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Kohli led the chase of the goal of 242 runs together with his 51st ODI ton as he introduced up triple figures with a superb shot to present the staff the win in opposition to their arch-rivals because the dugout stood in ovation for the star batter.
Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Gautam Gambhir.
Staff India registered an enormous win over Pakistan on the Dubai Worldwide Stadium in UAE on Sunday within the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 to take a large step in direction of the knockout rounds of the event.
Virat Kohli led the chase of the goal of 242 runs together with his 51st ODI ton as he introduced up triple figures with a superb shot to present the staff the win in opposition to their arch-rivals because the dugout stood in ovation for the star batter.
Pakistan determined to bat first after Muhammad Rizwan gained the toss and the boys in inexperienced had a gap partnership of 41 runs between Babar Azam and Imam-ul-Haq earlier than Hardik Pandya despatched Azam again to the hut. Imam fell shortly after as he was run out by Axar Patel, earlier than Rizwan and Saud Shakeel stabilised the innings with a triple-digit partnership.
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Axar got here on to hang-out the Pakistanis with the ball as he eliminated each Rizwan and Shakeel, earlier than Ravindra Jadeja discovered his means into the thick of issues with the scalps of Tayyab Tahir, whereas Kuldeep despatched Salman Ali Agha and Shaheen Shah Afridi again to the hut.
Kuldeep accomplished his three-fer with the elimination of Naseem Shah earlier than Haris Rauf was run out by Axar and Harshit Rana bundled out the Pakistanis with the wicket of Kushdil Shah as Pakistan totalled 241 runs in 49.4 overs.
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India had been handed a fast begin by Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill earlier than the previous fell to Afridi. Gill added 46 runs earlier than Abrar Ahmed dismissed him, however Kohli and Shreyas Iyer steadied the innings earlier than the latter fell prey to Kushdil after scoring a half-century.
Afridi obtained the scalp of Hardik Pandya for 8 runs earlier than Axar and Kohli took India over the road as they chased down the goal with 6 wickets and 45 balls to spare.