In the important match of the Champions Trophy, India defeated Pakistan by 6 wickets. India achieved the target of 242 runs in 43 overs with the loss of 4 wickets. In the match played at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium, the national team captain Muhammad Rizwan won the toss and decided to bat against India.
The entire Pakistan team was dismissed for 241 runs in 49.4 overs. Saud Shakeel scored 62, Muhammad Rizwan scored 46, Khushdil Shah scored 38, Babar Azam scored 23, Salman Agha scored 19, Imamul Haq scored 10. Haris Rauf scored 8 runs and Tayyab Tahir scored 4 runs.
For India, Kuldeep Yadav got 3 wickets, Hardik Pandya got 2 wickets, Harshit Rana, Kash Patel and Jadeja each got one wicket.
India’s first player to get out was captain Rohit Sharma who was bowled by Shaheen Afridi, Rohit Sharma was dismissed for 20 runs. After him, Shibman Gill scored 46 runs and was bowled by Abrar. Shreyas Air was caught out after scoring 56 runs, he was dismissed by Khushdil Shah. Hardik Pandya scored 8 runs and was caught out by Shaheen Shah Afridi.
On this occasion, Virat Kohli remained at the wicket and scored his 51st century of ODI career, he scored 100 runs from 111 balls with the help of 7 fours. He was given the man of the match award for his brilliant batting.
India achieved the target of 242 runs in 43 overs at the loss of 4 wickets. On behalf of Pakistan, Shaheen Afridi got 2 wickets, Abrar and Khushdil Shah got one wicket each.
