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Rohit Sharma: The bowlers today as well set the game for us. Restricting them to 190 was a great effort. It was not a 190 pitch. At one stage we were looking at 280 or 290. Whoever gets the ball does the job for the team. We have got six individuals who can do the job. It cannot be everyone's day every day. The person having a good day has to finish the job. My job as captain has to be important. Whoever is doing the job on the day I have to figure out who is doing the job and go with him. It's only because the guys entering the World Cup got a lot of runs. The role clarity as well was great. We knew what to do. Entering the WC we didn't want to see what happened previously. We were very clear about what we wanted to do. The batters got the opportunity and made it count. The bowlers also did their job. Lots of five-fors. [On the team getting together] I will keep my fingers crossed. We don't want to get too excited and also not get too low as well. It is a long tournament, nine league games and then the semis and final. Just have to keep the balance and go forward. I have said it before, for us it was an opposition [Pakistan] we wanted to play. Every opposition we come against they can beat you. We have to be good on that particular day. The past and future does not matter.
Babar Azam: We started well, good partnership. We just planned to play normal cricket an build a partnerships. Suddenly there was a collapse and we could not finish well. Not good for us, the way we started, our target was 280-290 but the collapse cost us. The total was not good. We are not up to the mark with the new ball. The way Rohit played, was an outstanding innings. We just tried to take wicket, but that didn't happen.
Jasprit Bumrah is the player of the match:
It felt good. You get to analyse the wicket as soon as possible. We knew the wicket was on the slower side so the hard lengths were the way. We were trying to make it as difficult as possible for the batters. Just the awareness helps. When I was young I used to ask a lot of questions, so that has helped me develop a lot of knowledge. I like to read the wickets and try a lot of options. [Rizwan wicket] I saw Jaddu's ball was turning, so I count my slower ball as a spinner's slower ball. I thought that can make the run-scoring tough, and it worked. There was a little phase in there where there was reverse swing. [Shadab wicket] It was an outswinger I was looking to ball but there was parts of reverse swing happening. I have seen him [Waqar Younis] and Wasim Akram bowl some magical deliveries. So to get his nod is great.
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What a brilliant show by team India!!! Everything went right for the Men in Blue today. Rohit Sharma won the toss and bowled first, India struck in the powerplay, bowlers picked in the middle overs and triggered Pakistan's collapse, Rohit Sharma smashed a quickfire 86 and Shreyas Iyer scored a fifty to seal a win for India. Pakistan were nowhere in the game right through!!!
Shreyas Iyer gets to his fifty and make it 8-0 vs Pakistan.
India finishing this in 30 overs it seems...
Things have slowed down a bit but India are on course to win this match against Pakistan
No 8th century for Rohit Sharma in World Cup. He is gone for 86.
Well, Well!! This is getting embarrassing for Pakistan!! Will India finish this chase in less than 25 overs?
India need 63 runs to win and Rohit is 32 runs away from century. Can he complete his 8th ODI World Cup century?
Skipper Rohit Sharma and Shreyas Iyer have steadied India's chase. India are 111/2 after 15 overs.
Rohit Sharma and Shreyas Iyer keep the scoreboard moving as India complete 100 runs in 13.5 overs. India need 92 runs to win in 36.1 overs.
Rohit completes his fifty in just 36 balls, his 11th 50-plus score in ODI World Cup history, to help India scored 97 runs in just 13.1 overs.
Shreyas Iyer has come out at four and has already hit a four!!
Virat Kohli is GONE!! Pakistan have got a wicket against the run of play here. Can they pick a few more now to stage a comeback? India 79/2
Amazing from Rohit!! He is just toying with Pakistan here!!!
Rohit Sharma completes 300 sixes in ODI cricket
Rohit Sharma is in some mood today!!! He hits his 299th six in ODIs
After Rohit Sharma's majestic pull shot, Virat Kohli smashes a four. India bring up 50 in 7th over
Virat Kohli is up and running with a beautiful cover drive!!!
Rohit Sharma is in good touch here!! India race to 31/1 in four overs
Shubman Gill is GONE!!! A big wicket for Shaheen Afridi
Gill is in action now and he is looking in extremely good touch. How many overs India will take to finish this?
Wow!! What a start!! Gill gets off the mark with a four!!
Rohit Sharma starts off with a four!!! Brilliant start!!!
Here we go!! The chase begins!! Gill and Rohit are out in the middle!!!
192 shouldn't be a tough chase for India. But Shaheen Afridi is a threat and the team will be aware of a collapse early like it happened against Australia.
As for Pakistan, they have no option but to look for early wickets. Otherwise, India will really finish this quickly.
What a bowling performance from India!! Pakistan were 155/2 at one stage with Babar and Rizwan in the middle of a good partnership.
But once Siraj broke the stand and they lost their remaining seven wickets for next 37 runs.
Ravindra Jadeja's finishes Pakistan's resistance on just 191 runs with Haris Rauf's wicket in the 43rd over. Pakistan endure a poor collapse from 155/2 to 191/10, their third-lowest total against India in ODI World Cup history.
Ravindra Jadega picks out Hasan Ali to clinch his first wicket of the game. Shubman Gill takes an easy catch to contribute in Pakistan's 9th wicket
Hardik Pandya dismisses Mohammad Nawaz to pick his second wicket of the game. Pakistan down for 8 wickets with 187 runs on the scoreboard.
Much-needed four for Pakistan as Hardik Pandya introduced into the attack!!
Hasan Ali and Nawaz are trying their best. But they aren't able to score. Their first aim will be to play 50 overs.
Wow!!! Just Wow!!! Jasprit Bumrah is on fire here!!! He castles Shadab Khan now...The collapse continues
155/2 to 168/6. Pakistan have collapsed big time!! Can they cross 200?
Rizwan is GONE!!!!! Bumrah strikes no. Delivery a brilliant delivery to castle Mohammad Rizwan!!!
Iftikhar Ahmed is in now and HE IS GONE!!!! Kuldeep Yadav castles him. Pakistan are 166/5 now
Kuldeep Yadav strikes!! A wicket on review. Saud Shakeel is dismissed!!!!
Saud Shakeel is known to play aggressively but Rizwan is key for Pakistan in terms of posting a 300+ total. Can they do it though
Siraj did a brilliant job getting to the ball but missed a direct hit to dismiss Saud Shakeel!
Siraj strikes!! He is looting runs but also picking wickets. He castles Babar this time. A timely wicket for India. Pakistan 155/3 in 30th over.
Babar Azam scores his first half-century against India. 150 up for Pakistan as well. India will need a wicket now!!
Again poor from Siraj!!!! 11 runs in a single over. Pressure was built nicely by Kuldeep and Jaddu. But it's been released now
17 runs in last 5 overs. Jadeja and Kuldeep are building pressure here
A poor review from India, more so in desperation!!! But Babar Azam survives really here!! Is the luck with him tonight?
50 partnership is up between Babar and Rizwan!!!
Pakistan have managed to hit a four every over in the last few overs. They are recovering courtesy Babar and Rizwan
Pakistan will need Babar Azam to play a big innings and he is looking good here!! 103/2 after 20 overs
Shardul Thakur is into the attack now!!! Can he pick up a wicket?
Enthralling last few minutes for India!!! Pakistan have lost two wickets for 75/2 after 14 overs
Rizwan was given out but he survives on review!!
Ravindra Jadeja is into the attack!!!
Hardik Pandya strikes!! Both openers are back in the hut now!! Imam-ul-Haq goes as KL Rahul plucks a good catch. Pakistan 73/2
50 up for Pakistan in the 11th over
Good comeback by India after a poor start especially from Siraj. Siraj himelf provided the breakthrough and Pakistan are 49/1 after 10 overs.
Mohammed Siraj has struck for India!!! Yes, Abdullah Shafique has been trapped in front of the wickets!!!
37/0 fter 7 overs for Pakistan. A good start from Imam and Shafique
Jasprit Bumrah bowls a maiden!!! Siraj has to bowl well now and back it up with a decent over if Pakistan openers are to put under pressure
Siraj has to improve his line and length here. He is all over the place at the moment
Very poor from Siraj!! He has sprayed it all over the place
Excellent start for Pakistan!!! After Abdullah Shafique, Imam-ul-Haq has opened his account with two consecutive fours...
Jasprit Bumrah has started the proceedings for India with new ball
India: Rohit Sharma (C), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (WK), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur (In for Ravichandran Ashwin), Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj
Pakistan: Abdullah Shafique, Imam-ul-Haq, Babar Azam(c), Mohammad Rizwan(w), Saud Shakeel, Iftikhar Ahmed, Shadab Khan, Mohammad Nawaz, Hasan Ali, Shaheen Afridi, Haris Rauf
India opt to bowl first!!
A 300-plus total is well on the cards as it is a black soil, which will be used for the clash and the team winning the toss might just opt to bat to put scoreboard pressure on the opposition.
It may not have been the case in the IPL final but the outfield has been cleared for the players to practice alongside the stage where Shankar Mahadevan and Sukhwinder Singh are performing. After those two, Arijit singh took the stage.
Yes, the ceremony featuring a host of Indian musicians and singers will only be for in-stadia fans and hence the once watching the game from home will not be able to watch it.
Shardul Thakur replaced R Ashwin in the line-up in Delhi against Afghanistan. If the Ahmedabad surface is like anything we saw in the IPL, runs, pace and swing will be on offer and Mohammed Shami could be in with a chance to make it into the side.
Shubman Gill is 99 per cent fit, said skipper Rohit Sharma on the eve of the match in the press conference. Will that remaining one per cent be ignored or prove to be detrimanetal to Gill's partipation? That we will know only at the toss.
It has been a tremendous record for India against Pakistan in Cricket World Cup history. The streak in T20 World Cup broke in 2021 and taking inspiration from the same, Pakistan skipper Babar Azam said that there's always a first time. Will it be this time around for Pakistan, that too in India? Remember India's first win against Pakistan in World Cup was back in 1992, in the edition with the Men in Green won, which tells you about the Men in Blue's domination against the arch-rivals.
A song and dance ceremony featuring who's who of Hindi music industry, from Arijit Singh, Shankar Mahadevan, Sukhwinder Singh to Sunidhi Chauhan, will be entertaining a huge crowd at Ahmedabad's Narendra Modi Stadium. The ceremony begins at 12:30 PM IST. There is another such ceremony in store with singers Darshan Rawal and Neha Kakkar set to perform in the mid-innings break.
It has been a long wait but the fans of both nations, celebrities, and everyone from all walks of life will be glued to their TV sets in anticipation of what could be a major game, not just from the rivalry point of view but also from the tournament's, given both teams have four points from two matches.
Nine days, 11 matches and New Zealand at the top - the ICC Cricket World Cup has gotten off to a sleeper start so far. Australia haven't turned up, India and South Africa have and Pakistan are just breathing down their necks. And on the 10th day, it's time for India vs Pakistan.
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