Despite worst defeat against India, there is unexpected good news for Pakistani cricket fans
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Despite Pakistan's worst defeat against India, there is unexpected good news for Pakistan. Despite losing the one-sided match against their traditional rival in Ahmedabad, Pakistan managed to stay in the top 4 teams on the points table.
However, Pakistan's run rate has seen a significant drop. Among the teams in the top 4 positions of the points table, Pakistan has the lowest run rate.Pakistan's net run rate is now 0.137. It should be noted that despite the worst defeat, India has won the 8th consecutive World Cup match against their traditional rival.
In the match played at Ahmedabad's stadium, India won the toss and invited Pakistan to bat. For Pakistan, Imam-ul-Haq and Abdulah Shafique started the innings, and after a 41-run partnership, Abdullah Shafique was dismissed after scoring 20 runs, being bowled by Mohammad Siraj.
Pakistan's second wicket fell at 73 runs when Hardik Pandya dismissed Imam-ul-Haq for 36 runs. Shaheen Afridi was bowled out by Babar Azam. They scored 50 runs with the help of 7 boundaries. Saud Shakeel only managed 6 runs and was caught by Kuldip Yadav's delivery, who also bowled out Imad Wasim in the same over. Set Muhammad Rizwan was bowled by Jasprit Bumrah, with Shardul Thakur taking a wicket. They scored 49 runs.
Shadab Khan was removed by Kuldip Yadav. Mohammad Nawaz scored 4 runs and Haris Rauf scored 2 runs before getting out. Hasan Ali scored 12 runs and left the field. From India's side, Mohammad Siraj, Jasprit Bumrah, Kuldip Yadav, Hardik Pandya, and Ravindra Jadeja took 2 wickets each.
In pursuit of the target of 192 runs, India's batting was led by Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill, scoring 23 and 16 respectively. Shahin Afridi showed the way to the pavilion to Shubman Gill at an individual score of 16.
Virat Kohli also returned after scoring 16 runs, caught by Shaheen Afridi. India's third wicket fell at a score of 156 when Rohit Sharma was caught by Haris Rauf after scoring 86 runs off 63 balls with 6 fours and 6 sixes. Before the match, Indian captain Rohit Sharma said that they want to bat first because there are possibilities in the dew at night. He also mentioned a change in the playing eleven, with Shubman Gill returning in place of Ishan Kishan.
