Indias skipper Rohit Sharma, continued his excellent form in the game against Afghanistan and provided a strong start for India chasing Pakistans below-par target of 191. Rohit played a brisk inning, scoring 86 runs off 63 deliveries. India won by 7 wickets in the ongoing 2023 ICC World Cup at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.Hitmans show in AhmedabadShubman Gill, making his return to the team after recovering from dengue, failed to impress and scored 16 runs off 11 balls before being dismissed by Shaheen Afridi. Virat Kohli, too, was in fine touch but was eventually got out to Hasan Alis bowling. He scored 16 runs.As the match progressed, it was Rohit Sharma who anchored the innings for India. Though he narrowly missed out on a second consecutive century in the tournament, he led Indias innings scoring 86 runs from 63 deliveries.8⃣6⃣ Runs6⃣3⃣ Balls6⃣ Fours6⃣ SixesThat was a 🔝 knock from #TeamIndia captain Rohit Sharma! 👏 👏Follow the match ▶️ https://t.co/H8cOEm3quc#CWC23 | #INDvPAK | #MeninBlue pic.twitter.com/W3SHVn1wzD— BCCI (@BCCI) October 14, 2023This strong performance set the stage for Shreyas Iyer, who calmly guided the team to win by seven wickets. Shreyas Iyer also completed a well-deserved half-century, hitting the winning runs for India the win.Make it 3⃣ in a row for #TeamIndia! 👏 👏Shreyas Iyer sails past FIFTY as India beat Pakistan by 7 wickets! 👍 👍Scorecard ▶️ https://t.co/H8cOEm3quc#CWC23 | #INDvPAK | #MeninBlue pic.twitter.com/ucoMQf2bmU— BCCI (@BCCI) October 14, 2023Pakistans inningsSupercharged Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, and Hardik Pandya cracked open Pakistans dozy batting lineup to help India skittle out arch-rival for 191 in a blockbuster clash on Saturday.Indian bowlers completely shattered Pakistans batting lineup as Bumrah, Siraj, Pandya, Kuldeep Yadav, and Ravindra Jadeja bagged two wickets each to bundle out their traditional rival for 191 runs in just 42.5 overs. Captain Babar Azam scored the highest for Pakistan with 50 off 58 while Mohammad Rizwan scored 49.Innings Break! A cracker of a bowling performance from #TeamIndia! 👌 👌Jasprit Bumrah, Kuldeep Yadav, Ravindra Jadeja, Hardik Pandya & Mohd. Siraj share the spoils with 2️⃣ wickets each! Scorecard ▶️ https://t.co/H8cOEm3quc#CWC23 | #INDvPAK | #MeninBlue pic.twitter.com/omDQZnAbg7— BCCI (@BCCI) October 14, 2023Clinical bowling performanceIndian fans painted the Narendra Modi Stadium painted blue and supported the home team as the 12th man. This is the eighth Cricket World Cup clash between the arch-rivals. India has won all the previous seven encounters between the two sides.Put to bat first, Pakistan openers Abdullah Shafique and Imam-ul-Haq started positively While playing cautiously against the disciplined Jasprit Bumrah as the duo took their chances against any loose delivery from Mohammed Siraj.Rohit, however, persisted with his pacers, and the move bore fruits as Miya Magic Siraj struck in the eighth over and got one to jag in, trapping Abdullah Shafiques leg before.Imam and captain Babar Azam tried to ensure that Pakistan went ahead at a healthy scoring rate.Fifty for Babar AzamBabar got off to a fine start pretty quickly, hitting three fours off Hardik Pandya in his first 10 balls. Just when Pakistan was closing into a run rate close to six, Imam went for an expansive drive and ended up edging a Pandya delivery to wicket-keeper KL Rahul.Ravindra Jadeja provided India with a chance for another wicket as the ball hit the pads of Mohammad Rizwan, and the umpire raised his finger. However, Rizwan reviewed and survived the call after it turned out that the ball was straying down the leg side. Rizwan then joined forces with Babar to keep Pakistan close to five at the 20-over mark.Over the following few overs, Indias spinners consistently controlled the game, with Kuldeep Yadav in particular displaying excellent control. When the Pakistani duo scored 13 runs against Siraj in the 28th over, they were freed from their chains. Babars magnificent four through the point against India helped him to his ODI half-century.But in the 30th over, Siraj beat Babars outside edge and his delivery slammed into his off-stump.Bumrah and Kuldeep triggers middle order collapseIndias star spinner Kuldeep then gave Pakistan two big blows as he removed Saud Shakeel for 6 and Iftikhar Ahmed (4) in the 33rd over.In the 34th over, Jasprit Bumrah completely bamboozled Rizwan with a beauty and removed the Pakistan batter. Rizwan failed to get to his first ODI fifty against India and went back to Pavellion just one run shy away from fifty.Hands in the air if you castled the stumps twice in quick succession 🙌😎Jasprit Bumrah is on a roll!🔥#CWC23 | #TeamIndia | #INDvPAK | #MeninBlue pic.twitter.com/KxZ9kwdK38— BCCI (@BCCI) October 14, 2023Bumrah castled another wicket in quick succession as he sent Shadab Khan packing after scoring just 2 runs.Hardik then delivered a superb ball to dismiss Mohammad Nawaz for 4 in the 40th over while in the next over Ravindra Jadeja sent Hasan Ali packing for 12, leaving Pakistan tottering at 187/9.Jadeja then dismissed Pakistans last batter Haris Rauf, bundling out arch-rival for 191 in 42.5 overs.Brief scorePakistan: 191 (Babar Azam 50, Mohammad Rizwan 49 Jasprit Bumrah 2-19) vs India.
