India vs Pakistan, Cricket World Cup 2019: Virat Kohli's men win by 89 runs (DLS)
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Your support makes all the difference.A dominant India beat Pakistan by 89 runs via Duckworth-Lewis method in a rain-hit group match at Old Trafford to maintain their unbeaten World Cup record against their arch-rivals on Sunday.
Put into bat in a stop-start match, India posted a commanding 336-5 with Rohit Sharma (140) smashing his second century of the tournament.
Skipper Virat Kohli (77) and KL Rahul (57) also got fifty but Mohammad Amir's (3-47) tight death-overs spell denied India a 350-plus total in the sold out contest between the arch-rivals.
A century stand between Fakhar Zaman (62) and Babar Azam (48) kept alive Pakistan's hopes until they suffered a batting collapse and finished on 212-6 in 40 overs chasing a revised target of 302.
Kuldeep Yadav, Hardik Pandya and Vijay Shankar claimed two wickets each for India who now have a 7-0 record against Pakistan in World Cup.
29.0 India 165-1 Virat Kohli 7 Rohit Sharma 95
Pakistan bring Amir, expensive early in the innings, back into the attack. India manage just one off a good over, though. Kohli is just feeling his way into the game, looking to find his rhythm at the crease.
30.0 India 172-1 Virat Kohli 9 Rohit Sharma 100
Rohit cuts the ball away for a single and brings up his second century of the World Cup! It's taken him just 85 balls, and it seemed an inevitability once he got past 50. A stunning display of batting from the 32-year-old.
31.0 India 181-1 Virat Kohli 16 Rohit Sharma 102
Pakistan bring Amir back into the attack and Kohli goes on the offensive, driving through the covers for his first boundary of the game. The wicket of Rahul has done nothing to unsettle India. These two are building another strong partnership.
32.0 India 187-1 Virat Kohli 20 Rohit Sharma 104
Kohli and Rohit bring up their 50 partnership, and they're content to just rotate the strike, collecting regular singles. The latter is in brilliant form. A fourth ODI double-century does not look out of the question for Rohit.
34.0 India 199-1 Virat Kohli 23 Rohit Sharma 113
India are just beginning to accelerate a little now. Shadab gets the ball spinning, but Rohit is equal to it, sweeping the ball to the boundary, before collecting another couple of runs off the final delivery of the over.
35.0 India 206-1 Virat Kohli 24 Rohit Sharma 119
Kohli hits one through cover and India bring up 200. They've got 15 overs left to rack up as many runs as possible. The target, no doubt, will be in excess of 350.
Imad is spinning the ball, too, bringing an outside edge from Rohit which trickles away for four. India's spinners will like what they've seen from this pitch.
36.0 India 214-1 Virat Kohli 25 Rohit Sharma 126
Short and wide from Wahab and Rohit lashes a cut shot to the boundary. India get nine runs from the over.
It's time for another drinks break.
37.0 India 220-1 Virat Kohli 29 Rohit Sharma 128
India take five runs from Imad's final over. They might start to consider speeding things up over the next few overs. They have wickets in hand and some big hitters - MS Dhoni springs to mind - still to come.
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