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Asia Cup 2023: Pakistan (128) suffer a massive 228-run defeat against India (356/2) in the Super 4 clash

Pakistan Battles, But India comes out on top

In a spellbinding display of cricket, Team India delivered a masterclass against their arch-rivals, Pakistan, in the ODI showdown today. From start to finish, India was in command, leaving cricket enthusiasts worldwide in awe of their performance.

Indian openers kicked things off with aggression, both notching up brisk half-centuries. But the magic didn't stop there. Making a return to ODI cricket, KL Rahul shone with the bat, and the ever-reliable Virat Kohli reached his 47th ODI ton, making it look almost effortless against a formidable Pakistani pace attack.

But it wasn't just with the bat that India impressed. The bowlers, led by a rejuvenated Bumrah and the consistent Siraj, tore into the Pakistani lineup with devastating effect. Their swing, accuracy, and ability to trouble the batsmen were sights to behold. The highlight, though, was Hardik Pandya's absolute ripper to remove the in-form Babar Azam. This delivery will undoubtedly be talked about for years to come. Shardul Thakur also chimed in with a beauty to dismiss Rizwan.

Just when it looked like the pitch favored pacers, Kuldeep Yadav turned the game on its head. His mesmerizing spin fetched him a well-deserved 5-wicket haul, proving too much for the Pakistani batsmen. Kuldeep's dominance was evident in his dismissal of Faheem Ashraf, which essentially sealed the deal for India, especially with Haris Rauf and Naseem Shah unable to bat due to injuries.

Despite Pakistan's struggles today, there were moments of resistance. Young Shaheen Afridi's valiant six against Kuldeep and a few glimpses of fight from the middle order showed the talent within the side. With the potential injuries to Haris Rauf and Naseem Shah, there might be concerns in the Pakistani camp, but as they regroup, the world knows never to count them out.

All in all, it was a day that belonged to India. With stars like Rohit, Gill, Rahul, Kohli, Bumrah, Shardul, and Kuldeep stepping up, this is one game Indian cricket fans will cherish for a long time.
 
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Good lesson to be learned. This Pakistan team was getting far too cocky after being the ranked the top 1 day side despite playing under strength and poor teams.

Reality check needed but Babar the non aggressive captain is likely to learn no lessons for it. With injures, our bowling attack against Sri Lanka will be Shaheen, Wasim, Rana, Nawaz & Shadab. We will the need the rain to reach the final.
 
India needs to beat SL and Bangladesh. And we need to beat SL. All that to qualify. One thing, SL unbeaten in 13 ODIs I believe.
 
Shambolic one sides beat down defeat for Pakistan. Reminded me of the world cup game vs India in 2019. 1st let India get more runs then they should have an a tough surface. Then the batting was a shambles. Pakistan aint chasing 300+ under pressure when fakhar takes time to get in and imam plays his usual selfish risk free cricket. Huge reality check for team before world cup.
 
Huge win by India. Pakistan totally outplayed but still think will make final by beating SL.
 
Devadwal said:
If Tomorrow game between india and srilanka rained off then Pakistan is out of asia cup
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This also NOT correct because Pakistan now has 2 points and SL will have 3 points (if tomorrow is rained out..)

We will then have to beat SL in our final game to reach the final.

It will be very difficult if however SL win tomorrow because NRR has nosedived..
 
Team India biggest margins of win in ODI Cricket:

317 runs vs Sri Lanka - 15-Jan-23
257 runs vs Bermuda - 19-Mar-07
256 runs vs Hong Kong - 25-Jun-08
228 runs vs Pakistan - 10-Sep-23
 
msb314 said:
This also NOT correct because Pakistan now has 2 points and SL will have 3 points (if tomorrow is rained out..)

We will then have to beat SL in our final game to reach the final.

It will be very difficult if however SL win tomorrow because NRR has nosedived..
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There is another scenario, if Sri Lanka beat India tomorrow. And Pak beats SL. In that instance if Bangla upset India, India are out. Even if that India v Bangla match is rained off India are out.
 
mominsaigol said:
The problem is inzi loving faheem and Babar never changes the so called winning 11 until that winning 11 gets badly badly exposed like it is today.

Have you ever heard of a strategy to play your winning 11 in every game? Including bilaterals and against minnows like Nepal? That winning 11 will eventually lose badly, that's why every player needs to be shuffled and evaluated over and over, Theirs a reason BCCI or NZ or England send their 2nd string sides, they wanna see who's gonna be a good inclusion for their eventual 1st string world cup squads.

We have so many options but people choose these failures who never perform in proper 1st string matches, and whenever I say things like have saud or Abdullah come forth, everyone responds with, bro their strike rates suck and they've failed before.

Bhai, unlike your bits and pieces and fakhar, they don't have any technical issues, so their gonna improve if you keep playing them, but pakistan doesn't bother.

Just imagine, pakistan didn't bother testing these players against afghanistan and Nepal, minnow teams lol.

Saim came good and was the only shining beacon in the afghanistan series and while raw is looking to improve but pakistan doesn't care,

Saud and Abdullah are so technically compact even more so then imam and Babar but their not being given a long long go at no 4 and opening while fakhar is despite just being out of it at this point.

Why are some players auto dropped after 1 game when pak plays them in out of order positions but tried and tested failures perform over and over?

Everyone just bashed me when ifti smashed Nepal when I kept saying ifti ain't the answer.

It's extremely extremely frustrating to see this mentality from pak. They don't bother evaluting what England did after 2015 and what Australia have been doing for decades.

And that's to keep sticking with promising players and rotating them over and over . Giving them chances without having the fear of being dropped. Not caring about bilateral results or rankings but caring about what matters which is the cup.

Why did we win the champions trophy? Because we brought in an inform fakhar to rescue us from Ahmed shezad, as well as a captain who was mentally attacking at the time.

Babar ain't doing that, his formula strategy will win him some games, he's got no plan B for when that formula doesn't work.
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Thats what wonders me about babar's captaincy. He is so stiff and clueless with his approach, forget about thinking out of the box in a big match, he can't even experiment against the minnows with his team selections and batting orders. Even against minnows he will stick to his winning combination with same batting order and didn't even try to think about overcoming the weaknesses of his team in such games. There are other teams who rest and save their frontline fast bowlers in such games and then there is babar who will play Shaheen in each and every game and get him injured for more important series and tournaments.
Another strange thing is selection of faheem. From last 8-10 years he is in and out of the team and didn't have a single performance worth mentioning either with bat or ball.
 
shokz1408 said:
There is another scenario, if Sri Lanka beat India tomorrow. And Pak beats SL. In that instance if Bangla upset India, India are out. Even if that India v Bangla match is rained off India are out.
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Is there a high chance of rain in the India vs Bangladesh match?
 
msb314 said:
Is there a high chance of rain in the India vs Bangladesh match?
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Depends where you look. But it’s Colombo, no reserve day. I wouldn’t bet against it, and the unlikely but not improbable scenario that bangla gets 1 win before exiting Asia cup.
 
Didn't watch the game but what an embarrassing scorecard. Pakistan deserve this when you have Babar as captain and also when select you dead players like Imam, Faheem, Shadab and etc. Players like Imad Wasim and Usama Mir have a deserve to play ahead of these frauds.
 
This match has exposed Pakistan in all departments. There was no intent to chase this, I sense players were not happy with batting 2nd.
 
India has thrown out Pakistan out of the Asia Cup in One Stroke.

Sri Lanka are on a 13 ODI winning streak and beating them will not be easy even if we are lucky to get a full game. A wash out will kick Pakistan out as our Net Run Rate has taken a big hammering today.
 
shokz1408 said:
India needs to beat SL and Bangladesh. And we need to beat SL. All that to qualify. One thing, SL unbeaten in 13 ODIs I believe.
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And Lanka don't even have lahiru and chameera fit yet. Dark horse to win the world cup if batting holds up. They have won in India twice. Icc tournaments that is.
 
hassan918 said:
Team India biggest margins of win in ODI Cricket:

317 runs vs Sri Lanka - 15-Jan-23
257 runs vs Bermuda - 19-Mar-07
256 runs vs Hong Kong - 25-Jun-08
228 runs vs Pakistan - 10-Sep-23
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What was ourr champions trophy win margin? Vs india?
 
castortroy said:
Wow what a disgraceful performance this is

Pak fans once again deluding themselves in thinking the gap between the two teams is close.

India have better batters, bowlers, spinners and fielders.
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Not a better third bowler. I agree bumrah is better.
But their third bowler is pandya and 4th is thakur.
That's not better than rauf and m wasim
 
kron said:
And Lanka don't even have lahiru and chameera fit yet. Dark horse to win the world cup if batting holds up. They have won in India twice. Icc tournaments that is.
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When did they win two icc tournaments in India? Please refresh our memory on that.
 
Yes you win some and lose some, but we're in the first of back-to-back tournaments as the #1 ranked side, every game is massive, every game is a must-win, so you have to be competitive at the bare minimum to keep some momentum as the games come thick and fast.

You cannot afford to be humiliated like this, taking a defeat with your tail between your legs with no fight. So disappointing. Top sides have top mentality to bounce back, let's see how they come out against SL.
 
Firebat said:
Yes you win some and lose some, but we're in the first of back-to-back tournaments as the #1 ranked side, every game is massive, every game is a must-win, so you have to be competitive at the bare minimum to keep some momentum as the games come thick and fast.

You cannot afford to be humiliated like this, taking a defeat with your tail between your legs with no fight. So disappointing. Top sides have top mentality to bounce back, let's see how they come out against SL.
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You cannot be so chummy with our arch rivals. It does not bode well. Seldom does.

Need to fight fire with fire. Attitude was poor. We just mentally disintegrated.
Anyway it's just one game. Pick it up from here. Still not out yet.

India already played a game and they have another one today with no rest. Lanka is not a push over.

Infact I keep saying this, they are the dark horse to win the WC. Lahiru, chameera and pathirana
Plus having madushanka as back up make them very strong in bowling.
 
Savak said:
India has thrown out Pakistan out of the Asia Cup in One Stroke.

Sri Lanka are on a 13 ODI winning streak and beating them will not be easy even if we are lucky to get a full game. A wash out will kick Pakistan out as our Net Run Rate has taken a big hammering today.
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Sri Lanka is terrible, I would like to see the breakdown of these 13 wins. It cannot be against serious opposition.
 
Mamoon said:
180 runs.
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Yea this is awful. Chin up. Maybe we can try ihannsullah or nawaz now. Like some poster mentioned, focus should have been on spin. Why play a 40 year old iftikar and shadab has been average for a while. India seem to have him figured out
 
What a phainti. Congratulations Ind. Pak bowling will need to get its act together. Babar's timid leadership got exposed in bold fonts to those who have their eyes open.
 
kron said:
World Cup 1996
Sorry my memory is foggy.
Dint they win the t20 world cup in 2014? In India too
So that's 2.
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Yes your memory is foggy, because the 2014 t20 wc was hosted by BD, not Ind.As for 96 wc, the final was played in Pak, so they never really won anything major on Indian soil. Their performance in 06 ct as well as 16 t20 wc were terrible. They have always struggled to perform in India, even during their golden era of mid 90's. It's really mysterious as they have impressive record in Pak,BD & UAE. They are yet to win a single series in Ind regardless of formats. Specially since that 6-1 thrashing they received at 05(Dravid & Chappel's first assignment) they have been absolutely horrible in India. I don't see that changing this time around.
 
Jazx said:
Thats what wonders me about babar's captaincy. He is so stiff and clueless with his approach, forget about thinking out of the box in a big match, he can't even experiment against the minnows with his team selections and batting orders. Even against minnows he will stick to his winning combination with same batting order and didn't even try to think about overcoming the weaknesses of his team in such games. There are other teams who rest and save their frontline fast bowlers in such games and then there is babar who will play Shaheen in each and every game and get him injured for more important series and tournaments.
Another strange thing is selection of faheem. From last 8-10 years he is in and out of the team and didn't have a single performance worth mentioning either with bat or ball.
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One classic analysis and any team would understand the issues against Nepal and Afghanistan that despite winning all games, Pakistan genuinely struggled against Nepal lol with babar coming to stat pqd as usual.

Our middle order is pathetic, and the whole team is relying on 2 accumulators imam and Babar to single handedly win us games. Theirs nothing wrong with accumulators in the team, even 2019 England had one in Joe root, but an accumulator just anchors the innings, they dont make you win games, you don't completely rely on them lol.

Funny enough saim, Abdullah, Saud, tayyab, Haris and Imad waseem all our water boys ironically bat at higher strike rates then our current players including out of form fakhar. Even saud, watch the Sri lanka test series you'd the previous test series and you'll see how this guy went from being a Wall to a genuinely good striker of the ball.

That's the thing about technically correct players, they always improve and improve. Our current squad doesn't have technically correct players,

Fakhar's stance doesn't allow him to play anything close to away from him, just leg side and pull shots in the slot, otherwise even during his iconic 180, he dead batted alot of thing coming into him, Imam technique has zero lofted stroke play, Babar's technique makes him vulnerable to spin since he can't seem to utilise the back foot against spin or the sweep, Rizwan is just horrible, everyone else Below is bits and pieces.
 
VForVendetta said:
Yes your memory is foggy, because the 2014 t20 wc was hosted by BD, not Ind.As for 96 wc, the final was played in Pak, so they never really won anything major on Indian soil. Their performance in 06 ct as well as 16 t20 wc were terrible. They have always struggled to perform in India, even during their golden era of mid 90's. It's really mysterious as they have impressive record in Pak,BD & UAE. They are yet to win a single series in Ind regardless of formats. Specially since that 6-1 thrashing they received at 05(Dravid & Chappel's first assignment) they have been absolutely horrible in India. I don't see that changing this time around.
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I really thought 2014 final that india lost was in India? Was it a shared tournament? Well regardless, Sri Lanka have the capability to beat India in icc events particularly in the world cup.
They beat india twice in 1996 and then won the final in 2014.

India obviously is much stronger but if Lanka can get lahiru, chameera fit, it would be a very interesting battle.
 
kron said:
I really thought 2014 final that india lost was in India? Was it a shared tournament? Well regardless, Sri Lanka have the capability to beat India in icc events particularly in the world cup.
They beat india twice in 1996 and then won the final in 2014.

India obviously is much stronger but if Lanka can get lahiru, chameera fit, it would be a very interesting battle.
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Ind vs lanka match in Mumbai. It's one of the flattest pitches in the world.If the pitch assists spin,it will be advantage lanka otherwise all their bowling will be negated.especially for lanka they don't want to go anywhere near rohit / gill / kohli in indian belters .this year trivendrum drubbing is a prime example.
 
Savak said:
India has thrown out Pakistan out of the Asia Cup in One Stroke.

Sri Lanka are on a 13 ODI winning streak and beating them will not be easy even if we are lucky to get a full game. A wash out will kick Pakistan out as our Net Run Rate has taken a big hammering today.
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Sri Lanka team of this tournament is no way better than Pak (even minus 2 of 3 pacers).

It will be a huge upset of SL beat Pak
 
Such pathetic defeats like this can always be so fatal when it comes to net run rate as well. Pakistan always have one of these type of games in world cups as well. Gutless stuff, the selfish batting approach with cowardice needs to change, under babar it won't.
 
Markhor said:
I'd like to see the boundaries lengthened in PSL and our home internationals. Many Pakistani batsmen rely on clearing short boundaries to boost SR instead of running hard between wickets.

It allows them to get away with high dot ball percentages.

We saw in the T20 WC final at MCG how these guys were exposed. Even here some of those shots would've cleared the ropes in Lahore where the ropes are pulled in to a crazy extent.
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POTW for me, Small number of words but spot on.
 
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VP BCCI, Rajeev Shukla:

"Today Virat Kohli and KL Rahul did wonders, 356 runs on 2 wickets... India made a huge score... It was beyond people's imagination, the way they demonstrated,"

"Virat Kohli also completed his 13,000 runs in international cricket, he broke the record of Sachin Tendulkar, and this is a huge achievement. This is a big victory for us, so many congratulations to the Indian team,"
 
Mamoon said:
Sri Lanka is terrible, I would like to see the breakdown of these 13 wins. It cannot be against serious opposition.
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- 3 against Afghanistan
- 2 wins each against Bangladesh & Netherlands
- 1 win each against West Indies, Zimbabwe, Ireland, Scotland, UAE and Oman


8 of their wins came in the World Cup qualifiers, 3 in the ongoing Asia Cup and 2 in a bilateral series vs Afghanistan, which they won 2-1
 
Cricket Warrior said:
no they always come up good in major tournaments, they are very well balanced site.
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They don’t. It’s not the early 2010s anymore. They are awful and at the same level as Bangladesh and Afghanistan and slightly below Pakistan.
 
After the win, Gavaskar blasted the Pakistan batting.

"In cricket, there are no ifs and buts. But the way Pakistan batted today, it seemed India would have been able to defend 266 the other day if the game (1st match) had carried on. You know people, particularly in Pakistan, keep on talking about India having only one or two players. I mean how many players does Pakistan have? Particularly in the batting department. Apart from Babar who do they have?" Sunil Gavaskar questioned on India Today.

"When the bowling team of the opposition sit down and dissects their batting, they would spend a lot of time on how to get Babar out. But I don't think they would spend half the time on the others. None of them are such that they would scare the bowling group of the opposition team."
 
hassan918 said:
After the win, Gavaskar blasted the Pakistan batting.

"In cricket, there are no ifs and buts. But the way Pakistan batted today, it seemed India would have been able to defend 266 the other day if the game (1st match) had carried on. You know people, particularly in Pakistan, keep on talking about India having only one or two players. I mean how many players does Pakistan have? Particularly in the batting department. Apart from Babar who do they have?" Sunil Gavaskar questioned on India Today.

"When the bowling team of the opposition sit down and dissects their batting, they would spend a lot of time on how to get Babar out. But I don't think they would spend half the time on the others. None of them are such that they would scare the bowling group of the opposition team."
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Somebody read this to the rest of the batters in our team. Then again they are so meek and shameless, they will gladly accept this beizzati 😂
 
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