Team India continued their dominance over neighbors Pakistan in World Cup cricket, as they made it 7-0 against them with a convincing win in ICC World Cup 2019 at Old Trafford, Manchester.
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.
The Pakistani chase began badly, as Vijay Shankar, who was completing injured Bhuvneshwar Kumar’s over, removed Imam for 7. Babar (48) and Fakhar (62) added 104 runs for the second wicket, but then Kuldeep struck removing both of them, clean bowling Babar with a beauty of a delivery.
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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