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Abdullah Shafique marked his World Cup debut with a century while wicketkeeper batsman Mohammad Rizwan played through the pain barrier for a masterful ton on Tuesday as Pakistan chased down a record target of 345 to defeat Sri Lanka in Hyderabad.
After a dominating win over Australia, the Rohit Sharma-led Indian cricket team now faces Afghanistan in New Delhi on Wednesday. The first match was played on a Chennai track which invariable bounce and stroke-making looked difficult. However, the Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi produced over 700 runs in the only match that it has hosted so far. South Africa scored 428/5 batting first. In reply, Sri Lanka managed 326 runs. Keeping that in mind, former India cricket team star Sanjay Manjrekar feels that Ravichandran Ashwin may not find a place in the XI.
Pakistan wicket-keeper batter Mohammad Rizwan produced a knock that the cricket world would remember for a long time. Chasing a stiff target of 345 runs against Sri Lanka on Tuesday, Rizwan registered an unbeaten knock of 131 runs to take his team home. With Pakistan next set to take on India in Ahmedabad, Rizwan sounded confident of a victory against the home team, saying his side has got momentum having beaten the Lankans in a tough contest. In fact, the wicket-keeper batter also said that Babar Azam & Co. would go with the same plan against Rohit Sharma's men.
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The Cricket World Cup 2023 saw a high-scoring thriller between the Babar Azam-led Pakistan cricket team and the Dasun Shanaka-led Sri Lanka cricket team. Sri Lanka, boosted by centuries from Kusal Mendis and Sadeera Samarawickrama, put a massive 345-run target for Pakistan. Though the likes of Babar Azam failed, Pakistan fought back well with Abdullah Shafique and Mohammad Rizwan leading the charge. Rizwan stayed not out on 131 as his team got past the target in 48.2 overs.
The Cricket World Cup 2023 saw two high-scoring matches on Tuesday. While England beat Bangladesh in the first match of the day, Pakistan chased down a record target of 345 against Sri Lanka in the second match of the day. The two results have seen some major shuffles in the Cricket World Cup points table.
India captain Rohit Sharma had a bizarre start to the Cricket World Cup 2023 that saw him dismissed for a duck against Australia. It wasn't just Rohit but fellow opening batter Ishan Kishan and middle-order star Shreyas Iyer who also incurred ducks in the match. Though KL Rahul and Virat Kohli rescued India, helping the team secure a 6-wicket win, Indian cricket legend Sunil Gavaskar wasn't pleased with what he saw from the skipper Rohit, especially considering he had hit 5 tons in the 2019 edition of the tournament.