The national team’s wicketkeeper-batsman, Mohammad Rizwan, narrowly missedbreaking a 48-year-old Pakistani record in World Cup history.
Mohammad Rizwan scored 49 runs and got out in the match against India,making him the second Pakistani batter in consecutive World Cup matches tofall just one run short of a half-century.
Rizwan had previously scored 68 against the Netherlands and 131 against SriLanka, both ending in not-out innings. The only other Pakistani batter toscore fifty-plus runs in three consecutive World Cup matches is Majid Khan,who achieved scores of 65, 60, and 84 in the 1975 World Cup.
In the 12th match of the World Cup, Pakistan has set a meager target ofonly 192 runs for India to chase. Pakistan’s innings began with Imamul Haqand Abdullah Shafique, who established a 41-run partnership before Shafiquewas bowled out lbw by Mohammad Siraj after scoring 20 runs.
Pakistan’s second wicket fell at 73 runs when Hardik Pandya dismissedImamul Haq for 36 runs. Babar Azam was later dismissed by Siraj afterscoring 50 runs with the help of 7 boundaries.
Saud Shakeel managed only 6 runs before being lbw to Kuldeep Yadav, whoalso bowled out Iftikhar Ahmed in the same over. On a slow pitch, MohammadRizwan was bowled by Jasprit Bumrah.
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Shaheen Afridi contributed 4 runs, and Haris Rauf made 2 runs beforegetting out. Hasan Ali, with 12 runs, was the last wicket to fall.
India’s bowlers, Mohammad Siraj, Jasprit Bumrah, Kuldeep Yadav, HardikPandya, and Ravindra Jadeja, took 2 wickets each. Before this, in the matchplayed at Ahmedabad’s Narendra Modi Cricket Stadium, Indian captain RohitSharma won the toss and chose to field first.
He mentioned that they wanted to take advantage of the evening conditions.Rohit Sharma also revealed that there was one change in their playingeleven, with Shubman Gill returning in place of Ishan Kishan.
On the other hand, Pakistan’s captain, Babar Azam, expressed that therewas no pressure in the India match, but they aimed to improve theirfielding and set a challenging target on the home ground of India.