Pakistan won the toss and chose to bowl first.
However, skipper Virat Kohli and some amazing hitting from Rishabh Pant helped India to more than a decent total. Shaheen Afridi had rocked India badly removing Rohit Sharma for a duck first ball and then castled KL Rahul for 3 runs. India soon became 31/3 as Suryakumar Yadav fell to Hassan Ali for 11.
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Virat Kohli continued to hold one end with a sublime 57 in 49 balls with 5 fours and 1 six before becoming the third victim of Shaheen Afridi, who finished with 3/31.
Ravindra Jadeja (13) and Hardik Pandya (11) did their best as India finished for 151/7 in 20 overs.
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