Rohit Sharma laughed when asked about Virat Kohli’s strike rate and said he could only be lucky in the match.

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After whacking Hasan Ali for four and bringing the target down to just six runs, KL Rahul plays the over out and hands the strike back to Shreyas Iyer because Shreyas Iyer is on 48 not out. And he gets there with a down-the-track thump over Mohammad Nawaz’s head. India beat Pakistan. They’re 8-0 now in World Cups.
Fireworks go off in Ahmedabad. The crowd is singing verses from Ma Tujhe Salaam.
Kuldeep Yadav and Jasprit Bumrah were sublime earlier in the day, the key architects triggering a Pakistan collapose of 8 for 36. From 155 for 2, they were bowled out for 191. Then Rohit Sharma walked out and picked up where he left off against Afghanistan. India’s captain has made 217 runs in 147 balls over his last two trips to the crease.

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“Jeetega bhai, Jeetega” chants are up with India only 38 runs away
Rohit needs 15 for another World Cup century. He is already the record holder. Ane he’s only played 20 innings in this tournament. Sachin, Sanga, Ponting, they’ve all played twice as many. And they’re all behind him.
Won’t happen here. Shaheen Afridi comes back and takes out the India captain for 86. Rohit walks off with his head thrown back. Very reminiscent of how Rahul sank to his knees against Australia when on 91, he hit a six and won the game, but he was trying to hit a four and prolong the game so he could get a century.
Meanwhile, Shreyas Iyer is having an important hit out there. He fell for a duck against Australia, got some decent runs against Afghanistan and getting into more rhythm here.

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Rohit fifty

Rohit Sharma did not let Shaheen Afridi settle•AFP/Getty Images

On the back of a 63-ball hundred against Afghanistan, Rohit Sharma has raised a 36-ball fifty against Pakistan
The stadium is calling out his name. Just a little while earlier, he was fooling around with one of the umpires, showing off his biceps to them. If we know anything about Rohit at all, it was in response to them asking “how are you hitting them so far?”
India are being ruthless.