T20 World Cup 2021: Player Ratings as Pakistan maul toothless India to break hoodoo

Babar Azam put it across his rival Virat Kohli in the T20 World Cup
Babar Azam put it across his rival Virat Kohli in the T20 World Cup

T20 World Cup 2021: India player ratings vs Pakistan as Kohli hits crucial fifty

India v Pakistan - ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2021
India v Pakistan - ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2021

KL Rahul: 2/10

Rahul's dream run at the top of the order came to an unpleasant end as he was beaten all ends up by Afridi. He walked back for a painful 3 off 8.


Rohit Sharma: 1/10

Rohit's stay at the crease lasted only one ball as an inswinger from Afridi completely bamboozled him. India's vice-captain isn't in a great run of T20I form right now.


Virat Kohli: 8/10

Kohli played a quality innings after seeing his team reduced to 31/3. He found the boundary five times and cleared it once, scoring yet another fifty against Pakistan. Unfortunately, though, the Indian skipper never entered top gear with the bat and looked devoid of ideas in the field.


Suryakumar Yadav: 4/10

Yadav started positively as he struck a four and a six to inject some momentum into the Indian innings, but a loose shot outside off saw him nick off for 11. The dynamic right-hander really needs to start converting his starts into meaningful scores. He ran around in the field, making a number of stops.


Rishabh Pant: 7.5/10

Pant's brisk knock revived the Indian innings. He struck consecutive sixes off Hasan Ali to instil hopes of a par total, but a slog-sweep off Shadab saw him hole out at the edge of the circle. Nevertheless, the 24-year-old's promising cameo was just what India needed at the time.


Hardik Pandya: 5/10

The distinctly out-of-touch Pandya somehow found the boundary twice during an ungainly stay at the crease. He suffered a knock to his shoulder and didn't take to the field.


Ravindra Jadeja: 6/10

Jadeja was slightly circumspect after coming in at No. 6 ahead of Pandya as he managed a run-a-ball 13. He bowled four non-threatening overs for 28 runs, with the odd bad ball ruining what was almost a tight spell.


Bhuvneshwar Kumar: 2/10

Kumar's miserable form continued as he was completely toothless with the new ball. His three overs went for 25 runs and he barely touched the 130 kmph mark.


Mohammed Shami: 2/10

Shami was one of India's form players coming into this game, but he had a tough outing. He leaked 42 runs in 3.5 overs as Azam and Rizwan picked him apart with surgical precision.


Jasprit Bumrah: 6/10

Bumrah wasn't his usual penetrative self, although he nailed a few yorkers and went at just over seven an over. Strangely, he didn't bowl at the very start of the innings and didn't finish his spell even though Pakistan were running away with the win.


Varun Chakravarthy: 5.5/10

Chakravarthy bowled three tight overs, but his fourth was expensive as Rizwan decided not to show him the usual respect. The mystery spinner promised much, but the end product just wasn't there.

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