AHMEDABAD: Rohit Sharma’s enterprising 63-ball 86 and bowlers’ brilliance powered India to a scientific seven-wicket victory towards arch-rivals Pakistan within the 12th match of the ICC Cricket World Cup at Narendra Modi Cricket Stadium in Ahmedabad on Saturday.
Chasing a goal of 192, India had been method scientific with the bat and spearheaded by Rohit Sharma, who handled the Pakistan bowlers with the utter contempt. He whacked six boundaries and 6 sixes in his fiery knock. India swept previous towards Pakistan comfortably by seven wickets, with 117 balls remaining. Shreyas Iyer (53) scored the successful runs for his facet and notched up his fifty in type.
KL Rahul remained unconquered on 29-ball 19, lacing with two boundaries.
Shaheen Shah Afridi had eliminated Rohit Sharma after the latter smashed blistering 63-ball 86, however offered India an amazing likelihood of bagging an enormous victory towards the Babar Azam-inspired Pakistan.
Rohit Sharma continued to deal with the Pakistan bowlers with utter contempt and raised his bat to the gallery after notching up one other half-century towards Pakistan after Virat Kohli’s (16) was eliminated by Hasan Ali.
Shubman Gill who began off the proceedings for India with the bat with nice intent earlier than he was eliminated by Shaheen Shah Afridi on 16.
There’s nothing to speak concerning the Pakistan bowling. Shaheen Shah Afridi (2-36), who struggled to bowl with consistency and went for runs, however made a great comeback to bag the wickets of Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill. But it surely was too late to tug again for his facet.
Hasan Ali (1-34) picked up a wicket.
Mohammad Nawaz (0-47), Haris Rauf (0-43) and Shadab Khan (0-31) did not seize any wicket.
After put into bat first, Pakistan openers tried to flex their muscle tissues, earlier than Mohammad Siraj trapped Abdullah Shafique. In his 24-ball innings, Shafique scored 20, smashing three boundaries.
Pakistan had been trying to rebound their innings after shedding Abdullah Shafique (20) and Imamul Haq (36) towards the Rohit Sharma-inspired facet. Indian bowlers bundled out Pakistan for 191 within the high-octane conflict.
Except Babar Azam (50), Mohammad Rizwan (49), Imamul Haq (36) and Abdullah Shafique (20), not one of the batters confirmed any vital resistance with the bat.
Saud Shakeel (6) joined Mohammad Rizwan on the wicket after Pakistan skipper Babar Azam made his method again to the pavilion after notching up his first fifty towards the hosts. However Kuldeep Yadav was too good to lure Shakeel and mount strain on the guests.
Rizwan remained unfortunate to notch up and was flummoxed by Jasprit Bumrah on 69-ball 49.
Babar Azam joined Imam and the pair put up a 32-run partnership earlier than Hardik Pandya flummoxed Imam. Imam scored 38-ball 36, clobbering six fours.
Mohammad Rizwan, who racked up century throughout his outing towards Sri Lanka joined Babar Azam to make sure that the strain is not going to mount on Pakistan towards the arch-rivals India.
Babar Azam who for the primary time had racked up a half-century towards India within the ODIs was undone shortly by Mohammad Siraj on 58-ball 50.
The Pakistan skipper hammered seven boundaries in his circumspect knock. Within the opening innings, Pakistan bought off to a powerful begin, accumulating runs within the preliminary overs.
Nonetheless, their momentum was disrupted when Siraj made a vital breakthrough on the final ball of the eighth over, dismissing Abdullah Shafique, the right-handed batsman with a leg-before-wicket supply.
For India, except for Shardul Thakur (0-12) – who remained wicketless – Jasprit Bumrah (2- 19), Mohammed Siraj (2-50), Hardik Pandya (2-34), Kuldeep Yadav (2-35) and Ravindra Jadeja (2-38) bagged two wickets apiece.
However was for displaying nice accuracy with the bowl, Bumrah was named the participant of the match.
Within the ICC Males’s Cricket World Cup 2023, the Rohit Sharma-led Indian group had gained the toss and elected to area first towards Babar Azam-led Pakistan in a a lot anticipated and high-profile conflict.
The extremely anticipated conflict between India and Pakistan within the World Cup 2023 is off to an electrifying begin.
Successful the toss and opting to bowl first, India’s captain Rohit Sharma made a big lineup change, welcoming Shubman Gill again because the opener rather than Ishan Kishan.
This historic encounter, a cricketing spectacle, transcends borders, and it’s a day that instructions consideration and enthusiasm from followers worldwide.
Whereas previous encounters had usually seen India’s dominance, current matches had produced nail-biting contests, reigniting the standard rivalry.
The long-lasting Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad is the epicenter of the much-anticipated conflict within the 2023 World Cup, the place India faces off towards Pakistan.
Elevating the joy surrounding one of many fiercest rivalries on the earth of sports activities was a pre-match extravaganza that includes acclaimed artists equivalent to Shankar Mahadevan, Arijit Singh, and Sukhwinder Singh.
Initially slated to kick off at 12:30, this magnificent ceremony preceded the coin toss in Ahmedabad.