Published Feb 24, 2025, 12:56 pm IST
It was a clinical finish from India which would be an tricky chase, Thanks to the modern great Virat Kohli who kept one end steady to ensure India finish the match as quickly possible. It all started before 8 years where India faced their arch rival Pakistan in a clutch final of Champions Trophy 2017.
Pakistan batted first it was not just batting it was thunderstorm in form of Fakhar Zaman which just blown away India from the eve of the final where he scored a brilliant 150 and Pakistan gave the target of 338 runs which seemed too much for Indian batters where they were all out in 158 which gave Pakistan a commanding win of 180 runs.
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Slow On Run Rate
After 8 years of endurance the rivalry ignited which stipulated whether India will seek their revenge or Pakistan will stamp their authority once again. Pakistan won the toss and choose to bat first it all started well with Pakistan though they lost their main man Babar Azam. Still Mohammad Rizwan and Saud Shakeel made the resistent partnership to control the innings.
They were going well but were slow on rate they were 152/2 at 35 overs but soon everything changed completely, they lost the plot and a hefty collapse happened which changed the course of the game. Rizwan scored 44 runs out of 77 balls hitting only 3 boundries and Shakeel scoring 62 runs after their dismassal whole team bundled into a pack of cards adding on just 89 runs.
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The Tricky Chase
IIndia got the target of 242 runs to win the epic encounter where Rohit Sharma started the innings explosively but couldn't hold onto more. Then came the main man Kohli for the chase who else better than him to join the party. He and Subhman Gill hold on to the game they persisted and made control over the chase. But another unexpected thing happened where Subhman Gill got out on 46 runs.
At the same point where Pakistan were losing the plot same thing which were replicated by Indian batsman too. Still Shreyas made a good half century plotting with Kohli once Shreyas gone with him Hardik Pandaya too departed but till then the chase was in control where Kohli himself took the charge and finished the match with his 51 century and scoring 14000 runs in ODI occupying less number of innings.
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