Sunday morning at the Nassau County International Cricket Stadium in Long Island, New York began frustratingly for everyone present, anxiously watching the dark clouds play hide and seek and waiting for the action between India and Pakistan to unfold.

Once the long pause gave way to a contest between bat and ball, there was enough intrigue on a slow and tricky surface to keep everyone hooked even though the result was familiarly in favour of India. Rishabh Pant top-scored with 42 off 31 balls as India were bowled out for 119 in 19 overs. In response, Pakistan could only manage 113/7 in 20 overs, suffering a six-run loss that puts their future in this T20 World Cup in jeopardy. Jasprit Bumrah was the pick of the Indian bowlers with figures of 4-0-14-3. This is the joint lowest total defended in T20 World Cup history.