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.
48.3 India 322-5 Kedar Jadhav 6 Vijay Shankar 6
A couple of wide balls from Wahab are followed by a powerful drive down the ground from Jadhav. He beats the fielder and picks up his first boundary.
49.0 India 327-5 Kedar Jadhav 7 Vijay Shankar 9
India get 12 runs from the penultimate over. It's an expensive one from Wahab.
Interestingly, UltraEdge shows that Kohli didn't get a touch on the delivery that got him out. There was a definite noise, but it may not have been bat on ball.
49.4 India 333-5 Kedar Jadhav 8 Vijay Shankar 14
Shankar latches onto a pitched up delivery from Amir and smashes it towards the boundary. It bounces once and goes over the rope for four. Two balls left.
50 India 336-5 Kedar Jadhav 9 Vijay Shankar 15
India take just two runs from the final two deliveries, but they'll feel confident that they've scored enough to win this game. Pakistan will need 337 to win against a good India bowling attack. It's a big ask.
India are big favourites to go on and win this now. It'll take something special from Pakistan to pull off an upset.
More rain
Unfortunately, it's started raining again. The umbrellas are out and the covers are back on.
Good news. The sun's come back out. How long it'll last remains to be seen, but play should resume as normal.
Pakistan need 337 to win
The players are back out at Old Trafford. There's been no reduction in play, so Pakistan will have the full 50 overs to reach their target. Let's just hope there's no more rain.
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