India complete golden double after beating arch-rivals Pakistan by 19 runs

[p]The ‌Twenty20 world champions piled up 211-6, the highest total of the Aichi-Nagoya ‌Games, thanks to blistering half-centuries from opener Abhishek Sharma (61) ‌and Tilak Varma, who smashed 51 not out off 22 balls.[/p][p]Hasan ‌Nawaz's defiant 96 kept [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/pakistan/tS3K91g9/"]Pakistan[/a] in the hunt, but ‌they finished on 192-6.[/p][p]Abhishek took charge after [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/india/fcOzl2uI/"]India[/a] captain Shreyas Iyer chose to bat at the Korogi Sports Park.[/p][p]Pakistan opened with spin from ‌both ends, but Saad Masood was pulled ⁠from the attack after ‌his first over went for 24.[/p][p]Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, who had hit Masood ​for two sixes, botched a reverse sweep against Saim Ayub and was caught behind. Ayub sent the 15-year-old ​off with a rocking-baby celebration.[/p][p]Sanju Samson soon followed, but Abhishek, ranked second in the world among T20 batters, raced ⁠to a 20-ball fifty ​with a burst of big hitting.[/p][p]It was far from a chanceless innings though. Abhishek survived a run-out chance, and in one over he twice hit shots that landed agonisingly short ‌of Ayub.[/p][embed guid="064f59d4-48bc-4de0-ab93-184bf1279435" url="https://x.com/TheRealPCB/status/2106296600851341695" social-type="twitter" /][p]He struck seven sixes and three fours in his 28-ball knock before Arafat Minhas had him stumped in the eighth over, ending the onslaught.[/p][p]The sixes dried up after that, but India were well placed at 114-3 at the halfway mark.[/p][p]Minhas then bowled Ishan Kishan, but Varma, who reached his fifty in 21 balls, took India past 200 with a late surge.[/p][p]Chasing 212, Pakistan needed a fast start but limped ‌to 76-3 at the halfway stage instead.[/p][p]Jasprit Bumrah kept things ​tight, and spinner Axar Patel removed Usman Khan and ‌Maaz Sadaqat (23) to leave Pakistan struggling.[/p][p]Nawaz kept their hopes alive but got little support and fell to the last ball of the match.[/p][p]Earlier, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/sri-lanka/zahH5UHg/"]Sri Lanka[/a] beat [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/bangladesh/2of97jms/"]Bangladesh[/a] by 63 runs to take bronze.[/p][p]India's women won gold after ⁠beating Sri Lanka by ⁠147 runs in the ‌final on September 22.[/p]