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The much-awaited match between India and Pakistan in the 2023 World Cup is currently underway at Ahmedabad’s Narendra Modi Stadium. This buzz has created electrifying atmosphere as anticipated. The action started with India winning the toss and opting to field, inviting Pakistan to bat first.
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During the initial few overs of the Pakistan’s innings, India’s star batter Virat Kohli realised a minor error. He was wearing the traditional jersey featuring white stripes on the shoulder, instead of the designated tri-colour one for the World Cup. Kohli realised this mistake and rushed off the field to change into the correct jersey before resuming play.
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The jersey India wore during the Asia Cup and the series against Australia featured white shoulder stripes. But for the World Cup, there have been a few alterations made by Adidas, the official jersey maker of the Indian team. The three white shoulder stripes have been replaced with India’s tricolour design.
Additionally, the World Cup jersey will not bear the Dream 11 logo, since ICC regulates only the team’s name in the centre of the jersey.
Virat Kohli went off field and changed his Jersey with Tri-Color one. He by mistake wore white strip Jersey. pic.twitter.com/XED8eserbp
— Mufa Kohli (@MufaKohli) October 14, 2023
At the time of writing, Pakistan were reduced to 169/6 with four wickets in 14 runs. Pakistan were coasting along with a 82-run partnership between Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan. It took Pakistan to 155/2 before Mohammed Siraj struck to remove Azam. Kuldeep Yadav joined in on the act with wickets of Saud Shakeel and Iftikhar Ahmed. Rizwan, on the brink of his 14th ODI fifty, was cleaned up by Jasprit Bumrah.
In team news, India have brought in Shubman Gill in place of Ishan Kishan. Gill had missed the opening two matches of the World Cup with dengue fever. Pakistan, meanwhile, are unchanged for this high-profile contest.
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