Pakistan lost their seventh straight match to India in World Cup history,
India batted first after losing the toss and posted 336/5 on the board. Rohit Sharma scored a marvelous 140, while Virat Kohli made 77 and KL Rahul scored 57 runs against an off-color Pakistani bowling unit. Mohammad Amir was the pick of Pakistani bowlers as he returned the figures 3/47, while Hasan Ali picked 1/84 and Wahab Riaz picked 1/71.
Hardik Pandya also picked two wickets in two balls, removing the experienced duo of Hafeez (9) and Shoaib Malik for a golden duck. Shankar also removed Pakistani skipper Sarfaraz for 11 before rains came down for the second time to stop proceedings.
The match resumed after a lengthy delay and DLS method was used to revise the target to 302 runs in 40 overs, meaning that Pakistan needed to make 136 runs in 5 remaining overs. In the end, Pakistan managed just 212/6 in 40 overs and India won the match by 89 runs via DLS method.
Cricket fraternity lauded a superb effort from the Indian team who showed a clinical performance against rivals Pakistan and registered a one-sided victory.
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