Rohit scored 86 off 63 balls as India raced to a seven-wicket win with more than 19 overs to spare against Pakistan in the Cricket World Cup
Pakistan, 191, lost to India, 192-3, by seven wicketsThis was a giant of an occasion, but a midget of a match. After all the weeks of anticipation, the days of travel as fans journeyed across India and from its diaspora towards the homing beacon this epic bowl had become, and the hours as they filed and then flooded into the ground, in cricket terms it was decided in little more than the blink of an eye, the time it took for Pakistan to crumble.
From that moment they faced 78 balls, scored 36 runs and lost eight wickets. After Babar and Rizwan’s partnership of 82 came sequels of seven, four, two, three, 16, none and three. There was good bowling and good captaincy – as soon as Pakistan started reeling Rohit Sharma rushed Jasprit Bumrah back to deliver the knockout blows – but the team in green ended with a total to match their miserable resistance.
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