New Delhi. Team India defeated arch-rivals Pakistan by 228 runs in their first Super-4 match. This is Pakistan’s biggest loss against India in ODIs in terms of runs. Never before has a team lost by 200 or more runs. The match was completed in 2 days due to rain. Along with this, Team India has also progressed towards the final under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma. Talking about the match, the team India playing first made a huge score of 356 runs for 2 wickets. Virat Kohli and KL Rahul scored unbeaten half centuries. Kohli remained unbeaten on 122 runs while Rahul remained unbeaten on 111 runs. In reply, the Pakistan team was all out after scoring 128 runs in 32 overs. Team India has also reached the top in the points table of Super-4. In Super-4 each team has to play 3 matches. Top 2 teams out of 4 will go to the finals.
Team India batsmen hit 37 fours and 9 sixes in the match. That is, he scored 202 runs from the boundary itself. Virat Kohli scored an unbeaten 122 off 94 balls. Hit 9 fours and 3 sixes. While KL Rahul faced 106 balls in an unbeaten innings of 111 runs. Hit 12 fours and 2 sixes. Earlier on September 10, captain Rohit Sharma scored 56 runs in 49 balls. In which 6 fours and 4 sixes were hit. While Shubman Gill scored 58 runs in 52 balls. Hit 10 fours. This is Kohli’s 47th century in ODIs and 77th in international cricket. On the other hand, KL Rahul, who came to play an international match after 6 months, also played a memorable innings. Pakistan batsmen could hit only 9 boundaries. It consists of 8 fours and one six.
Failed from Babur to Rizwan
Babar Azam is currently the number-1 batsman in ODIs. But under his leadership, Pakistan’s batsmen flopped badly against the Indian bowlers. Imam-ul-Haq was dismissed by fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah for 9 runs. After this, Hardik Pandya bowled Babar Azam and gave the team a big win. Babar could score only 10 runs in 24 balls. Even Mohammad Rizwan could not do wonders. He fell victim to Shardul Thakur scoring 2 runs in 5 balls.
Kuldeep took 5 wickets
Opener Fakhar Zaman did not look in rhythm from the start. He is the only batsman from Pakistan to score a double century in ODI cricket. In the end, after scoring 27 runs in 50 balls, Zaman was bowled by left arm spinner Kuldeep Yadav. After this none of Pakistan’s batsmen could play sustainably and the entire team returned to the pavilion on 128 runs in 32 overs. Haris Rauf and Naseem Shah did not come out to bat due to injury. Kuldeep Yadav was India’s most successful bowler. He took 5 wickets for 25 runs in 8 overs.
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No batsman could score 30 runs
Talking about the innings of the Pakistani team, none of its batsmen could touch the mark of 30 runs. From that one can estimate their poor performance. Both Salman Agha and Iftikhar Ahmed scored 23 runs each. Fakhar Zaman contributed 27 runs. No one else could reach 20 runs.
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Tags: Asia Cup, India Vs Pakistan, Team India
First published: September 12, 2023, 07:55 IST