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Sports News. The World Cup 2023 match that was expected to be the most eagerly awaited and exciting contest turned out to be completely one-sided. Ahmedabad (Ahmedabad) In front of more than one lakh spectators at the Narendra Modi Stadium in India, the Indian cricket team unleashed a fury on Pakistan that they will always remember. is
Thanks to the fury of the bowlers Team India (Team India) defeated Pakistan by just 191 runs. Then captain Rohit Sharma’s blistering innings destroyed the Pakistani bowling and sealed a resounding victory by 7 wickets in just 25 overs.
The match happened after many months
After months of controversy, the match finally took place but where a tight contest was expected, Team India completely destroyed Pakistan with their bowling and batting. With this, Team India continued its journey of success even after 31 years from 1992 and defeated Pakistan in the World Cup for the eighth time. Along with this, Team India has won the first place in the points list of the World Cup, leaving behind New Zealand.
A strong start for Pakistan
Pakistan started strongly. Young openers Abdullah Shafiq and Imam-ul-Haq, who scored a century in the previous match, attacked the Indian fast bowlers together. Jasprit Bumrah was bowling well but Mohammad Siraj (2/50) and Hardik Pandya (2/34) proved too costly. Incidentally, it was Siraj and Pandya who dismissed both the openers. Siraj K Shafique was dismissed lbw after a 41-run opening in eight overs. After this, Pandya caught Imam-ul-Haq (36) behind the wicket.
Pakistan team collapsed in 80 balls
Then captain Babar Azam (50) and Mohammad Rizwan (49) put on a strong partnership. The two put on an 82-run partnership for the third wicket, in which Babar scored his first half-century in ODIs against India. Team India had to wait for a long time for the wicket but they also controlled the pace of Pakistan’s runs. It finally paid off and suddenly the Pakistani batting collapsed in 80 balls.
Babar Azam bowled on the ball of Siraj
Siraj started in the 30th over, when Babar Azam was bowled by him. After two overs, Kuldeep Yadav (2/35) dismissed Saud Shakeel and Iftikhar Ahmed within 5 balls. Only then did autumn begin. Then came Bumrah’s turn (2/19), who bowled Rizwan on a surprisingly slow ball and then Shadab on sharp reverse swing. Hardik and Ravindra Jadeja (2/38) took the last 3 wickets to bundle Pakistan out for 191 in 42.5 overs. In these 80 balls, Pakistan added only 36 runs and lost 8 wickets.
Pakistan’s senses were blown away by Rohit’s storm
The start of Team India was even more explosive. Rohit Sharma hit Shaheen Afridi for a boundary on the very first ball of the innings. Then Shubman Gill, who was playing his first match after recovering from dengue, hit Hasan Ali for 3 fours in the very next over. Although Gill (16) got out in the next over, Rohit’s attack continued. He hit brilliant sixes on Shaheen Afridi, Mohammad Nawaz and Haris Rauf. Virat Kohli (16) also hit some brilliant shots but Hasan Ali soon ended his innings.
Hopes of Pakistan’s return are over
However, by this time Pakistan’s hopes of a comeback were almost gone as Rohit Sharma was destroying Pakistan in explosive fashion. Rohit completed his half-century in the second match in a row. Here he got good support from Shreyas Iyer and the two put on a partnership of 76 runs. Rohit (86) however missed out on his second consecutive century and was caught by Shaheen. The audience praised Rohit’s brilliant batting. Shreyas (53 not out) and Rahul (19 not out) did the rest.
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