India maintained their unbeaten record against Pakistan in World Cup matches with a convincing 7-wicket win at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on Saturday. India reached the modest 192-run target with 117 balls to spare as Rohit Sharma scored 86 runs.
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The damage was done early by the bowlers with Pakistan collapsing from 155/2 to 191 all out with all of Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja and Kuldeep yadav picking two wickets each.
Pakistan captain Babar Azam top-scored the 1992 World Cup champions with 50 off 58 balls while Mohammad Rizwan made 49 off 69 balls.
Most one-sided contests in World Cups
8-0: India vs Pakistan, Pakistan vs Sri Lanka
6-0: West Indies vs Zimbabwe, New Zealand vs Bangladesh
Five-plus sixes in a World Cup innings most times
3 AB de Villiers
3 Chris Gayle
3 Rohit Sharma
300+ sixes in ODIs
351 Shahid Afridi
331 Chris Gayle
303 Rohit Sharma
Worst batting collapses for Pakistan in ODIs
32/8 vs WI Cape Town 1993 (11/2 – 43/10)
33/8 vs SL Colombo RPS 2012 (166/2 – 199/10)
36/8 vs Ind Ahmedabad 2023 (155/2 – 191/10)
157 – Kuldeep Yadav now the world’s most successful left-arm wrist spinner in ODIs. He overtook Brad Hogg in the process
Player of the Match in India-Pakistan World Cup contests
Sachin Tendulkar (1992, 2003, 2011)
Navjot Sidhu (1996)
Venkatesh Prasad (1999)
Virat Kohli (2015)
Rohit Sharma (2019)
Jasprit Bumrah (2023)
Last five India vs Pakistan ODI matches (most recent first):
India won by 7 wickets (117 balls left)
India won by 228 runs
India won by 89 runs
India won by 9 wickets (63 balls left)
India won by 8 wickets (126 balls left)
Rohit last five ODI innings vs Pakistan
111*
140
11
56
86