ICC World Cup 2019: Watch - Rohit Sharma's Epic Reply to a Pakistani Journalist

India kept their winning record against Pakistan intact as they beat their arch-rivals by 89 runs in their ICC World Cup 2019 match at the Old Trafford in Manchester. India rode on to a century from Rohit Sharma and a couple of centuries from KL Rahul and Virat Kohli before a clinical effort from the bowlers to make it 7-0 against Pakistan in the World Cup.

Rohit leads India with the bat

Batting first, Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul got India to a flying start. They added 136 runs for the first wicket to set the platform for the batters to follow. Although Rahul got out for 57 runs, skipper Virat Kohli dominated from the word go and staged a terrific partnership with Rohit. The duo took India to massive total, and in the process, Rohit completed his second hundred of this World Cup. He has been in scintillating form right from the start with two centuries and one fifty to his name. Meanwhile, it looked like India were well in place to cross the 350-run mark, but Mohammad Amir pulled things back to restrict the Men in Blues to 336 runs.

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During the chase, India received a massive blow as Bhuvneshwar Kumar had to leave the field with a hamstring pull. But it came as a disguise as Vijay Shankar who came to bowl at his place struck in his very first delivery. Since then, Babar Azam and Fakhar Zaman tried to bail Pakistan out, but once Kuldeep Yadav bamboozled Babar with outstanding delivery, it was all over for Pakistan. Kuldeep struck one more while Hardik Pandya chipped in two wickets with consecutive balls before the rain pouring down. The revised target read, Pakistan needed 136 runs from 30 deliveries which looked impossible for Sarfraz Ahmed & Co. Imad Wasim tried his best as Pakistan fell short by 89 runs.

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Epic reply by Rohit to a Pakistan journalist

At the post-match press conference, a Pakistani reporter asked Rohit Sharma as to what advice he would give as a colleague to the Pakistan batsmen, which according to the former was undergoing a period of crisis. The India vice-captain in reply said that he would only answer that question when he becomes Pakistan’s coach.

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“Agar main Pakistan ka coach bana to main bataunga, abhi kya bataunga!(If I become the coach of Pakistan then surely I will tell you. What can I say now!),” replied Rohit prompting a round laugh.

Watch the video here:

Q: How do you suggest Pakistan batsmen come out of the current crisis?

Rohit: pic.twitter.com/5cPdElM5rA

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