Team India has defeated Pakistan for the 8th time in the World Cup. India continued its endless winning streak and defeated Pakistan by 7 wickets at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. India vs pakistan world cup 2023 match was important for both teams.
The Indian team achieved the target of 192 runs in 30.3 overs. Captain Rohit Sharma played an innings of 86 runs. He made a partnership of 77 runs with Shreyas Iyer for the third wicket. Jasprit Bumrah, who took 2 wickets for 19 runs, was the player of the match.
Captain Babar Azam scored the only half-century in batting for Pakistan. Mohammad Rizwan was out on 49 runs. 5 Indian bowlers took 2-2 wickets. Apart from Rohit, Shreyas Iyer scored 53 runs for India. Shaheen Shah Afridi took a maximum of 2 wickets.
With the victory over Pakistan, India has won 3 matches in the ODI World Cup. The team had earlier defeated Australia by 6 wickets and Afghanistan by 8 wickets. After 3 wins, India has 6 points, and the team has come first in the points table. India vs Pakistan world cup 2023 held in Narender modi stadium in Gurjrat.
Where did Pakistan lose, and why did India win?
Babar Azam’s wicket became the reason for India’s victory. Before Babar was out, Pakistan had 155 runs for 2 wickets in 30 overs, but after Babar, no batter could survive. Babar scores runs slowly in the middle overs. They tried to increase the score through partnerships, but India took their wicket and put Pakistan on the back foot.
Indian bowlers bowled well. Wickets kept falling continuously, and when Pakistan came under pressure, Rohit led aggressively and made correct changes in the bowlers. India’s thinking was positive during the run chase. India has always been ahead of Pakistan in terms of run rate. Rohit Sharma’s aggressive batting made the path to victory easy.
Rohit Sharma’s power play
Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill made an explosive start to chase the target of 192. Rohit hit a four on the very first ball. During his innings, Rohit hit 6 sixes and 6 fours. Shubhman Gill (16 runs) and Virat Kohli (16) could not convert good starts into big innings. Shreyas, who came to bat at number four, batted steadily. After Rohit’s dismissal, Shreyas made a partnership of 36 runs with KL Rahul.
Shaheen’s swing did not work.
Shaheen Shah boosted Pakistan’s hopes by taking the wicket of Shubman in the third over itself, but due to Rohit’s explosive batting, the fall of this wicket did not make much difference. Virat Kohli became the victim of Hasan Ali in the 10th over. After this, the next wicket of Rohit Sharma fell in the 22nd over, but by then, the score had reached 156 runs. The partnership of Shreyas and Rahul did the remaining work.
Virat got the gift of life but could not take advantage
Virat Kohli narrowly escaped being run out in the 9th over but was caught out in the 10th over. Haris Rauf bowled the third ball of the over with a full toss. Rohit punched it, but the ball went into the hands of the mid-on fielder.
Rohit came to half the pitch to run, but Kohli remained in the crease. Seeing Rohit coming towards him, Kohli also started taking runs. Meanwhile, fielder Shaheen Afridi threw a throw at the striker’s end. Kohli dived, but Afridi’s throw did not hit the stumps.
Had the throw been made, Virat would have had to return to the pavilion. Virat could not take advantage of this gift of life and was caught out in the very next over. Hasan Ali sent him to the pavilion. Kohli scored 16 runs.
Pakistani team disintegrated in the middle overs.
Captain Babar Azam scored a fifty for Pakistan. This was his first fifty against India in ODI. When Babar was out, Pakistan’s score had reached 155 runs for 3 wickets in the 30th over, but after this, the Pakistani batters scattered.
The team lost 8 wickets within 36 runs and was all out at 191. In these, Rizwan was out on the score of 49. Hasan Ali scored 12 runs. Apart from him, no other batter reached double figures.
Excellent bowling by India; Jadeja completes 100 wickets in India
Jasprit Bumrah bowled best for India. He took 2 wickets in 7 overs, and his economy was just 2.71 runs per over. Kuldeep Yadav took 2 wickets for 35 runs in 10 overs. Ravindra Jadeja took 2 wickets after spending 38 runs. He has completed 100 ODI wickets in India. He became only the sixth player to do so. Siraj and Hardik also got 2 successes each.
Rizwan got the support of DRS, partnership with Babar did not work
Pakistan’s first wicket fell at the score of 41 runs. Mohammad Siraj gave out LBW to opener Abdullah Shafiq. After this, in the 13th over, Hardik got Imam Ul Haq caught out by KL Rahul. Babar and Rizwan made a partnership of 82 runs for the third wicket. Siraj bowled Babar after his first ODI fifty against India. Jadea bowled very well in India vs Pakistan world cup 2023.
Rizwan could not complete his fifty. He survived Jadeja’s first over. The umpire declared him LBW on Jadeja’s ball. Rizwan took DRS; replays showed that the ball was going missing the leg stump. For this reason, Rizwan remained not out. But Rizwan was bowled by Bumrah in the 34th over.
Hardik’s special action before Imam’s wicket
Hardik Pandya bowled a short pitch on the second ball of the 13th over, on which Imam-ul-Haq hit a four. Before the next ball, he took the ball in his hand and was seen saying something. On the third ball, he bowled a fuller length outside the off stump, and Imam was caught behind. After taking the wicket, Hardik signaled Imam to go out.
Shubman Gill returns; no change in Pakistan.
Shubman Gill, who missed India’s first two matches due to dengue, made a comeback against Pakistan. He replaced Ishan Kishan, although Shubman could score only 16 runs on 11 balls. Apart from this, there was no other change in Team India. Pakistan played with the same playing 11 of its previous match.