New Delhi: India defeated Pakistan by 89 runs on Sunday at Manchester in the ongoing ICC Men's Cricket World Cup, and as a result, the Men in Blue maintain their unbeaten record against the arch-rivals in the World Cup.
The Men in Blue displayed a clinical performance against Pakistan. Batting first, India posted 336 runs on the board, owing to Rohit Sharma's 24th ODI ton. Virat Kohli and KL Rahul registered fifty-plus scores and India had no problem in defending the total as they comprehensively defeated Pakistan by 86 runs.
During the Pakistan innings, rain played spoilsport in the 35th over and the match had to be halted. The match resumed after almost 50 mins, and the match was curtailed to 40-overs and the target got adjusted to 302 on the basis of Duckworth-Lewis. Pakistan required 136 runs off just 30 balls, and the team fell short by 89 runs.
India now has a 7-0 record against Pakistan in the 50-over World Cup. As soon as India registered the victory, many users came up with unique ways to describe Pakistan's cricket team.
"Lord Mountbatten in the crowd with the resolution of Kashmir issue #INDvPAK #cwc19," another user tweeted.
"Expectation vs Reality.. #INDvsPAK #Sarfaraz," another Twitter user posted.
"Even the Ads are supporting India, in today's match #IndiaVsPakistan #FathersDay #INDvsPAK," another user tweeted.
"4 wickets in 12 runs. Pakistan players are in a hurry. Ghar jaake TV bhi fodnaa hai. #INDvPAK #INDvsPAK #IndiaVsPakistan," another user commented.
"#INDvsPAK repeated shot, pak," another user tweeted.
"A loyal and honest son in law #CWC_2k19 #PAK_VS_IND," another user tweeted.
Out of the four matches, India has now won three and they have a total of seven points. The Men in blue have defeated South Africa, Australia and Pakistan while their match against New Zealand got abandoned due to rain.
India will next face Afghanistan on Saturday, June 22.
