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Team India and Pakistan played a nail-biting thriller at the iconic Melbourne Cricket Ground on Sunday in T20 World Cup 2022, where the Men in Blue managed to register the famous win, thanks to tremendous innings by Indian superstar Virat Kohli.
Chasing 160, India were in a spot of bother after losing four wickets for 31 in 6.1 overs before Kohli and Hardik Pandya took the team out of trouble. The duo added 113 runs for the fifth wicket as the contest went down to the wire, where India needed 16 off the final over.
Pandya was dismissed on the very first ball of the over, but Kohli stayed unbeaten at 82 off 53 deliveries to take India home.
Earlier, Arshdeep Singh and Pandua shined with the ball helping Pakistan to restrict at 159/8 in 20 overs. Arshdeep picked up three wickets for 32, while Pandya also bagged a three-wicket haul for 30. Iftikhar Ahmed (51) and Shan Masood (52) were the top run getters for the Men in Green.
India winning off the final ball of a T20I
- vs Australia Sydney 2016
- vs Bangladesh Colombo RPS 2018
- vs West Indies Chennai 2018
- vs Pakistan Melbourne 2022 *
Here is how Twitter reacted:
The KING is back 👑
Take a bow, Virat Kohli 🙌#T20WorldCup | #INDvPAK pic.twitter.com/OdAnbmso0h
— ICC (@ICC) October 23, 2022
Take a bow @imVkohli 🙌🏽 An innings for the ages. Congratulations team India 🇮🇳👏🏽 #INDvPAK pic.twitter.com/Z4aXVfb2wV
— Wasim Jaffer (@WasimJaffer14) October 23, 2022
.@imVkohli shone bright in the chase and was #TeamIndia's top performer from the second innings of the #INDvPAK #T20WorldCup clash. 🙌 🙌
A summary of his batting performance 🔽 pic.twitter.com/493WAMUXca
— BCCI (@BCCI) October 23, 2022
EAT. SLEEP. 𝗦𝗖𝗢𝗥𝗘. REPEAT. 🔁😎#OneFamily #T20WorldCup #INDvPAK @imVkohli pic.twitter.com/76NTlsDc6B
— Mumbai Indians (@mipaltan) October 23, 2022
Best game of T20 cricket ever played on Australian shores. By some margin. Incredible. #T20WorldCup
— Scott Bailey (@ScottBaileyAAP) October 23, 2022
What a magnificent match. What a magnificent innings. Virat Kohli, take a bow!
— Michael Wagener (@Mykuhl) October 23, 2022
Virat Kohli's masterclass takes India over the finish line.
Scorecard: https://t.co/JcXhVtVEZ0#INDvPAK #T20WorldCup pic.twitter.com/B3KwqOSbbv— CricketTimes.com (@CricketTimesHQ) October 23, 2022
Kohli hit 67 from his last 29 balls… staggering stuff under pressure from an absolute master #T20WorldCup
— Adam Burnett (@AdamBurnett09) October 23, 2022
Kohli will always be a champion cricketer, one of the best batsman ever to play the game and someone who makes us proud to be an Indian. 🇮🇳 #Truechampion @imVkohli
— Mohammad Kaif (@MohammadKaif) October 23, 2022
Goodness me, what a game of cricket!! #INDvPAK #CricketWorldCup
— Kate Cross (@katecross16) October 23, 2022
KING VIRAT KOHLI. 👑
That’s it, that’s the tweet. #PlayBold #TeamIndia #INDvPAK #T20WorldCup pic.twitter.com/CqmP8TMDrv
— Royal Challengers Bangalore (@RCBTweets) October 23, 2022
Crazy game!!!#INDvsPAK #T20WorldCup2022 #MCG
— Mpumelelo Mbangwa (@mmbangwa) October 23, 2022
Take a bow, Virat Kohli – you are a champion. pic.twitter.com/30tgrxprvm
— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) October 23, 2022
Oh my gosh. What a game #ICCT20WorldCup That was wild!!!!
— Ian Raphael Bishop (@irbishi) October 23, 2022
Absolute madness at the MCG. The brilliant and the absurd
— Tim Wigmore (@timwig) October 23, 2022
Kohli did it again! Bringing his own style, agression and play on the field and scoring a half century 🔥💪. A much needed and fantastic innings! @ImVKohli #INDvsPAK #T20worldcup22
— Suresh Raina🇮🇳 (@ImRaina) October 23, 2022
What a win. India handling the pressure brilliantly and Virat Kohli playing an innings for the ages. One of the best that one will ever see and a great win for Team India. Jai Hind #IndvsPak pic.twitter.com/tJXzEKi71p
— Venkatesh Prasad (@venkateshprasad) October 23, 2022
Kohli 👑
The 6 down the ground followed by the one over fine-leg off Rauf in 2nd last over. Insane. Iconic #INDvPAK #T20WorldCup
— Andrew McCormack (@_AMcCormack7) October 23, 2022
I have seen Virat for so many years. I have never seen a tear in his eyes. I saw it today. This was unforgettable
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) October 23, 2022
.@imVkohli shone bright in the chase and was #TeamIndia's top performer from the second innings of the #INDvPAK #T20WorldCup clash. 🙌 🙌
A summary of his batting performance 🔽 pic.twitter.com/493WAMUXca
— BCCI (@BCCI) October 23, 2022
Virat’s knock in Mohali in the #T20WorldCup against Australia was probably one of the finest I have seen and this one was probably a notch higher because of the big ground & India being 31-4. Class is always permanent and an outstanding win for Team India in a thriller #IndvsPak pic.twitter.com/HsJ5R0Caqu
— VVS Laxman (@VVSLaxman281) October 23, 2022
In last 10 years in international cricket, Virat Kohli has been dismissed by Pakistan pacers 10 times and only once by a spinner. Kohli's average vs Pakistan spinners is over 400.00!!! Pakistan should have played a 4th pacer (that's not a hindsight). #IndvPak
— Mazher Arshad (@MazherArshad) October 23, 2022
WHAT. A. WIN. Take a bow @imVkohli !! 🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾 Amazing stuff!! So much composure and control!! Soaked up the pressure to take india through!! What a CHAMPION!!Couldn't have been a better way to bring in Diwali!! 🔥🔥
— Robin Aiyuda Uthappa (@robbieuthappa) October 23, 2022
