India crushed Pakistan in the Asia Cup. The Pakistan bata was crushed before the huge victory target of 357 runs raised by Rohit Sharma and his team. Chasing a target of 357 runs, Pakistan’s innings ended on 128 runs. China’s arm-spinner Kuldeep Yadav took five wickets and left the Pakistan batsmen reeling. India won by 228 runs. This is the biggest win against Pakistan. With the win, India topped the Super Four.
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India continued the match on the reserve day due to rain and scored 356 runs on the strength of Virat Kohli’s KL Rahul’s century innings. With captain Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill laying the foundation for India’s innings, Kohli and Rahul set a huge target against Pakistan. Kohli and Rahul batted very calculatedly and did not give the upper hand to the Pak bowlers at any point. Kohli started slowly and picked up speed by changing gears at regular intervals. On the other hand, Rahul, who came back from injury, gave a dream like performance.
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Pacer Haris Rauf’s injury left Pakistan on the defensive. Seeing the possibility of rain becoming the villain again, Kohli and Rahul correctly increased the run rate. As both of them crossed half-centuries, the scoring got faster. Tried changing bowlers to no avail. Rahul was the first to complete the century as he made his comeback. Rahul remained unbeaten on 111 runs off 106 balls with 12 fours and 2 sixes. Kohli hit 9 fours and 3 sixes in 94 balls and remained unbeaten on 122 runs. Kohli also holds the record of becoming the fastest player to score 13,000 runs in ODIs. Kohli completed his 47th career century today. Kohli has scored a century in the last 4 matches played in Colombo.
In reply, Pakistan, who started batting, was literally stunned in front of India’s bowling. Jasprit Bumrah, who returned to Indian cricket, shocked Pakistan by throwing his fireballs again. With Kuldeep Yadav’s five-wicket haul, Pakistan took the lead over India. Pacer players Naseem Shah and Haris Rauf were injured and left the field. Shardul Thakur and Hardik Pandya took one wicket each for India.
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2023-09-11 17:54:08
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