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.
45.1 India 298-4
WICKET! Dhoni (1) b Amir c Sarfaraz
MS Dhoni, usually so good in the final few overs, is gone for just a solitary run. He swings at a pitched up Amir delivery and edges it behind to Sarfaraz, who makes no mistake.
46.0 India 302-4 Virat Kohli 70 Vijay Shankar 1
Kohli runs a quick double to bring up India's 300. A wicket and just four runs from the over from Amir, though, which could be invaluable at this stage.
46.4 India 305-4
Decision reversed! Shankar was given out for what appeared to be an edge behind, but he quickly reviewed it and ultra edge confirms there was no touch.
India remain four wickets down, then, but it's started raining at Old Trafford, so the players have left the pitch and the covers are on. Hopefully it's just a shower.
Update
The covers are coming off and the stumps are being put back in place. Play should resume shortly.
Play will restart at 2:40pm
Just ten minutes to wait, then. India will play out their remaining 3.2 overs and then there'll be a reduced 15-minute break before Pakistan's innings.
46.5 India 306-4 Virat Kohli 71 Vijay Shankar 4
Wahab gets things back underway and Shankar chips a shot to cover for a single. Kohli is back on strike.
47.0 India 311-4 Virat Kohli 75 Vijay Shankar 4
A wide ball gives Kohli another chance to find the boundary, and that's exactly what he does, guiding the ball cleverly to third man. Three overs remain.
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