Virat Kohli And KL Rahul Powered Rohit Sharma's India To Biggest Ever Win Vs Pakistan

Virat Kohli during his knock vs Pakistan in Asia Cup 2023 [X]

India vs Pakistan is considered the mother of all cricketing rivalries. While Pakistan dominated this clash in the previous century, India have taken the upper hand in the 21st century. These two teams have gifted the spectators some iconic games. Let us turn the clock back to 2023 and look at one such iconic game between these two nations. 

India batted first in this match and got off to a great start as their openers, Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill, notched up their respective half-centuries. The captain of the Indian team, Rohit Sharma, was the first wicket to fall at the team's score of 121 in the 17th over and was soon followed by his partner, Shubman Gill. 

Virat Kohli's brilliance stunned Pakistan

Virat Kohli and KL Rahul [X]

Rain interrupted the game, and it rolled over to the reserve day. India resumed the day on 147/2. Virat Kohli played a blazing knock and scored 122* off 94 deliveries. He was aided by KL Rahul, who also brought up his century and remained unbeaten on 111 off 106 deliveries. The duo stitched together a partnership of 233 runs and took the team to a mammoth total of 356/2 at the end of 50 overs. 

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Kuldeep Yadav spinned a web around the Pakistan batters

The Pakistani batters failed to respond resiliently to India's brilliant batting effort. They looked under pressure from the beginning of the innings and kept losing wickets regularly. 

The Pakistan batting line-up never gathered momentum, and the introduction of Kuldeep Yadav added to their miseries. The Indian left-arm wrist spinner bowled a magical spell, picking up five wickets for 25 runs from his eight overs. The excellent bowling display by Kuldeep meant that the Pakistan team was bundled out for 128 runs in 32 overs. They lost the match by 228 runs, their biggest-ever margin by runs against India. 

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Two of the biggest wins for India have come in Asian conditions. While one of these results came in England during the ICC Champions Trophy 2017. 

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