Ahmadabad (Web Desk): India defeated arch-rivals Pakistan by seven wickets in the International Cricket Council (ICC) Men's Cricket World Cup match at the Narendra Modi Stadium in India's Ahmadabad on Saturday
Chasing 192-run target after losing 3 wickets in 31 overs, Skipper Rohit Sharma was the top-scorer with his 86 off 63 balls. Shreyas Iyer too made a fair contribution with the bat, hitting an unbeaten knock of 53 off 62 balls.
Rohit Sharma missed out on what looked like a certain century as Pakistan paceman Shaheen Afridi took him out.
Earlier, India won the toss, decided to field first and bowled out the Green Shirts for only 191 runs in 42.5 overs.
Pakistan Skipper Babar Azam scored his maiden ODI half-century against India, before being dismissed by Mohammed Siraj, while Abdullah Shafique and Imam-ul-Haq were sent back to the pavilion for 20 and 36, respectively.
Later, Saud Shakeel was dismissed by Kuldeep Yadav for a meager 6 runs, while Iftikhar Ahmed was also removed by the same spinner.
Mohammad Rizwan was dismissed for 49, whereas Shadab Khan was then removed by Jasprit Bumrah after he scored two runs. Pandya then dismissed Mohammad Nawaz for 6.
Ravindra Jadeja took the final wicket of the Pakistan innings, removing Haris Rauf for 2.
The game was being expected as one of the biggest clashes in the mega cricket tournament with the Babar Azam-led Green Shirts and Rohit Sharma's Men In Blue aiming to claim victory but the Pakistani batters could not score a satisfactory margin of runs.
India have a perfect 8-0 record against Pakistan in the 50-overs World Cup and are also the top-ranked ODI team, who now have won three games in the tournament so far.
Despite losing match to India, Pakistan also won two matches at the World Cup after seeing off the Netherlands and Sri Lanka.
In their next matches, India will face Bangladesh on Thursday, while Pakistan will clash against Australia on Friday.
Playing XIs
Pakistan: Abdullah Shafique, Imam-ul-Haq, Babar Azam (c), Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Saud Shakeel, Iftikhar Ahmed, Shadab Khan, Mohammad Nawaz, Hasan Ali, Shaheen Afridi, Haris Rauf
India: Rohit Sharma (c), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (wk), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj.
