ICC World Cup 2019: Twitter Reacts as India Registers a Comfortable Win Against Pakistan

India proved to be too good for Pakistan as the Men in Blue defeated Pakistan by a massive margin of 89 runs by Duckworth Lewis method at Manchester on Sunday. The Indian team posted a gargantuan score of 336 runs after they were put into bat by Pakistan skipper Sarfraz Ahmed. India’s vice-captain Rohit Sharma scored a fine knock of 140 runs whereas Virat Kohli and KL Rahul scored half-centuries.

Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul gave a perfect start to the Indian team. The right-handers timed the ball with perfection and gave no chance to Pakistan team apart from their sloppy running between the wickets. Rohit Sharma had the rub of the green when Fakhar Zaman chose to throw at the wrong end.

Complete performance from India.

Rohit Sharma was on 32 and the Pakistan team had to pay the price for letting that chance slip. The flamboyant batsman took Pakistan bowlers to cleaners and only Mohammad Amir was able to keep Rohit quiet.

Both the openers added 136 runs to give a fine platform to the side. However, KL Rahul was dismissed when he could not keep his cover drive to the ground. Kohli was able to hit the ground and ran hard between the wickets to convert the ones into twos. The Indian skipper scored a fine knock of 77 runs and also became the fastest to 11000 ODI runs.

However, India could not add the finishing touches as they scored 51 runs in the last six overs. On the other hand, Pakistan lost the wicket of Imam-ul-Haq early when the southpaw was plumbed in front by Vijay Shankar’s first ball after he replaced Bhuvneshwar Kumar.

Fakhar Zaman and Babar Azam were able to get Pakistan back into the contest with a fine alliance of 104 runs. However, Kuldeep Yadav was able to find the gulf between bat and pad of Babar Azam which led to the collapse. Pakistan lost four wickets for 12 runs and the match was done and dusted there.

Here is how Twitter reacted to India’s win:

7-0 well done team India ?? #indvspak

— Irfan Pathan (@IrfanPathan) June 16, 2019

7 points from 4 games. Strong performances. Many match winners. I think the semi-final is just about putting the key in the lock

— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) June 16, 2019

No one should be allowed to call it a rivalry anymore. ????

— Ahmer Naqvi (@karachikhatmal) June 16, 2019

Hardik Pandya so lucky to get that wicket. The bail actually came off.

— Subash (@cricketcouch) June 16, 2019

A @Hublot ? for Rohit!

— Kevin Pietersen? (@KP24) June 16, 2019

India's running between the wickets vs Pakistan's fielding. A match made in heaven.#CWC19 #INDvPAK

— Pritam Sharma (@VanDiablo) June 16, 2019

And so, another one-sided #INDvPAK contest. Other than hoping to get in through D/L at one stage, Pakistan were never in the hunt.

— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) June 16, 2019

Batting first might have helped Pakistan….but that must not be an excuse to hide from the fact that the gulf between the two teams is HUGE. Asia Cup in familiar conditions showed it. Today’s another validation. #IndvPak #CWC19

— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) June 16, 2019

So very happy to see @imkuldeep18 has got his non-bowling arm lot straighter. Bowling lot flatter n hurrying the batsman off the surface ???#INDvPAK

— Deep Dasgupta (@DeepDasgupta7) June 16, 2019

Safaraz 12 off 30 chasing 337?! ??‍♂️

— Kevin Pietersen? (@KP24) June 16, 2019

I may delete Twitter just so I don’t have to see another tweet reading “He’s saying Ben Stokes”(when he’s clearly not?)in reply to a video of Virat saying you know what ?‍♂️?‍♂️it was funny the first 100,000 times.

— Ben Stokes (@benstokes38) June 16, 2019

Congratulations to @BCCI on a well deserved win today. The standard of cricket being played has been exceptionally high & credit goes to IPL for not only helping identify & harness talent, but also in equipping younger players with pressure handling techniques #CWC19 #PAKVIND https://t.co/MfiwQxwjrK

— Shahid Afridi (@SAfridiOfficial) June 16, 2019

Consider below teams. Reflects how Indian cricket’s grown in heft past 20 yrs while Pak has stagnated.
INDIA:Sachin, Rohit, Kohli, Yuvi, Azhar, MSD(c),Kapil, Kumble, Bhajji, Zaheer, Bumrah
PAK:Anwar, Majid, Zaheer, Inzy, Asif Iqbal, Imran(c),Moin Khan, Akram, Qadir, Waqar, Shoaib

— Cricketwallah (@cricketwallah) June 16, 2019

Wasim Akram "Indian cricket has invested everything in First-Class cricket not just in last few years. In Pakistan we've hardly done anything about our First-Class system & change it every year. Our FC cricket was run by a random journalist for some odd reason, I don't know why"

— Saj Sadiq (@Saj_PakPassion) June 16, 2019

Sarfraz Ahmed obviously did not heed the advice of his Prime Minister to bat first after winning the toss https://t.co/KddMfJNpDt

— Cricketwallah (@cricketwallah) June 16, 2019

"Agar ek baal se jada kheli to ghar me mat ghus jiyo"#INDvPAK pic.twitter.com/JLqEenXKVj

— Mini lama?? (@Mini_lama_2) June 16, 2019

Consistent. Brilliant. Mature. What a spectacular 100 by @ImRo45! It’s extra special when it’s #INDvPAK in the WC! #CWC2019

— Suresh Raina?? (@ImRaina) June 16, 2019

Could watch @ImRo45 bat all day & I think I will … #CWC19

— Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan) June 16, 2019

Chatting to Rohit at ipl time ! Discussion about getting starts but not getting big runs , and I was like you don’t know what lies ahead of you it’s happening for a reason ! Same words told to me by @sachin_rt before 2011 wcup , my mos of 2019 prediction from india @ImRo45

— yuvraj singh (@YUVSTRONG12) June 16, 2019

The only cup Pakistan deserves is "used tea cup" of Abhinandan 🙂#INDvPAK

— Kapil Mishra (@KapilMishra_IND) June 16, 2019

Sarfaraz was seen yawning! He is a wicket-keeper + sleep fielder. #INDvPAK

— Keh Ke Peheno (@coolfunnytshirt) June 16, 2019

Rohit Sharma!!!! ????

— ian bishop (@irbishi) June 16, 2019

Brilliant. Given the situation, the intensity of the match and the fluency of his batting, this must be one of his most satisfying. Such class.

— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) June 16, 2019

2nd 100 already in his 3rd inning of the #Worldcup19 Hit hay boss ??#hitman #RohitSharma

— Irfan Pathan (@IrfanPathan) June 16, 2019

Rohit sharma what a player ? brilliant 100 ???⭐️? 24th 100 for @ImRo45 keep going shaaaana

— Harbhajan Turbanator (@harbhajan_singh) June 16, 2019

Ro ‘Superhit’ Sharma. What a century….dominance and class in equal measure. ?? #CWC19 #IndvPak

— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) June 16, 2019

Pakistan now need to win 4 out of 4 to stay alive. Tough. Wonder what the morale is like now.

— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) June 16, 2019