The India national cricket team needed a moment, or two, of genius to defend a low total against its archrival Pakistan in the T20 Cricket World Cup in New York.Skipper Rohit Sharma gave the ball to Jasprit Bumrah, relying on his go-to pace bowler to take the wicket Sunday that would swing the match into India's favor.

The noise and excitement lifted in the capacity crowd at Long Island, with India fans outnumbering supporters from Pakistan.And Bumrah delivered, later saying after returning match figures of three wickets for 14 runs that it felt like he was playing in India.Chasing a seemingly meager target of 120, Pakistan was cruising at 80-3 after 14 overs before Bumrah cannoned a ball into the stumps to dismiss Pakistan's top-scorer Mohammad Rizwan for 31. He added the wicket of Iftikhar Ahmed off the last ball of a terrific spell.

After being shocked by co-host United States in the Super Over at Dallas in its opening game, Pakistan recovered well to contain India's powerful batting lineup after the start was delayed almost an hour by rain at Nassau County International Cricket Stadium.The batters seemed to be handling the tricky, uneven pitch conditions well until Bumrah re-entered the attack for his third over.From there, Pakistan's middle-order batters were squeezed so much in the so-called death overs that it could hit only two boundaries in the last 36 deliveries. Needing 18 off the last over, Naseem Shah (10 not out) smashed Arshdeep Singh for two boundaries before he left the field with tears in his eyes and was consoled by his batting partner Shaheen Shah Afridi.