India blowing away arch-rivals Pakistan by 7 wickets in a World Cup face-off, Indian captain Rohit Sharma emerge as the star of the match, scoring a 63-ball 86 to power his team to the target of 192 with 19.3 overs to spare.
Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Siraj display aggression before Rohit Sharma complete the task as India produce a near-perfect performance in one of the most hiped World Cup games between the arch-rivals.
This win was India’s 8th in the 50 over ICC event, where Pakistan had never been able to match India since 1992.
Indian Five bowlers, showing different skills of bowling and sharing equal part.
- Jasprit Bumrah (2/19 in 7 overs),
- Mohd Siraj (2/50 in 8 overs),
- Kuldeep (2/35 in 10 overs),
- Hardik Pandya (2/34 in 6 overs)
- Ravindra Jadeja (2/35 in 9.5 overs)
All were ruthlessly in their pursuit of choking the pakistan.
Pakistan team never had the depth to compete with India and that one T20 World Cup game which India lost in Dubai back in 2021 was just an exception.
For 1 lakh plus spectators at the Narendra Modi Stadium, the party started one day in advance and the story of this absolute dominance by India will be remember for long time and vibe was felt when the entire stadium sang the national anthem.
This was Pakistan’s second lowest score against India in ODI World Cup after the 180 all-out in 1999.
Kuldeep Yadav role as the supporting bowler as he operate like a master, removing Saud Shakeel (6) and Iftikhar Ahmed (4) in quick succession in one over.
Rohit Sharma decision to bowl first after winning the toss might have raise a question but the Indian team always had things under control despite a 82-run third wicket stand between skipper Babar Azam with 50 off 58 balls and Mohammed Rizwan with 49 off 69 balls.
As it was a matter of one wicket and when Mohd Siraj got one, Pakistan skipper misjudge it completely and remain rooted to his crease trying to steer it to third man.
While Rizwan with half-century got a seam slow off-cutter from Jasprit Bumrah with 2/19 in 7 overs, which enter through the gap between bat and pad as Pakistan’s resistance end at that perticular moment.
While the Indian innings, it wasn’t a question of how but when will they wrap up things.
Rohit Sharma adds one more major milestone to his career as he became the first India batter to hit 300 sixes in ODI cricket.
He look in tremendous touch during the Cricket World Cup 2023 match against Pakistan at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad and he was able to reach the milestone with his fourth six of the innings.
Rohit Sharma join West Indies Chris Gayle and former Pakistan all-rounder Shahid Afridi as the batters with more than 300 ODI sixes.
Batters with 300+ sixes in ODIs
- 351 Shahid Afridi
- 331 Chris Gayle
- 300 Rohit Sharma
World Cup 2023 Points Table
The Indian cricket team claim the top spot in the points table after extending their winning run in the Cricket World Cup 2023.
Rohit Sharma and Shreyas Iyer were in tremendous touch after an inspire bowling performance as India demolish Pakistan by 7 wickets at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.
Rohit Sharma-led side currently has six points from three matches with an impressive Net Run Rate (NRR) of +1.821.
New Zealand also have 6 points from 3 matches but they are second due to an inferior NRR of +1.604.
South Africa are third with four points from two matches but they have the best NRR in the competition till now (+2.360).
Pakistan lost their first match and they are 4th with four points from three matches.
| TEAMS | M | W | L | T | N/R | PT | NRR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INDIA | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1.821 |
| NEW ZEALAND | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1.604 |
| SOUTH AFRICA | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2.360 |
| PAKISTAN | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -0.137 |
| ENGLAND | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.553 |
| BANGLADESH | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -0.699 |
| SRI LANKA | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1.161 |
| NETHERLANDS | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1.800 |
| AUSTRALIA | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1.846 |
| AFGHANISTAN | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1.907 |
Scorecard of India vs Pakistan in World Cup 2023
Pakistan (50 ovs maximum)
| BATTING | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abdullah Shafique | lbw b Mohammed Siraj | 20 | 24 | 39 | 3 | 0 | 83.33 | ||
| Imam-ul-Haq | c †Rahul b Pandya | 36 | 38 | 64 | 6 | 0 | 94.73 | ||
| Babar Azam (C) | b Mohammed Siraj | 50 | 58 | 89 | 7 | 0 | 86.20 | ||
| Mohammad Rizwan (WK) | b Bumrah | 49 | 69 | 89 | 7 | 0 | 71.01 | ||
| Saud Shakeel | lbw b Kuldeep Yadav | 6 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 60.00 | ||
| Iftikhar Ahmed | b Kuldeep Yadav | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 100.00 | ||
| Shadab Khan | b Bumrah | 2 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 40.00 | ||
| Mohammad Nawaz | c Bumrah b Pandya | 4 | 14 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 28.57 | ||
| Hasan Ali | c Shubman Gill b Jadeja | 12 | 19 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 63.15 | ||
| Shaheen Shah Afridi | not out | 2 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 20.00 | ||
| Haris Rauf | lbw b Jadeja | 2 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 33.33 | ||
| Extras | (b 1, lb 2, w 1) | 4 | |||||||
| TOTAL | 42.5 Ov (RR: 4.45) | 191 | |||||||
| Fall of wickets: 1-41 (Abdullah Shafique, 7.6 ov), 2-73 (Imam-ul-Haq, 12.3 ov), 3-155 (Babar Azam, 29.4 ov), 4-162 (Saud Shakeel, 32.2 ov), 5-166 (Iftikhar Ahmed, 32.6 ov), 6-168 (Mohammad Rizwan, 33.6 ov), 7-171 (Shadab Khan, 35.2 ov), 8-187 (Mohammad Nawaz, 39.6 ov), 9-187 (Hasan Ali, 40.1 ov), 10-191 (Haris Rauf, 42.5 ov) • DRS | |||||||||
| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | 4s | 6s | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jasprit Bumrah | 7 | 1 | 19 | 2 | 2.71 | 33 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Mohammed Siraj | 8 | 0 | 50 | 2 | 6.25 | 22 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hardik Pandya | 6 | 0 | 34 | 2 | 5.66 | 20 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kuldeep Yadav | 10 | 0 | 35 | 2 | 3.50 | 38 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ravindra Jadeja | 9.5 | 0 | 38 | 2 | 3.86 | 35 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Shardul Thakur | 2 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 6.00 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
India (Toss : 192 runs from 50 ovs)
| BATTING | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rohit Sharma (C) | c Iftikhar Ahmed b Shaheen Shah Afridi | 86 | 63 | 91 | 6 | 6 | 136.50 | ||
| Shubman Gill | c Shadab Khan b Shaheen Shah Afridi | 16 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 145.45 | ||
| Virat Kohli | c Mohammad Nawaz b Hasan Ali | 16 | 18 | 31 | 3 | 0 | 88.88 | ||
| Shreyas Iyer | not out | 53 | 62 | 80 | 3 | 2 | 85.48 | ||
| KL Rahul (WK) | not out | 19 | 29 | 33 | 2 | 0 | 65.51 | ||
| Extras | (lb 1, w 1) | 2 | |||||||
| TOTAL | 30.3 Ov (RR: 6.29) | 192/3 | |||||||
| Did not bat: Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Jasprit Bumrah, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Siraj | |||||||||
| Fall of wickets: 1-23 (Shubman Gill, 2.5 ov), 2-79 (Virat Kohli, 9.5 ov), 3-156 (Rohit Sharma, 21.4 ov) • DRS | |||||||||
| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | 4s | 6s | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shaheen Shah Afridi | 6 | 0 | 36 | 2 | 6.00 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Hasan Ali | 6 | 0 | 34 | 1 | 5.66 | 23 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mohammad Nawaz | 8.3 | 0 | 47 | 0 | 5.52 | 23 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Haris Rauf | 6 | 0 | 43 | 0 | 7.16 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Shadab Khan | 4 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 7.75 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
