India suffered its first defeat against Pakistan in the history of T20 World Cups and the skipper of men in blue, Virat Kohli, had no qualms about admitting the shortcomings in the game. Instead, he said that the players were not ready to press any panic buttons.

“We definitely are not a team to press the panic button. There definitely will be a chat before the next game but it is just the first game of the tournament and everybody knows what needs to be done”, Kohli said in the post-match presentation ceremony on Sunday.

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India set a defendable target against the Pakistani said in their opening game of the ongoing T20 World Cup after a rocky start in the first innings. The top order, which included Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul and Suryakumar Yadav, of the Indian side was seen tumbling quickly.

The men in green were given a target of 152, which they glided over without struggle and sealed their win with all wickets intact. Sunday’s game marked Pakistan’s first victory against India in a World Cup match, which took 13 attempts.

Kohli said in the presentation ceremony, “Definitely not a good show. We did not execute the things we wanted to. Must give credit where it is due and Pakistan completely outplayed us. When you lose too many wickets upfront it was always going to be difficult given the conditions.” 

On the other hand, Pakistan’s skipper and opening batsman Babar Azam said his team executed the plans to perfection, evidence of which was the manner in which they dominated and won the game.

“We executed our plans well and the early wickets were very helpful. Shaheen’s wickets gave us a lot of confidence and the spinners dominated as well. The plan with Rizwan is always to keep it simple,” Babar said, according to reports from PTI.

“We tried to get deep in the crease and from about the 8th over the dew came in and the ball came on nicely. This is just the start, we have the confidence to build on now. It will remain match by match for us.” He said the pressure on his team was not that much and they were not thinking of the record against India at all.