India wins rain curtailed World T20 match against Pakistan at Eden Gardens

At one point of time there were serious doubts as to whether the World T20 match can be held at Eden Gardens because of heavy downpour. But, thanks to the ground staff and latest equipment in the form of soppers, the play was made possible. Only, it became a 18-over game instead of the 20-overs and Indian captain M S Dhoni chose to field first.
Pakistan managed to post 118 runs on a pitch that appeared to be unplayable at times due to the ball taking spin. However, the score of 118 was inadequate as was proved by India scoring the win in the penultimate over, thanks to a huge 6 by Dhoni which he followed up with a single to make the winning run.
Virat Kohli was, without doubt, the man of the match. In two back-to-back innings against Pakistan, he had scored 49 in the Asia Cup last month and, at the Eden Gardens, he scored 55-not out. This has been reported in ibnlive.com dated 20 March 2016.

Incidentally, this was a Indo-Pak encounter of a different kind because stalwarts of both countries were present as were big names like Amitabh Bachhan, Anil Ambani, Sachin Tendulkar, Sunil Gavaskar, and Imran Khan. They were felicitated by the CAB and Amitabh Bachhan sang the national anthem.


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