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The sun basked down. India celebrated ecstatically; Pakistan plunged to sorrow. India wrapped a famous win in New York, hatching a comeback for the ages, and pushing Pakistan to the brink of an early exit, riding New York through a riot of emotions.
The moment India won the game came in the first ball of the 15th over. The stumps lay flattened. Mohammed Rizwan, on his knees, dragged himself onto his feet from the pits of disgust. Jasprit Bumrah was wheeling away wildly, his equally excited teammates leapt onto him. The match almost in the jaws of Pakistan, Bumrah produced a moment as only he could. He breathed life into the game; he brought the crowd back on the feet, he switched light into the face of sullen faces of India’s supporters.
Before this precise moment, Rizwan was guiding them with utter composure, a sensible approach and without resorting to anything wild. He is Pakistan’s coolest head in a chase, though he often makes a fuss with injury breaks, wincing and grimacing, conveying a false impression that he is under immeasurable duress. Before this moment Pakistan were 80 for three, only 40 runs adrift of overhauling India and keeping themselves in the tournament, after their shock defeat to the USA. It was a precise moment they could ill-afford.
Source – TOI
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