Despite Pakistan’s worst defeat against India, there is unexpected goodnews for Pakistan. Despite losing the one-sided match against theirtraditional rival in Ahmedabad, Pakistan managed to stay in the top 4 teamson the points table.
However, Pakistan’s run rate has seen a significant drop. Among the teamsin the top 4 positions of the points table, Pakistan has the lowest runrate.Pakistan’s net run rate is now 0.137. It should be noted that despitethe worst defeat, India has won the 8th consecutive World Cup match againsttheir traditional rival.
In the match played at Ahmedabad’s stadium, India won the toss and invitedPakistan to bat. For Pakistan, Imam-ul-Haq and Abdulah Shafique started theinnings, and after a 41-run partnership, Abdullah Shafique was dismissedafter scoring 20 runs, being bowled by Mohammad Siraj.
Pakistan’s second wicket fell at 73 runs when Hardik Pandya dismissedImam-ul-Haq for 36 runs. Shaheen Afridi was bowled out by Babar Azam. Theyscored 50 runs with the help of 7 boundaries. Saud Shakeel only managed 6runs and was caught by Kuldip Yadav’s delivery, who also bowled out ImadWasim 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 andHaris Rauf scored 2 runs before getting out. Hasan Ali scored 12 runs andleft the field. From India’s side, Mohammad Siraj, Jasprit Bumrah, KuldipYadav, Hardik Pandya, and Ravindra Jadeja took 2 wickets each.
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In pursuit of the target of 192 runs, India’s batting was led by RohitSharma and Shubman Gill, scoring 23 and 16 respectively. Shahin Afridishowed 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 byHaris 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 batfirst because there are possibilities in the dew at night. He alsomentioned a change in the playing eleven, with Shubman Gill returning inplace of Ishan Kishan.