• Rohit Sharma hits 140 to guide India to big total
In the end the game was settled in three deliveries and they came just when the ebb and flow of play was beginning to run Pakistan’s way and turned it back decisively against them.
They were chasing 336 and, midway through the innings, had made it all the way to 117 for one. Their two best batsmen, Fakhar Zaman and Babar Azam, were set together, 104 runs into their partnership and, while the required run rate was climbing all the time, they were ready to accelerate. India had lost one bowler, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, to a hamstring injury and for the first time all day Virat Kohli had something of the wild, wide-eyed look of a man who was beginning to feel the pressure.
Written by Andy Bull at Old Trafford
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2019/jun/16/pakistan-india-cricket-world-cup-match-report under the title “Superb Kuldeep Yadav puts Pakistan in a spin to turn match India’s way”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
