#3 India vs Pakistan, ICC World Cup, 2015
Trophy: World Cup, 2014 , Date: Feb 15, 2015, Location: Adelaide, Australia
Result: India won by 76 runs
Man of the match: Virat Kohli
This is one tournament where Pakistan has never beaten India, and that record still continued in the last World Cup as well.
This was another one-off match where a fluent India completely demolished Pakistan by 76 runs.
Having won the toss, Indian captain, Virat Kohli elected to bat first.
Rohit Sharma played a poor shot to give Pakistan their first wicket. However, after that wicket, India had two big partnerships as they added 131 and 110 for second and third wicket respectively.
The century by Virat Kohli and Individual fifties by Shikhar Dhawan and Suresh Raina were enough for India to put up a fighting total of 300 runs on the board.
For Pakistan, speedster, Sohail Khan bagged 5 wickets for 55 runs in 10 overs.
Chasing 301, Pakistan didn't get the start they required as Younis Khan fell cheaply for 6 runs. Pakistan kept losing wickets at regular intervals as they fell short of the target by 73 runs.
Misbah-ul-Haq was the top scorer for Pakistan with 76 runs. Mohammed Shami was imperial for India as he bagged 4 important wickets for 35 runs in 9 overs.
Scorecard:
India- 300 for 7 (Kohli 107, Raina 74, Dhawan 73, Sohail 5-55)
Pakistan- 224 (Misbah 76, Shehzad 47, Shami 4-35)
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