World Cup (cricket): 2015
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2015
Venue: Australia and New Zealand.
Participating teams: 14 (Afghanistan, Australia, Bangladesh, England, India, Ireland, New Zealand, Pakistan, Scotland, South Africa, Sri Lanka, United Arab Emirates, West Indies, Zimbabwe)
India vs. Pakistan
Pool B match
The tickets for the eagerly-awaited contest were sold out in 20 minutes for the 50,000-capacity stadium, with the South Australian government expecting around 20,000 Indian travellers for the marquee clash.
Sun, Feb 15, 2015/ Adelaide Oval, Adelaide
India won the toss and opted to bat
India beat Pakistan by 76 runs, maintaining its unbeaten record against its neighbour, which now stands at 6:0. India won the sixth consecutive World Cup game against Pakistan since first met in the WC in 1992.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni's men first posted a competitive total of 300/7 (which is a record for an India-Pakistan World Cup game) riding on Virat Kohli's 22nd ODI hundred and then dismissed the opposition for 224 in 47 overs at the Adelaide Oval to secure two points.
Mohammad Shami (4/35), Umesh Yadav (2/50), Mohit Sharma (2/35) and Ravichandran Ashwin (1/41) were the pick of the Indian bowlers as they kept taking wickets to put pressure on the Pakistani batsmen. Captain Misbah-ul Haq (76), Ahmed Shehzad (47) and Haris Sohail (36) were the notable contributors.
This was India’s first victory in Australia since landing there in November 2014. India had managed to spend almost three months in Australia without winning a single official match.
India could have got a bigger score had it not been for some excellent death bowling by the Pakistani pace bowlers. Their young fast bowler Sohail Khan (5/55) checked the Indian surge by bowling a tight line and length.
Virat Kohli became the first Indian batsman to hit a century against Pakistan in the World Cup. His 107 off 128 deliveries is the highest score by a player from either side in an India-Pakistan World Cup game.
Virat Kohli who continued his passionate romance with the Adelaide Oval, scoring his fourth century in only his seventh innings there. Already, Adelaide has become Kohli's happy hunting ground in the same way that Sydney was for Sachin Tendulkar, Port of Spain for Sunil Gavaskar and Eden Gardens for VVS Laxman.
India wobbled in the last five overs, losing five wickets for only 27 runs which stopped them short of the projected score of 325.
Kohli now has 22 ODI centuries and is joint second with Sourav Ganguly for most ODI tons scored by an Indian. Only Sachin Tendulkar (49) is ahead of him. But Kohli did eclipse Tendulkar's highest individual score (98) by an Indian against Pakistan in any World Cup game.
Indian team
Playing XI: Shikhar Dhawan, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Suresh Raina, Ajinkya Rahane, MS Dhoni, Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Mohit Sharma, Mohammed Shami, Umesh Yadav
Bench: Ambati Rayudu, Stuart Binny, Axar Patel, Bhuvneshwar Kumar
Pakistan Squad
Playing XI: Ahmed Shehzad, Younis Khan, Haris Sohail, Misbah-ul-Haq, Sohaib Maqsood, Umar Akmal, Shahid Afridi, Wahab Riaz, Yasir Shah, Sohail Khan, Mohammad Irfan
Bench: Nasir Jamshed, Sarfraz Ahmed, Ehsan Adil, Rahat Ali
Man of the Match: Virat Kohl
Scoreboard
|
India innings |
300/7 (50 overs) |
|
|
|
|
Batting |
|
R |
Fours |
Sixes |
|
Rohit Sharma |
c Misbah b S Khan |
15 |
2 |
0 |
|
Shikhar Dhawan |
run out (Misbah) |
73 |
7 |
1 |
|
Virat Kohli |
c U Akmal b S Khan |
107 |
8 |
0 |
|
Suresh Raina |
c H Sohail b S Khan |
74 |
5 |
3 |
|
MS Dhoni (c & wk) |
c Misbah b S Khan |
18 |
1 |
1 |
|
Ravindra Jadeja |
b Riaz |
3 |
0 |
0 |
|
Ajinkya Rahane |
b S Khan |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Ravichandran Ashwin |
not out |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
Mohammed Shami |
not out |
3 |
0 |
0 |
|
Extras |
|
6 |
|
|
|
Total |
(50 Overs, 7 Wickets) |
300 |
|
|
|
Bowling |
R |
W |
|
|
|
Mohammad Irfan |
58 |
0 |
|
|
|
Sohail Khan |
55 |
5 |
|
|
|
Shahid Afridi |
50 |
0 |
|
|
|
Wahab Riaz |
49 |
1 |
|
|
|
Yasir Shah |
60 |
0 |
|
|
|
Haris Sohail |
26 |
0 |
|
|
|
Pakistan innings |
224 (47 overs) |
|
|
|
|
Batting |
|
|
|
|
|
Ahmed Shehzad |
c R Jadeja b Umesh |
47 |
5 |
0 |
|
Younis Khan |
c Dhoni b Shami |
6 |
1 |
0 |
|
Haris Sohail |
c Raina b Ashwin |
36 |
3 |
0 |
|
Misbah-ul-Haq (c) |
c A Rahane b Shami |
76 |
9 |
1 |
|
Sohaib Maqsood |
c Raina b Umesh |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Umar Akmal (wk) |
c Dhoni b R Jadeja |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Shahid Afridi |
c Kohli b Shami |
22 |
1 |
1 |
|
Wahab Riaz |
c Dhoni b Shami |
4 |
1 |
0 |
|
Yasir Shah |
c Umesh b Mohit Sharma |
13 |
1 |
0 |
|
Sohail Khan |
c Umesh b Mohit Sharma |
7 |
1 |
0 |
|
Mohammad Irfan |
not out |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
Extras |
|
12 |
|
|
|
Total |
(47 Overs, 10 Wickets) |
224 |
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Bowling |
R |
W |
|
|
|
Umesh Yadav |
50 |
2 |
|
|
|
Mohammed Shami |
35 |
4 |
|
|
|
Mohit Sharma |
35 |
2 |
|
|
|
Suresh Raina |
6 |
0 |
|
|
|
Ravichandran Ashwin |
41 |
1 |
|
|
|
Ravindra Jadeja |
56 |
1 |
|
|
Trivia
Pakistan players' disciplinary problems
fined for night out/ AFP
Eight Pakistan players, including maverick former captain Shahid Afridi and opener Ahmed Shehzad, were fined 300 Australian dollars (US $230) for breaching a team curfew (coming 45 minutes late to their Sydney hotel after a dinner night out) ahead of their crucial World Cup game against India. They were also been warned that a repeat offence would see them kicked out of the tournament.
AFP added: Pakistani players have a history of off-field discipline problems. Three key players -- Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Aamer -- were caught in a spot-fixing scandal in England in 2010.The trio was accused of taking money to orchestrate deliberate no-balls during the Lord's Test. All three were banned for five years by the International Cricket Council. They, along with their agent Mazhar Majeed, were also jailed in UK.
Coach threatened to resign / PTI
Then the national team's fielding coach Grant Luden threatened to resign complaining of misbehaviour, including use of abusive language, from three senior players Shahid Afridi, Ahmed Shehzad and Umar Akmal during a training session.
India versus South Africa at the MCG
Feb 23 2015
India came up with yet another near-perfect show to beat South Africa
India
Studs
===Shikhar Dhawan===:
He played the perfect anchor role for India, blunting the new-ball attack by being watchful and discreet. He paced his innings to a nicety, taking 71 deliveries for his first 50 and then just 52 more to record his 7th ODI ton. He cut loose in the batting Powerplay, even slamming Dale Steyn for a massive six and a four off consecutive balls. India have never lost when he has scored a 100 and that didn't change later.
Ajinkya Rahane
With Dhawan and Virat Kohli intent on seeing off SA's danger men, India needed somebody to play an attacking innings. Rahane provided that without ever stooping to risky shots. He split gaps precisely and lofted the ball when he found spaces to exploit. It took the pressure off Dhawan and also helped the scoring rate to get a life. His 60-ball 79 ensured that panic never set into the India camp
Mohit Sharma
He was the lucky talisman. Bowled to his strengths and didn't yield too many runs. Crucially, he took the prized scalps of Amla, Du Plessis and effected the critical runout of De Villiers with an inch-perfect throw from the deep.
DUDS
Lower middle order:
Once again, India blew up an incredible platform, huffing and puffing to just over 300. At one stage, when Rahane and Dhawan were batting, a total of over 330 looked quite plausible. But the lower middle order lost its way, giving South Africa a sliver of hope.
South Africa
Studs
Faf Du Plessis
The only batsman who looked comfortable in the middle.bb
Came out to bat early and hit a few crispy boundaries in his stroke-filled half-century. His fighting knock got no support from the other end apart from a end apart from a brief stand with captain AB De Villiers.As for Du Plessis was at the crease, South Africa were South Africa were still in the game.
Duds
Wayne Parnell
Wayward and awry from his first ball, Parnell failed to justify the faith SA team management has showed in him over Ryan McLaren. He gave too much width to Dhawan and bowled too full to Rahane. Made life really tough for SA skipper, who had already lost Vernon Philander to injury. No. 7 appeared too high a batting spot for someone of his capability and Parnell did nothing to change that perception.
Morne Morkel
They say fast bowlers hunt in pairs and Morkel was expected to be one of the strike bowlers for South Africa along with Dale Steyn but looked far below par. He bowled with pace but never managed to trouble any of the Indian batsmen bar Suresh Raina, who cut and pulled him with ease. Ajinkya Rahane was especially severe on him.
Hashim Amla
Facing a huge chase, a lot depended on the calm and collected SA opener. He got an early reprieve when Suresh Raina muffed up a great run-out opportunity but went for an ill-advised pull shot off Mohit Sharma with two men on the fence. His early dismissal following opening partner Quinton de Kock's wicket pushed South Africa back severely.
See also
World Cup (cricket): history <>World Cup (cricket): 1975 <>World Cup (cricket): 1979 <>World Cup (cricket): 1983 <>World Cup (cricket): 1987 <>World Cup (cricket): 1992 <>World Cup (cricket): 1996 <>World Cup (cricket): 1999 <>World Cup (cricket): 2003 <>World Cup (cricket): 2007 <>World Cup (cricket): 2011 <>World Cup (cricket): 2015
