Again A Historic Win Of India Against Pakistan...
So India win their first international after close to three months in this Australian summer. But it is a big one. Against Pakistan. A win against a big team that ensures them against any unlikely slip in the league stages.
India were once again cooler and calmer than the old rivals. Dhawan set the tone really with a patient return to form. Hardly looked like a bloke who has been struggling all summer. Kohli pkayed the big innings, Raina provided the impetus, and despite a blip in the end you knew India had enough. Shehzad and Haris Sohail threatened India briefly, but they played too many dots. They didn't bat like modern limited-overs batsmen do. Shami's good work was followed up by Ashwin, who bowled three maidens, and began Pakistan's slide with Sohail's wicket. It was all over when Shehzad fell on 48. Misbah's 76 was, alas and predictably, an effort in vain, and one that took shape after all had been lost. Will Pakistan have to wait four more years before having a go at India in a World Cup or will the two meet again in the knockouts? We will see about that later. Now is goodbye from Sidharth Monga and Sanjay Murari.
"It was a very good performance," says MS Dhoni. "I was very happy with our batting. When you are batting first, it is not easy over here. It doesn't come on that nicely. It has a bit of a variable pace initially. Gets comfortable after that. It was important we stayed in the middle. The big partnership between Virat and Shikhar. And then Raina capitalised as well. The break in between was important. the World Cup itself can get you going. Also the fans. Even before we came here, there were a lot of fans in our lobby. That helped."
The fan question for Dhoni is: "How do you control your emotion when you sense a big win?" The answer is: "I don't control my emotions. They are there. Just that I don't like to be over-expressive."
"They played really well," says Misbah-ul-Haq. "They posted a big total, and bowled really well. We lost our way with three wickets in the middle. The pitch was really good, and with the quality of their batting, 300 was a pretty good effort. If all the batsmen had batted well, it could have been achieved. Two-three batsmen never got in, and got out in the first couple of balls. You can't say much about that. Now we have to just look forward. You can't just think of this game. We have to focus on the next one."
"Probably one of the biggest in my career so far," says Virat Kohli, the Man of the Match. "Amazing way to begin our World Cup. Big game against Pakistan, amazing fight from them. expectations are going to be there when you do well for your country./ I just look to stand up to them because I hate to lose and play passionately. I like the expectations. Last couple of days have been too tough. Too many people in the hotel getting worked over. You just have to stay in your little space. My role in the team is to bat through, and the power-hitters can play around knowing that one end is secure. The way Shikhar and Suresh batted today is commendable. The support has been magnificent. We expect the same throughout the tournament. Too loud at times for MS to catch our attention."
Indian Team Batting Review Against Pakistan In World Cup 2015 :-
1) 102 India's previous-highest partnership for any wicket against Pakistan in the World Cup. Dhawan and Kohli have beaten that.
2) 5/6 India's No. 3 have scored five fifties in their last-six World Cup games.
3) 70.8 Virat Kohli's average against legspinners in ODIs - he strikes at 105 and has been dismissed only six times in 500 balls
4) 8.75 Wahab Riaz's eco in 8 overs against India in ODIs after the 2011 World Cup semi-final when Riaz took 5 for 46.
5) 59.21 Afridi's bowling average against India in ODIs - his worst against any team. His economy of 5.03 against them is also the worst.
6) 3 Number of times Junaid Khan has dismissed Virat Kohli in 22 balls in ODIs. Kohli has managed to score only 2 runs off him.
7) 47.31 Pakistan's bowling ave in the first-10 overs in ODIs since 2014 - second worst after Zimbabwe. Eco of 4.99 is the worst.
8) 26.3 Sohail Khan's List-A strike rate - he has taken 85 wickets at an average of 21.32. Economy - 4.85.
9) 18.4 Ave opening partnership between Dhawan and Sharma in their last-ten innings. They have put on only one 50 partnership.
10) 6-0 Teams winning the toss have always batted first in all 6 India-Pakistan World Cup games. India have won 5 of the 6 tosses.
11) 0-5 Pakistan's win-loss record against India in World Cups. At the Adelaide Oval it is 0-1.
12) 56/0 India's score in five overs after the batting Powerplay. Pakistan allowed them only 25 runs in the batting Powerplay.
13) 3 Number of times India have had two century partnerships in a World Cup match including this one.
14) 1 Kohli is the first India batsman to hit a ton against Pakistan in the World Cup. Previous highest was Tendulkar's 98 in Centurion.
15) 93 Highest score by an India batsman in the 1992 World Cup, by Azharuddin against Australia, Kohli has bettered that.
16) 5.54 Pakistan's economy in the batting Power play since 2014 - only West Indies have done worse.
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