India vs Pakistan

India will kick off their T20 World Cup campaign on Sunday night, with a clash against heated rival Pakistan set for the Melbourne Cricket Ground.

0 - 3 Rizwan flicks the ball fine for a boundary off the final ball of the over. 3rd over: Kumar continues for India and he clips Masood on the thighpad, before an LBW appeal is turned down by the umpire. Rizwan top-edges the ball and it falls just short of a diving Virat Kohli at mid-on. Iftikhar Ahmed gets off the mark with a flick through the leg-side for two runs, before hitting a boundary with a pull-shot through mid-wicket. Pandya drops it short and Iftikhar pounces on it with a hook shot for three runs. Ifitkhar makes it three from four balls, sending it over the rope for six more runs. 13th over: Shadab Khan gets off the market with a beautiful off-drive for a boundary, taking advantage of an over-pitched delivery from Shami. Panyda digs the ball in shorter and cramps Nawaz for room, who edges it to the keeper and is sent packing. The Pakistan batsman can't evade the ball despite attempting to duck under it, with the ball landing safely in the hands of Dinesh Karthik.

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The ball can also be called a dead ball when "a batter is dismissed. But controversy ensued after the Pakistan players including captain Babar had a discussion with the umpire on whether the runs should be awarded to the Indian team. While Karthik was stumped out on the next delivery, Ashwin kept his calm to guide India to win with a lofted shot over mid-off off the last ball. The said law - 20.1.1 - also states the other different ways of declaring a ball dead, including the times when the umpire has the authority on the decision. It was followed by a wide which extended the free-hit ball. According to the MCC Laws of Cricket, the ball can only become dead when "it is finally settled in the hands of the wicketkeeper or of the bowler", or when "a boundary is scored."

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It left India requiring two runs off two deliveries in the chase. Matters flared up soon when Kohli was bowled off the free hit delivery, and he along with Dinesh Karthik, reeled in three byes as the ball trickled down towards third-man. It was followed by a wide which extended the free hit ball. With 13 required off three balls, Kohli struck a six over deep mid-wicket off a waist-high full toss which was deemed to be a contentious no-ball call by the umpires, leaving Pakistan skipper Babar Azam and Co. Since a free hit only allows four modes of dismissals - handled the ball, hit the ball twice, obstructing the field and run out - and bowled not being one of them, India was awarded the bye as the ball was still in play. Former cricketers including Australia’s Brad Hogg and several Pakistan fans objected that a batter bowled off a free hit would result in a dead ball that prevents further scoring from the same delivery.

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- 0 1 Rizwan flicks the ball fine for a boundary off the final ball of the over. Iftikhar Ahmed gets off the mark with a flick through the leg-side for two runs, before hitting a boundary with a pull-shot through mid-wicket. 18th over: Masood slashes at a ball from Shami and edges it down to the third-man region for a boundary. After a horror start, Pakistan managed to scramble their way to a very defendable score of 159. 4/90 after 14. Kohli goes down the ground the next ball with a lofted straight drive for six runs. Rauf sprays it down the leg-side for three wides, with the glove of Rizwan stopping a certain boundary. Kohli finishes the over by jumping on a loose ball from Afridi and getting it over short fine-leg for another boundary. 20th over: Dinesh Karthik takes a single to get the legend Kohli on strike, who slaps the ball down the ground for two runs.

The win was celebrated and cherished across India, on the other hand, the two objections raised by Pakistan skipper Babar Azam in the last over have left ...

If “at the popping crease” means a batsman standing on the line, according to that Kohli was safe. Besides that, if the no-ball was to be given in case the foot of the batsman was “inside” the crease rather than just “on” or “at” it, the rule book would have said so. The second controversy followed right after the first one when Nawaz managed to knock Kohli’s stumps over but he survived because of the free hit. It was declared a no-ball which made the matter worse for the Pakistan team which was in the driver's seat before that moment. Virat Kohli was well outside the crease, although his trailing leg was still on the line. A lot happened in the 20th over of the match bowled by Mohammad Nawaz, which had a massive impact on the end result.

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Ashwin finished the match with a single, helping India clinch a four-wicket win.