Kohli Shines Once Again In India's Win Against Paksitan

India defeated Pakistan by 8 wickets with 3 overs still to remain in the must win Super Eight game for them.Virat Kohli was once again the man who scripted the win for India and with this win India continued their winning streak against Pakistan in any World Cup match.


Team India captain M.S.Dhoni went with 7 batsmen this time.He won the toss and elected to bowl first.Irfan Pathan gave the first blow to Pakistan by trapping Imran Nazir in front of wickets in just second over of the innings.After his departure,Pakistan sent Shahid Afridi at top of the order to boost the run rate but he couldn't accomplish the task.He did hit 2 fours but finally gave his wicket to Balaji as he looke to clear the boundery but got caught by Suresh Raina.After this Pakistan lost 3 more quick wickets and their score was 59/5 at one stage but both Umar Akmal and Shoaib Malik played sensibely and added 47 runs for sixth wicket which was also the highest partnership for them in the match.This partnership was broken by R.Ashwin as he got rid of Shoaib Malik.After this none of the batsmen could do well and Pakistan was bowled out for 128 runs in 19.4 overs.

In reply,India too lost the wicket of Gautam Gambhir early as he gave a return catch to Raza Hasan on the second ball of the innings but Virat Kohli and Virender Sehwag took the charge of the chase from here onwards and added 75 runs for 2nd wicket.Meanwhile,Virat Kohli also completed his half-century.The partnership got broken when Virender Sehwag was caught out by Umar Gul on the bowling of Shahid Afridi as he looke to go for a six.After his departure,Yuvraj Singh and Virat Kohli took India to home with 18 balls still remaining.Virat Kohli made 78* off 61 balls and he was adjudged the Man of the Match .

Brief Scores:-
Pakistan: 128 (19.4 overs)
Shoaib Malik: 28 (29)                                       Laxmipathy Balaji: 3/22 (3.4)
Umar Akmal:21 (31)                                         Ravichandran Ashwin: 2/16 (4.0)

India: 129/2 (17.0 overs)
Virat Kohli: 78* (61)                                         Raza Hasan: 1/22 (4.0)
Virender Sehwag: 29 (38)                                  Shahid Afridi: 1/34 (4.0)