Rohit Sharma and bowlers make it 8-0 for India with an easy win, they chased down the target of 192 in just 30.3 overs with 7 wickets in hand. India captain Rohit Sharma had won the toss and they will bowl first against Pakistan in the most-anticipated ODI World Cup match at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. Both teams were unbeaten in the marquee championship.
Pakistan got a steady start as Abdullah Shafique and Imam-ul-Haq did some sensible batting by Putting away bad balls to the boundaries. Babar Azam is back amongst the runs with the half-century he is lucky on a couple of occasions he departs for 50 off 58. Rizwan played a cautious innings he made 49 off 69 with 7 fours and built a partnership of 82 runs for the third wicket with his captain.
Kuldeep and co-rattle Pakistan’s batting order
Siraj is back at his best in the second spell as he cleaned up the Pakistan skipper Babar Azam which was the starting point for the Pakistan collapse he finished with the figures of 2 for 50 in his 8 overs His fast bowling partner Jasprit Bumrah joined the party by dismissing Mohammad Rizwan with a beauty bowled an slower half cutter which cleaned up Rizwan and did the same for Nawaz he finished the economical spell with 2 for 19 in his 7 overs
Hardik, once again proved that he is the best all-rounder especially against the arch-rivals as he picked up 2 wickets for 34 in his 7 overs. Kuldeep was the game-changer for India as he picked up 2 vital wickets back to back and finished with the figures of 2 for 35 in his 10 overs.
Jadeja used the advantage of playing on his home ground he bowled the right length and speed. Jadeja picked up 2 wickets for 38 in his 10 overs which helped India to restrict Pakistan to a well below-par score of 191 in just 42.5 overs.
Rohit Sharma hits 86 to guide India to victory
Rohit Sharma started the innings with the boundary he played a fantastic knock of 86 off 63 balls with 6 fours and 6 sixes at a strike rate of 136.51. Shreyas Iyer gave good company to Rohit Sharma and played a second fiddle finishing at the score of 52 with 3 fours and 2 sixes he guided India to victory along with kl Rahul remains not out for 19 off 29 balls with 2 fours.
Hassan Ali and Shaheen Afridi are the wicket-takers for Pakistan as the duo finished with 2 for 36 and 1 for 34. Pakistan had a forgettable outing as they were outclassed in all the 3 facets of the game. The bowlers weren’t able to extract pace & bounce off the surface.