On This Day In 2019: Rohit Sharma's 140 Helps India Defeat Pakistan In World Cup

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On this day in 2019: Rohit Sharma's 140 off 113 led India to a dominant win over Pakistan in the ICC World Cup.
On This Day In 2019: A sparkling 140 off 113 deliveries from the ever-graceful Rohit Sharma headlined India's dominating triumph over Pakistan during the ICC World Cup 2019 on this day. Rohit consolidated his place in the pantheon of India's 50-over batting greats with a marvellous century that helped the Men In Blue come out winners again versus the neighbours. The then skipper Virat Kohli's brigade pulled off the country's seventh consecutive World Cup victory against the mercurial Pakistanis.
Under gloomy Manchester skies, Pakistan decided to bowl first but were soon left regretting their decision after Rohit completely disrupted their pace battery. The elegant right-hander struck 14 fours and 3 sixes during his excellent knock, finishing with a strike rate of 123.89. Rohit stitched a brilliant opening stand of 136 runs with KL Rahul, who scored a composed 57 off 78 and helped lay a foundation for India's middle-order assault.
At his peerless best, Kohli walked in at No.3 and took the game further away from Pakistan with a terrific 77 off 65 deliveries. Kohli and Rohit's enthralling second-wicket partnership of 98 runs pushed India to a gigantic 336/5 despite late stutters in the innings after the departure of No.4 Hardik Pandya following his cameo of 26. Left-arm pacer Mohammad Amir was the only bright spot in Pakistan's disappointing bowling display with his figures of 3 for 47.
During the chase, Pakistan completely fell flat, unable to maintain a high tempo to their innings without taking risks. The rain threat at Old Trafford gave them an outside chance of finishing ahead in the DLS calculation at the final stoppage, but wickets at regular intervals, including a decisive blow of opener Fakhar Zaman for 62, pushed Pakistan back significantly.
No.3 Babar Azam played a fluent knock of 48 but successive fall of him and Zaman fastened their team's downfall. Allrounder Imad Wasim's 46 towards the end also went in vain as Pakistan fell short by 89 runs.
India finished with multiple positives on the bowling front after allrounder Vijay Shankar made his World Cup debut count with 2 wickets for 22 runs. Wrist-spinner Kuldeep Yadav (2/32) and star allrounder Hardik Pandya (2/44) also bagged a pair of scalps for the 2011 champions, who took a giant leap towards the tournament semifinals with their third win in four games.
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