Mishra scalps Malik after solid stand

NEW DELHI: Leg spinner Amit Mishra struck again in the 16th over to scalp Shoaib malik (18) after his 50-run stand with Umar Akmal in the World T20 opener at Mirpur.

Scorecard

Malik fell at the score of 97 after rescuing Pakistan from early blows along with Akmal. The duo batted sensibly to keep Indian attack at bay after the top order collapse.

Amit Mishra removed Ahmed Shehzad just after Ravindra Jadeja got rid of Mohammad Hafeez to put Pakistan in trouble.

Jadeja struck in the eighth over to get Hafeez (15) caught by Bhuvneshwar Kumar at deep cover at the score of 44.

Before Pakistan could recover, Mishra gave them third blow by ending Shehzad's challenge in the next over, with the scorecard reading 47. The opener scored 22 in 17 balls.

Earlier, India struck in the second over as a brilliant throw by Bhuvneshwar Kumar saw Pakistan opener Kamran Akmal (8) walking back to pavilion after skipper MS Dhoni elected to bowl.

Trying a leg bye, Akmal was a long way down and Bhuvneshwar had plenty of time to take aim.

India have decided to go with three spinners, and have Yuvraj Singh, Rohit Sharma and Suresh Raina who capable of bowling a few overs spin each.

While form favours Pakistan even though they were battered by South Africa in a warm-up game last evening, history would be on India's side as they have never lost to their arch-rivals on all three meetings of the previous editions of World T20.

The Pakistan national team has played more T20 Internationals than its Indian counterparts, who last played an official T20 International against Australia in October last year.

Teams:

India: Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan, Suresh Raina, Yuvraj Singh, Virat Kohli, MS Dhoni(c), R Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Amit Mishra, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mohammed Shami

Pakistan: Ahmed Shehzad, Kamran Akmal, Mohammad Hafeez(c), Umar Akmal, Shoaib Malik, Sohaib Maqsood, Shahid Afridi, Bilawal Bhatti, Umar Gul, Saeed Ajmal, Junaid Khan

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