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India defeated Pakistan by 7 wickets with the help of clinical performance from Indian skipper Rohit Sharma with the bat who smashed 86 runs in just 63 balls. Initially, India winning the toss invited Pakistan to bat first and restricted them to just 191 runs with the help of a clinical bowling performance from Jasprit Bumrah and other bowlers like Kuldeep Yadav, Jadeja, Siraj, and Hardik Pandya also picking two wickets with the ball respectively.
India chased down 192 runs comfortably in 30.3 overs itself where Shreyas Iyer was also seen smashing fifty alongside Rohit Sharma's bolstering innings at the top.
Numbers and Stats from IND vs PAK game:
1 - Babar Azam smashed his first fifty against India in ODIs.
Babar Azam Scores vs India in ODIs:
8(12) in Birmingham, CT 2017 - Group Stage
46(52) in The Oval, CT 2017 - Finals
47(62) in Dubai (DSC), 2018 Asia Cup - Group Stage
9(25) in Dubai (DSC), 2018 Asia Cup - Super Four
48(57) in Manchester, 2019 World Cup
10(24) in Colombo(RPS), 2023 Asia Cup - Super Four
50(58) in Ahmedabad, 2023 World Cup
This is also Babar Azam's first fifty in ODIs in the last six innings. Babar Azam scored only 5 runs and 10 runs against Netherlands and Sri Lanka in this WC 2023, while he managed to score 17, 10, and 29 in the last three games of Asia Cup 2023.
2 - Jasprit Bumrah won the Player of the Match award for the second time in the ODI World Cup.
Instances of Jasprit Bumrah winning Player of the Match award in ODI WC:
2/39 vs Afghanistan in Southampton, 2019
2/19 vs Pakistan in Ahmedabad, 2023
2 - For the second time, five Indian bowlers have taken two wickets each in an ODI World Cup match.
Instances of five bowlers picking two wickets each in an ODI World Cup game:
India vs Pakistan in Mohali, 2011
New Zealand vs Sri Lanka in Christchurch, 2015
India vs Pakistan in Ahmedabad, 2023
3 - Rohit Sharma became the third player to smash 300 sixes in ODIs after Shahid Afridi and Chris Gayle.
Most Sixes in ODIs:
Shahid Afridi - 351
Chris Gayle - 331
Rohit Sharma - 303
Most Sixes by an Indian batsman in an ODI WC match:
Sourav Ganguly - 7 vs Sri Lanka in Taunton, 1999
Yuvraj Singh - 7 vs Bermuda in Port of Spain, 2007
Kapil Dev - 6 vs Zimbabwe in Tunbridge Wells, 1983
Rohit Sharma - 6 vs Pakistan in Ahmedabad, 2023
5 - India have won five out of the last six matches against Pakistan in ODIs.
India vs Pakistan results in ODIs since 2018:
India win by 8 wickets at Dubai(DSC), 2018 Asia Cup - Group Stage
India win by 9 wickets at Dubai(DSC), 2018 Asia Cup - Super Fours
India win by 89 runs at Manchester, 2019 World Cup
No Result at Pallekele, 2023 Asia Cup - Group Stage
India win by 228 runs at Colombo(RPS), 2023 Asia Cup - Super Fours
India win by 7 wickets at Ahmedabad, 2023 World Cup
Coincidentally, in those five wins, Rohit Sharma has scored fifty-plus runs in all of them.
Rohit Sharma's ODI scores vs Pakistan since 2018:
52(39) in Dubai(DSC), 2018 Asia Cup - Group Stage
111*(119) in Dubai(DSC), 2018 Asia Cup - Super Four
140(113) in Manchester, 2019 World Cup
11(22) in Pallekele, 2023 Asia Cup - Group Stage
56(49) in Colombo(RPS), 2023 Asia Cup - Super Four
86(63) in Ahmedabad, 2023 World Cup
6 - For the sixth time, India won by a margin of 100-plus balls to be spared in an ODI WC game.
Biggest margin of win for India in ODI WC (by balls remaining):
187b vs UAE in Perth, 2015
135b vs Zimbabwe in Leicester, 1983
133b vs Zimbabwe in Mumbai-WS, 1987
181b vs East Africa in Leeds, 1975 - 60 over game
117b vs Pakistan in Ahmedabad, 2023
107b vs New Zealand in Nagpur, 1987
8 - India have defeated Pakistan for the 8th consecutive time in the ODI World Cup.
Most one-side head to head record in ODI WC:
Pakistan - 8 wins vs Sri Lanka
India - 8 wins vs Pakistan
India vs Pakistan results in ODI WC:
India win by 43 runs at Sydney, 1992
India win by 39 runs at Bengaluru, 1996
India win by 47 runs at Manchester, 1999
India win by 6 wickets at Centurion, 2003
India win by 29 runs at Mohali, 2011
India win by 76 runs at Adelaide, 2015
India win by 89 runs (D/L) at Manchester, 2019
India win by 7 wickets at Ahmedabad, 2023
