Lowest Score Defended in T20 World Cup, India created history

By Kaif - June 10, 2024 - Last updated on Jun 10, 2024 05:22 PM

IND vs PAK: India has created history in the T20 World Cup 2024. With the victory against Pakistan, Team India made many records. This was the seventh victory of the Indian team over Pakistan in the history of the T20 World Cup. There have been a total of eight matches between the two and India has won seven matches. Pakistan won one. This is the winning streak of the most matches against a single team in the T20 World Cup. Team India left behind Pakistan and Sri Lanka in this matter. Pakistan had won six matches each against Bangladesh and Sri Lanka against West Indies in the T20 World Cup. Now the Indian team has come to the fore.

Lowest Score Defended in T20 World Cup

India defended the lowest score in T20 World Cup: India has defended the lowest total in the T20 World Cup. In this case, they equaled Sri Lanka. Both have defended the target of 120 runs. Sri Lanka did this against New Zealand in Chittagong in the 2014 T20 World Cup. At the same time, this is also the lowest score defended by the Indian team in T20. Earlier, Team India had defended the target of 139 runs against Zimbabwe in Harare in 2016.

Lowest target successfully defended in T20 World Cup

Lowest Total	Team	Against	Venue	Year
120	Sri Lanka	New Zealand	Chittagong	2014
120	India	Pakistan	New York	2024*
124	Afghanistan	West Indies	Nagpur	2016
127	New Zealand	India	Nagpur	2016
129	South Africa	New Zealand	Lords	2009

This is the second lowest score defended by a team in T20 against Pakistan. In 2021, Zimbabwe did not allow Pakistan to achieve the target of 119 runs in Harare. Team India is next. Jasprit Bumrah was the hero of India's victory. He took three wickets for 14 runs. Bumrah was named Player of the Match. This is the second time in eight months that Bumrah has won the Player of the Match award against Pakistan in an ICC tournament. Earlier in the 2023 ODI World Cup, Bumrah took two wickets for 19 runs against Pakistan and became the Player of the Match.

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