Colombo, Feb. 15 -- India comprehensively beat Pakistan by 61 runs at the ongoing ICC T20 World Cup here on Sunday at the R Premedasa stadium.
Sent in to bat by Pakistan captain Salman Ali Agha, India got off to a poor start losing opener Abhishek Sharma for a duck in the very first over. However Ishan Kishan who opened the innings with Sharma was in terrific touch scoring 77 of merely 40 balls.
After Kishan departed, Indian batsmen struggled to score freely.
The wicket was two paced as Pakistan spinners Salman Ali Agha, Usman Tariq and Mohammad Nawaz dominated, keeping Indian batsmen in check.
Tilak Varma could manage a 25 of 24 balls and skipper Suryakumar also found it hard to score freely managing a score of 32 in 29 balls.
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