Babar Azam’s 50 became Pakistan’s only saving grace as India’s Bumrah, Siraj and Kuldeep Yadav rattled Pakistan’s batting line-up leaving them 7 wickets down under 200 on a flat track here in Ahmedabad.
India had won the toss and put Pakistan to bat first in this ICC World Cup 2023 fixture.
LIVE SCORE
IND 186-3
OVERS 29.2
PAK 191
OVERS 42.5
FALL OF WICKETS
1-41 (Abdullah Shafique, 7.6 ov), 2-73 (Imam-ul-Haq, 12.3 ov), 3-155 (Babar Azam, 29.4 ov), 4-162 (Saud Shakeel, 32.2 ov), 5-166 (Iftikhar Ahmed, 32.6 ov), 6-168 (Mohammad Rizwan, 33.6 ov), 7-171 (Shadab Khan, 35.2 ov), 8-187 (Mohammad Nawaz, 39.6 ov), 9-187 (Hassan Ali, 40.1 ov), 10-191 (Haris Rauf, 42.5 ov)
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India have won the toss and decided to bowl first in World Cup 2023 high anticipated match which is being played at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.
Mohammad Siraj in 29th over bowled the Pakistani Captain Babar Azam, meanwhile, Saud and Mohammad Rizwan is on the crease, and building up partnership.
“We were looking to field as well. Momntum is very high and we want to continue that,” said Pakistan team captain Babar Azam.
India made one change, with Shubman Gill replacing Ishan Kishan.
Pakistan have never won against India in the World Cup in their seven outings since 1992.
Their previous loss was by 89 runs in a rain-hit league match of the 2019 edition in Manchester.
India remain behind in their overall ODI head-to-heads against Pakistan with 56 wins and 73 losses but have clearly been the stronger team in recent meetings.
Rohit’s men hammered Pakistan by 228 runs in their Asia Cup Super Four clash last month and went on to win the regional tournament.
Playing XIs
Pakistan: Abdullah Shafique, Imam-ul-Haq, Babar Azam (c), Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Saud Shakeel, Iftikhar Ahmed, Shadab Khan, Mohammad Nawaz, Hasan Ali, Shaheen Afridi, Haris Rauf
India: Rohit Sharma (c), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (wk), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj
