IND vs PAK Highlights: India have made it 8-0 against Pakistan in ODI World Cup. It was Rohit Sharma whose fireworks at the Narendra Modi Stadium helped India chase down 192-target in 30.3 overs. But it was India’s bowling department that set the stage. Jasprit Bumrah and Kuldeep Yadav were exceptional while all bowlers bagged two wickets each barring Shardul Thakur. Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan were the only Pakistani batters to show some grit but the visitors collapsed from 155/2 to 191 all out. They lost 8 wickets for 36 runs.
India Batting Summary:
Chasing a 192-run target on a wicket that suited batters early on, Indian batters looked well poised. Shubman Gill, who made his first appearance in the ODI World Cup, scored some scintillating hits before losing his wicket. He struck three consecutive fours off Hasan Ali in the second over of the Indian innings.
Shubman was out on Shaheen Shah Afridi’s bowling. While his wicket generated hope among Pakistan fans, Rohit Sharma demolished that swiftly with brutal hitting.
Virat Kohli joined Rohit, who was smooth in his power hitting. Kohli also came up with some strong blows before he was caught off the bowling of Hasan Ali during the powerplay.
Ro-hit Sharma
Rohit fell short of his well-deserved century by 14 runs. Shaheen claimed his second wicket of the night with Rohit walked back to the pavilion with a score of 86.
But before he fell, he single-handedly destroyed Pakistan’s faint hopes of defending the total. In his well-paced innings, Rohit Sharma hit 6 fours and as many sixes in just 63 balls. Rohit crossed the milestone of 300 ODI sixes which have come in 254 matches.
It was as effortless as his batting. With Shaheen Afridi off-colour and off-pace, he was not spared. Rohit was equally brutal against Shadab Khan, Mohammad Nawaz, Haris Rauf as well as Hassan Ali. All took a beating.
After Rohit’s departure, things slowed down to almost a standstill. With no boundaries for 7 overs, Shreyas Iyer (53*) and KL Rahul (19*) motored along to guide India to a comprehensive 7-wicket victory to make it 8-0 in the World Cup between the two arch-rivals.
Pakistan Batting Summary
Earlier in the innings, Indian bowlers shattered Pakistan’s batting lineup as Bumrah, Siraj, Pandya, Kuldeep Yadav and Ravindra Jadeja bagged two wickets each.
Pakistan were all out for 191 runs in 42.5 overs. Captain Babar Azam scored the highest for Pakistan with 50 (58 balls) while Mohammad Rizwan scored 49.
Pakistan openers Abdullah Shafique and Imam-ul-Haq started in a positive fashion. While playing cautiously against the disciplined Jasprit Bumrah, the duo took their chances against some loose deliveries from Mohammed Siraj.
Rohit, however, persisted with his pacers, and the move bore fruit as Siraj struck in the eighth over and got one to jag in, trapping Abdullah Shafique’s leg before.
Imam and captain Babar Azam tried to ensure that Pakistan went ahead at a healthy scoring rate.
Babar got off to a fine start pretty quickly, hitting three fours off Hardik Pandya in his first 10 balls. Just when Pakistan was closing into a run rate close to six, Imam went for an expansive drive and ended up edging a Pandya delivery to wicket-keeper KL Rahul.
Ravindra Jadeja provided India with a chance for another wicket, however, Mohammad Rizwan reviewed and survived the call after it turned out that the ball was straying down the leg side.
hit the pads of Mohammad Rizwan, and the umpire raised his finger. However, Rizwan reviewed and survived the call after it turned out that the ball was straying down the leg side. Rizwan then joined forces with Babar to keep Pakistan close to five at the 20-over mark.
Over the following few overs, India’s spinners consistently controlled the game, with Kuldeep Yadav in particular displaying excellent control. When the Pakistani duo scored 13 runs against Siraj in the 28th over, they were freed from their chains. Babar’s magnificent four through the point against India helped him to his ODI half-century.
But in the 30th over, Siraj beat Babar’s outside edge and his delivery slammed into his off-stump. And that was the hint of things to come.
From 155/2 in 29.3 overs, Pakistan could only score 36 runs more as the rest of the pack fell like ten-pins.
India’s star spinner Kuldeep then gave Pakistan two big blows as he removed Saud Shakeel for 6 and Iftikhar Ahmed (4) in the 33rd over. Soon, Rizwan fell for 49 and the rest followed. Pakistan were bowled out for 191 in 42.5 overs.
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