball to the leg side as he cramped for room, but he takes a single.
Muqeem then plays and misses next ball that angles in.
Bumrah then strikes next ball as Muqeem looks to scoop, misses and the ball crashes into the stumps. He is out for 10. Bumrah gets his 2nd wicket. 12 runs and a wicket come off the over.
