India vs Pakistan, Team India Report Card: Analysing The Complete Annihilation Of Virat Kohli's Side
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T20 World Cup: Pakistan defeated India by 10 wickets in their Super 12 fixture at the Dubai International Stadium on Sunday.
There are defeats and then there are defeats of the kind that India faced against Pakistan on Sunday night in Dubai. If we keep the hype and jingoism aside, this was a match between two cricket teams and one was far better than the other on the given day. But an India-Pakistan encounter is not just any other cricket match. The result of this battle leaves an impact on the protagonists and Virat Kohli would hope that Pakistan's clinical 10-wicket demolition job would wake his team up. India's strengths in white-ball cricket often mask its numerous deficiencies, but on Sunday Pakistan showed why India could struggle in this tournament.
The batsmen found the going tough against raw pace and movement off the wicket and the bowlers had absolutely no control after the dew came in as Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan tore them apart. The toss was key without any doubt as the wicket played differently in the two innings, but that is an eventuality all sides playing an evening game will have to keep in mind in this tournament. India's bowling is clearly its weak link and Kohli and coach Ravi Shastri must go back to the drawing board and see what changes need to be made.
Here is our report card of Team India's performance against Pakistan
1) Rohit Sharma (0) - 0/10
It was a match to forget for India's vice-captain as he was done in by an unplayable delivery. You really can't do much when a bowler bowls a Yorker with the pace and precision that Shaheen Afridi did to get Rohit out. India would hope Rohit gets going soon.
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