India v Pakistan LIVE: T20 World Cup latest updates from New York

Haris Rauf is handed the ball by his skipper and Rishabh Pant goes full Rishabh Pant! An ill-advised slower ball is crunched for FOUR with a lofted cover drive before a typically acrobatic shot sees him falling away to his left and ramping the ball to the right for FOUR more to fine leg.

A third FOUR of the over as he flicks a ball on his legs more conventionally to fine leg for another boundary. Thirteen off the over as Pant moves to 34.

Slow left-armer Imad Wasim into the attack and he almost has an immediate breakthrough. Pant top-edges the ball straight up and Usman Khan sprints to try and get there but despite a full-length dive, the ball is just beyond his fingertips as it hits the ground. So close!

Nice first over from Imad as India only take six off it.

Suryakumar Yadav the man in at No 5 and he punches a cracking straight drive down the ground for FOUR off the second ball.

Naseem Shah bowls his second over AND GETS THE BREAKTHROUGH! Axar Patel’s stumps fly everywhere as he comes down the pitch, Naseem gets the ball to nip back and he’s skittled for 20 off 18 balls. Pakistan needed that

50 in the six powerplay overs is solid from India and eight wickets in hand as well. As the fielding restrictions are loosened, Iftikhar Ahmed comes into the attack and it’s pretty tight until the final ball when Axar dances down the track and lofts him straight down the ground for FOUR!

Very nice shot – the partnership between these two is suddenly at 38

CLOSE! Amir stays on after a drinks break for Axar to change his pads and Pant flashes hard at the first ball of the over. Slip dives full length to his left and the thick edge only juuuuust eludes him for FOUR!

The next ball sees Usman Khan DROP A CATCH! Tough chance as he’s running from cover point with the ball dropping over his shoulder and he gets hands on it but floors it, allowing them to run three.

Then another FOUR, once again off Pant’s edge, full swinging away from the stumps and edged high over the slips. That’s 50 UP! India going at a decent rate and got 12 off that over but it felt hugely unconvincing.

Here’s how Virat Kohli fell a little earlier

Axar Patel decides that now is the time to tee off. He thick edges the first ball of the over for FOUR and then goes even bigger with the next delivery as Afridi goes short and Axar cleverly ramps him over slip for SIX! Great timing.

Thirteen runs off the over in the end.

Pant runs three off the second ball but this is a ‘reset’ over for India as they try to stabilise things after the early wickets. Tidy stuff with the ball from Mohammad Amir

Wow! Axar Patel is drafted up the order by Pakistan and he comes in at No 4, so we now have two left-handers at the crease. Just one wide and the wicket from that over, Super by Afridi.