The captain of the national team, Babar Azam, became only the thirdPakistani captain to score a half-century against India in the World Cup.Babar Azam scored 50 runs on 58 balls with the help of 7 boundaries againstIndia. This was the third occasion in World Cup history when a Pakistanicaptain scored a half-century against India.
Previously, Aamer Sohail had scored 55 runs against India in the 1996 WorldCup quarter-final, and Misbah-ul-Haq had played an innings of 76 runsagainst India in the 2015 World Cup.
In the 12th match of the World Cup, Pakistan has set a target of just 192runs to win against India. Imam-ul-Haq and Abdullah Shafique opened forPakistan and established a 41-run partnership before Abdullah Shafiquescored 20 runs and got out in Mohammad Siraj’s over.Pakistan’s second wicket fell at 73 runs when Hardik Pandya dismissedImam-ul-Haq for 36 runs.
Babar Azam was later dismissed by Siraj, scoring 50 runs off 58 balls with7 boundaries. Saud Shakeel managed only 6 runs and fell to Kuldeep Yadav’sdelivery. In the same over, Kuldeep Yadav also dismissed Iftikhar Ahmed.Set batsman Mohammad Rizwan was bowled by Jasprit Bumrah, scoring 49 runs.
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Mohammad Nawaz scored 4 runs, and Haris Rauf contributed 2 runs beforegetting out. Hasan Ali left the field after making 12 runs. On the Indianside, Mohammad Siraj, Jasprit Bumrah, Kuldeep Yadav, Hardik Pandya, andRavindra Jadeja each took 2 wickets. Before the match, India’s captainRohit Sharma won the toss and chose to field first, saying that theypreferred to bat at night due to their facilities.