The Rohit Sharma-led Indian cricket workforce performed a near-perfect sport towards arch-rivals Pakistan to register a seven-wicket win over the Babar Azam-led facet in an ODI Cricket World Cup 2023 match. The Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad was filled with Indian cricket workforce supporters for the India vs Pakistan match and the hosts facet didn’t disappoint. A scientific bowling effort noticed India dismissing Pakistan for 191. In reply, Rohit Sharma and Shreyas Iyer registered half-centuries as Indian cricket workforce reached the goal in simply 30.3 overs. (India vs Pakistan Highlights | Scorecard | World Cup Points Table | World Cup Schedule)

Before the match, there have been response flying in from all quarters. Former Pakistan pacer Shoaib Akhtar‘s submit was notably trolled by the Indian followers. He posted a video of him dismissing Sachin Tendulkar, “Kal agar asa kuch kerna hai, toh #ThandRakh (If you want to do something like  this tomorrow, keep cool).”

In reply to that tweet, Sachin Tendulkar got here up with a superb response after  India’s good win: “My friend, aap ka advice follow kiya aur sab kuch billlkoool THANDA rakha (I followed your advice and kept everything cool)…”

My buddy, aap ka recommendation comply with kiya aur sab kuch billlkoool THANDA rakha…. https://t.co/fPqybTGr3t

— Sachin Tendulkar (@sachin_rt) October 14, 2023

Menwahile, India skipper Rohit Sharma’s flowing type dismantled Pakistan’s famed bowling assault because the Men in Blue put up a dominating efficiency with bat and ball within the marquee World Cup conflict in Ahmedabad to register a complete seven-wicket victory. The Indian batters regarded nicely poised from the start to chase the Pakistan whole of 191 as Babbar Azam-led males suffered a collapse, dropping the final eight wickets for 36 runs. India received the toss and put Pakistan to bat.

Shubman Gill, who made his first look within the ODI World Cup, scored some scintillating hits earlier than dropping his wicket. He struck three consecutive fours off Hasan Ali within the second over of the Indian innings.

Shubhman was out on Shaheen Shah Afridi’s bowling and the hope his wicket could have generated amongst Pakistan followers was short-lived.

Virat Kohli joined Rohit, who was easy in his energy hitting. Kohli additionally got here up with some sturdy blows earlier than he was caught off the bowling of Hasan Ali through the powerplay.

Rohit and Shreyas took cost and strode alongside at the same time as Pakistan bowlers tried onerous to get a breakthrough.

The sea of Indian followers, a lot of them wearing blue, cheered and waved as Indian batsmen struck.

Rohit fell in need of his well-deserved century by 14 runs. Shaheen claimed his second wicket of the night time with Rohit walked again to the pavilion with a rating of 86.

In his well-paced innings, Rohit crossed the milestone of 300 ODI sixes which have are available in 254 matches. With 351 sixes in 308 video games, former Pakistan cricketer Shahid Afridi leads the tally, whereas West Indies legend Chris Gayle hammered 331 maximums in 301 encounters.

After Rohit’s departure, Shreyas 53* and KL 19* guided India to a complete 7-wicket victory to make it 8-0 within the World Cup between the 2 arch-rivals.

Earlier within the innings, Indian bowlers shattered Pakistan’s batting lineup as Bumrah, Siraj, Pandya, Kuldeep Yadav and Ravindra Jadeja bagged two wickets every.

Pakistan had been all out for 191 runs in 42.5 overs. Captain Babar Azam scored the best for Pakistan with 50 (58 balls) whereas Mohammad Rizwan scored 49.