Ahmedabad: India maintained their unbeaten record with a memorable victory in the prestigious World Cup clash against Pakistan as captain Rohit Sharma led from the front. Shaheen Afridi and Haris Rauf were thought to be the biggest threat to India as they chased down the 192-run target set by Pakistan yesterday. Pakistan’s bowling hope rested on these two.
But Afridi’s captain Rohit Sharma, who crossed the boundary on the very first ball, clarified his position. On the third ball, Gill also hit Afridi for a boundary. Gill hit three consecutive boundaries against Hasan Ali, but then got out in the rush to get Shaheen Afridi for a boundary. But Rohit hit the short ball for a six in the sixth over of the Indian innings bowled by Shaheen Afridi. Two boundaries followed by Kohli’s pull shot and a beautiful cover drive. With this, Pakistan captain Babar Azam brought on spinner Muhammad Nawaz in the eighth over. Babar’s last hope was the quickness of Harris Rauf as Nawaz was also hit by Rohit for a six.
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Rohit hit the second ball of Harris Rauf’s first over to long-on for a six. Rohit escaped the run-out on the third ball and hit the fourth ball again over cover for a six. With this, Rauf conceded 14 runs in the first over. After Hasan Ali dropped Virat Kohli in the next over, Pakistan got hope again. It was Shreyas Iyer who faced Harris Rauf’s five balls in the next over. Shreyas respects Rauf and Rauf completes the over without much injury. Shreyas crossed the boundary in the first ball of Rauf’s third over, but the Pacer conceded eight runs in that over.
When Harris came to bowl the fourth over, Rauf tried to use a short ball strategy against Rohit. But Rohit took the short ball which reached a speed of 141 kmph to the gallery faster than that. In that over as well, Harris Rauf conceded 10 runs and Babar had to withdraw his diamond weapon. Rauf, who was Pakistan’s biggest bowling hope in the World Cup, conceded 43 runs in the first over.
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After Shadab Khan, who conceded 31 runs in four overs, Rauf was the most hit among the Pakistani bowlers. Only Rohit hit three sixes against Harris Rauf. Fans compare Hitman’s performance to Virat Kohli’s memorable victory for India in last year’s India-Pak T20 World Cup match when he blasted Harris Rauf for consecutive sixes.
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2023-10-15 07:30:57
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