India cruise past Pakistan score with ease as Rohit Sharma and Bumrah shine with bat in the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 league match played at Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad.
This Victory moves India to the top of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 table. Pakistan remain fourth and well in the hunt for a semi-final spot.
This was the 8th time that India and Pakistan have met at a ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup and the 8th time that India have come out on top.
India won the toss and offered Pakistan to bat first. Pakistan started well with the 2 openers good partnership of 41 runs. Babar Azam (50 runs from 58 balls) and Mohammad Rizwan (49 runs from 69 balls) also had a good partnership of 82 runs which is the highest of their innings could only help Pakistan to reach the total of 191 runs.
5 Indian bowlers claimed wickets, all taking 2 apiece, with Jasprit Bumrah and Kuldeep Yadav sparking the collapse with superb spells.
Match 12 of the ICC World Cup 2023 tournament was hugely-anticipated it was between India and Pakistan. Amid huge home crowd, India captain Rohit won the toss and elected to bowl first.
With the scoring rate, still reasonably high and Pakistan’s big-name pair at the crease, there was still plenty of hope for a big first-innings score.
Rohin Sharma scored 86 runs while Shreyas Iyer scored 53 runs in India’s chase. Pakistan bowlers Shaheen Shah Afridi claimed 2/36 and Hasan Ali took 1/30.
India continue their unbeaten run against Pakistan in the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup with an emphatic win in Ahmedabad.
Here is the points table of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023
SPOT | TEAM | MATCHES | WON | LOST | NRR | PTS | ||||
1 | India | 9 | 9 | 0 | 2.57 | 18 | ||||
2 | South Africa | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1.38 | 12 | ||||
4 | Australia | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0.84 | 14 | ||||
3 | New Zealand | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0.74 | 10 | ||||
5 | Pakistan | 9 | 4 | 5 | -0.20 | 8 | ||||
6 | Afghanistan | 9 | 4 | 4 | -0.34 | 8 | ||||
7 | England | 9 | 3 | 6 | -0.57 | 6 | ||||
8 | Bangladesh | 9 | 2 | 7 | -1.09 | 4 | ||||
9 | Sri Lanka | 9 | 2 | 7 | -1.42 | 4 | ||||
10 | Netherlands | 9 | 2 | 7 | -1.83 | 4 |