India beat Pakistan by 7 wickets with 117 balls remaining in World Cup

India thrashed Pakistan by 7 wickets with 117 balls remaining in the 12^th match of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023. They continued their dominance in the ICC World Cup over Pakistan by beating them for the eighth time.

Batting first Babar Azam scored a half-century and Mohammad Rizwan scored 49 runs to build the Pakistan innings. Once Babar left, Pakistan started losing wickets frequently and could score 191 in 42.5 overs. Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, Hardik Pandya, Kuldeep Yadav, Ravindra Jadeja took 2 wickets each. In response, Rohit Sharma yet again came up with a classic to score 86 off 63 deliveries. Shreyas Iyer remained unbeaten to win the match for India in just 30.3 overs. Shaheen Shah Afridi claimed 2 wickets conceding 36 runs in six overs.

Jasprit Bumrah, the Player of the Match after claiming 2 wickets for 19 runs including a maiden, said, “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.”