IND vs PAK : India Defeated Pakistan For 8th Consecutive Time in World Cup, Won The Match By 7 Wickets, Rohit-Iyer Scored Half-Centuries
IND vs PAK : India defeated Pakistan by seven wickets in the 12th match of the World Cup. India has achieved its third consecutive win in the tournament. He now also defeated his arch rivals against Australia and Afghanistan. He now has six points from three matches. Team India's next match will be against Bangladesh on October 19 in Pune. At the same time, Pakistan team will play against Australia in Bangalore on 20th.
India captain Rohit Sharma won the toss and decided to bowl at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. Pakistan team was reduced to 191 runs in 42.5 overs. In reply, India won the match by scoring 192 runs for three wickets in 30.3 overs. Team India continued its winning streak against Pakistan in World Cup history. This is his eighth victory. Now India has not lost against him in this tournament.
The Indian team, which came to chase the target of 192 runs from Pakistan, did not have a good start. Shubman Gill, who returned after recovering from dengue, was out after scoring 16 runs on 11 balls. He hit four fours in his innings. Shaheen Afridi got him caught by Shadab Khan. Shubman looked in form and this is good news from Team India's point of view for the upcoming matches. After his dismissal, Virat Kohli came to the crease. Kohli along with Rohit made a partnership of 56 runs for the second wicket.
Kohli could not play big innings
Virat, who usually plays big innings against Pakistan, could not do anything special in this match. He was out after staying at the crease. Kohli scored 16 runs in 18 balls with the help of three fours. Mohammad Nawaz was caught on the ball of Hasan Ali. After him Shreyas Iyer came to the crease. Shreyas along with captain Rohit Sharma made a partnership of 77 runs for the third wicket.
Captain Rohit Sharma played a brilliant innings
Rohit Sharma missed scoring a century for the second consecutive match. He played an inning of 131 runs against Afghanistan. In this match also he had a chance to score a century, but he could not do so. Rohit returned to the pavilion after scoring 86 runs on 63 balls. He hit six fours and six sixes in his innings. During this period his strike rate was 136.51. Rohit also completed 300 sixes in ODIs during his innings. He became the third batsman to do so after former Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi and former West Indies opener Chris Gayle.
Shreyas hits the winning four
After the dismissal of Rohit Sharma, Shreyas Iyer along with KL Rahul finished the match. Both the batsmen made an unbeaten 36-run partnership for the fourth wicket. Iyer completed his half-century by hitting a four and ended the match. He remained unbeaten after scoring 53 runs on 62 balls. Iyer hit three fours and two sixes. KL Rahul remained unbeaten after scoring 19 runs on 29 balls. Two fours came off his bat.
Six batsmen of Pakistan could not touch double figures
Earlier, captain Babar Azam scored the highest score of 50 runs for Pakistan. Mohammad Rizwan, who had scored a century in the last match, missed the half-century this time. He returned to the pavilion on 49 runs. Imam ul Haq scored 36, Abdullah Shafiq scored 20 and Hasan Ali scored 12 runs. Apart from these, six batsmen could not touch double figures. Saud Shakeel was out after scoring six runs, Mohammad Nawaz four, Iftikhar Ahmed four, Shadakh Khan two and Haris Rauf scored two runs.
Five bowlers took two wickets each for Team India. Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, Hardik Pandya, Kuldeep Yadav and Ravindra Jadeja took two wickets each. Among the bowlers, Shardul Thakur was the only one who did not get even a single success. Bumrah was chosen player of the match.
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Publish Date : October 14, 2023
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