India won the toss and invited the arch-rivals to bat on Sunday. Arshdeep Singh hit the first ball of the second over. Pakistan captain Babar Azam returned to the trap of leg before by hitting the ‘Golden Duck’. In the return over, the young pacer picked up another opener Mohammad Rizwan (4). Shan Masood and Iftekhar took charge of Pakistan in danger. For the third wicket, these two added 76 runs in 50 balls. Iftekhar completed the fifty off 32 balls and Shan Masud completed the fifty off 40 balls.

Mohammed Shami broke the partnership by trapping Iftekhar’s leg before for 51 runs. Hardik Pandya then picked up Shadab Khan (5), Haider Ali (2), and Mohammad Nawaz (9) in two consecutive overs and put Pakistan in danger again. Asif Ali became Arshdeep’s third victim with 2 runs off 3 balls. In the end, Shaheen Afridi played a cameo of 16 runs in 8 balls. In this, Pakistan’s score exceeded 150. In 20 overs, their score stood at 159 runs for 8 wickets. Arshdeep Singh took 3 wickets for 32 runs. Hardik Pandya took 3 wickets for 30 runs. Mohammed Shami and Bhuvneshwar Kumar took one wicket each.