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Victorious Indian captain, Virat Kohli, says that the pitch did not make too much of a difference throughout, except for the turn. Bides by his original decision to bowl first purely because of the overcast conditions. Is proud of the templates set by the team in each of the three wins with the batting laying the foundation and the bowlers doing their stuff. Feels that everyone is playing their roles perfectly. On Kuldeep Yadav's two wickets, breaking the century stand, Kohli says that Kuldeep was getting rhythm with every ball that he bowled and a longer spell helped him.
Calls the Babar dismissal a beauty with plenty of drift and turn. On India-Pakistan rivalries becoming a damp squib, Virat says that Pakistan beat India comprehensively in the 2017 Champions Trophy final but other than that, India have always done well against them.
Urges fans to watch the game, enjoy but not be too emotional. Stresses that the players treat the contest professionally. On Bhuvneshwar Kumar's injury, Kohli says that it is a slight niggle caused due to improper landing, but is nothing too serious and is hopeful of getting well soon. Pakistan skipper, Sarfaraz Ahmed, says that they won a good toss but could not put the ball in the right areas and praises Rohit Sharma for playing really well. On the logic behind picking two spinners, Ahmed says that there was some moisture on the wicket and the ball was turning as well and Pakistan's spinners did bowl nicely but credits India for batting better. With the bat, Sarfaraz says that Pakistan were going well with the bat but suddenly they lost a flurry of wickets and lost the game.
Hopes to win all their remaining four games and bounce back. ROHIT SHARMA HAS BEEN NAMED THE MAN OF THE MATCH. Rohit says that he is happy with the way India played as a team.
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Adds they wanted to get on the park and play the game of cricket. Mentions that it was frustrating that their last match got washed out.
On his disappointment after getting out, Rohit replies that he wasn't happy with the way he played that shot and feels it was a misjudgement from his side as fine leg was brought up just before that ball (He got out caught at short fine leg attempting a paddle). Tells that it was a good pitch and he wanted to bat for as long as possible.
Praises KL Rahul for playing really well and is happy that he took his time to settle down. Further says that they knew the opening spell was going to be threatening and their idea was to play those initial overs safely. During the chase, before Pakistan could suffer a blow, India suffered a blow as they lost their key bowler, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, to injury. But Vijay Shankar coming in to complete Bhuvi's unfinished over struck gold on the very first ball and claimed the prized scalp of in-form Imam-ul-Haq. Post that, a century stand developed between Fakhar Zaman and Babar Azam but as the saying goes, 'one swallow doesn't make a summer'.
The 104-run stand was followed by the complete disintegration of the Pakistan batting line-up. A magical ball from Kuldeep Yadav sent Babar Azam back and as it happens usually, more so with Pakistan, one wicket brought another and soon it was a procession. In a pressure match, (what pressure match? Ind-Pak matches rarely induce pressure these days) India were forced to use a different opening batsman to replace Shikhar Dhawan.
They trusted KL Rahul to do the job and the young man didn't disappoint as he was involved in India's maiden century partnership for the first wicket against Pakistan in all World Cups. After a solid beginning, Rohit Sharma took it forward and hammered a big century and his skipper Virat Kohli also contributed with a fine half century which also made him the fastest batsman to the 11k milestone in ODIs.
A powerful batting show powered the Men in Blue to a total of 336/5 in 50 overs and from thereon they were in front. India face Pakistan in one of the most-talked clash of ICC Cricket World Cup 2019. The blockbuster encounter will be played at the Old Trafford Cricket Ground in Manchester on June 16.
Both teams have had contrasting fortunes so far in CWC19. While India - tournament favourites - romped off to convincing victories over South Africa and defending champions Australia, Pakistan were thrashed by the West Indies in their opening game of the tournament. Both India and Pakistan also had a game each washed out due to rain.Pakistan humiliated India by 180 runs when these sides last met in an ICC tournament - the 2017 Champions Trophy final. But interestingly, Pakistan has never beaten India at the World Cups. When India and Pakistan last met in the 2015 World Cup, India won by 76 runs. India also beat Pakistan by eight and nine wickets respectively in the two 2018 Asia Cup group stage matches.India are also one of the two sides still unbeaten in CWC 2019 while Pakistan has already lost twice in four matches.
They are placed eighth in the points table, India, in contrast, are in the fourth position and need a win to break into the top two. But amidst all the build-up, both sides will also have to remain prepared for rain intervenes.