Impressive India's passage to ICC Champions Trophy 2013 Final

Match 10: India vs Pakistan

Result: India won by 8 wickets

The much-awaited gladiatorial India-Pakistan clash was rendered a dead rubber but the mercurial India-Pakistan that has supplanted the Ashes as cricket’s blue-ribbon rivalry and the electrifying atmosphere at Edgbaston suggested otherwise.

The Pakistani batting blacked out again in what kick-started as a full game but was reduced to a 40 overs per side contest owing to severe rain interruptions. The way Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja flighted and turned the ball prodigiously, it seemed as if they were operating on the Chepauk pitch rather than Edgbaston. Bhuvneshwar Kumar (2-18), extracting swing and lateral movement early on delivered a neat spell. His upright seam position catalyzed his ability to nip the ball in the air and plant uncertainty in the minds of the opposition. Pakistan’s total of 165 all-out was adjusted to 167 because of the rain-breaks.

With ‘Dabangg Dhawan’ (48) powering on, India cantered home to register their first Champions trophy victory against their old foes.