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The #GreatestRivalry match between India and Pakistan took place on Sunday, with India barely taking the win. The match was truly the world cup's greatest rivalry, as hundreds of millions of people tuned in to watch and the lowest ticket prices averaged at around $2,500.
The toss was scheduled for 10:00 am EDT but was delayed due to rain. In the end, it was won by Pakistan, who chose to bowl. This was a crucial moment because the rain caused the ball to slow down for the Indian batters on an already quite unpredictable pitch.
The match started at 11:30, with opening batters Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli and the opening bowler of Shaheen Afridi. The opening batters made a few good boundaries but got out early, being caught by Haris Rauf and Usman Khan, respectively. Then, Rishabh Pant and Axar Patel came in and gave India a score of 50-2 in the powerplay (1-6 overs).
The middle overs (7-16) went well for India initially, but Axar got out at 7.4 overs after a swing-and-miss. Suryakumar Yadav came in at fifth to star as a big-hitter. Unfortunately, Mohammed Amir caught him inside the 30-yard circle after only hitting eight balls and making seven runs. Shivam Dube came in, having served as a successful Impact Player for the Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in the Indian Premier League (IPL) before this. But he, too, got out early, bowled and caught by Naseem Shah, and made only three runs in 9 balls. Hardik Pandya came in, but the duo of Pandya and Pant didn’t last long. Pant suffered from a top edge and was quickly caught out by Babar Azam, making 42 runs in 31 balls. Ravindra Jadeja came in and immediately got out in a golden duck, sending India further into trouble. Arshdeep Singh came in and barred a hat-trick with a dot ball. The middle overs finished with 50 runs and five wickets.
Finally, the death overs (16-20) came. Pandya got out quickly, caught by Iftikhar Ahmed, and scored seven runs in 12 balls. Jasprit Bumrah came in but immediately got out in another golden duck for India. Mohammed Siraj came in at eleventh and barred a hat-trick with a single. Siraj scored seven runs before Arshdeep got out on the seventh-to-last ball after a miscommunication that resulted in a run-out. India finished with a total of 119 for ten wickets in 19 overs.
Then, Pakistan came to bat. The openers of Mohammed Rizwan and Babar Azam scored a comfortable 26 runs, but then Babar was caught by Suryakumar at slip after an outswinger from Bumrah. Usman came in and helped finish off the powerplay with a total score of 35 runs.
Then Usman and Rizwan took their partnership to the middle overs, with Usman getting LBWed by Axar. Then, Fakhar Zaman came into the field, scoring 16 runs with Rizwan before the former was caught by Pant, India’s wicketkeeper. Imad Wasim then took the role and scored 7 with him before Rizwan – one of Pakistan’s two top batsmen – was clean-bowled by Bumrah, providing India with the breakthrough they needed.
Imad and Shadab Khan now bore the duty of batting in the death overs. They had a partnership score of 8 runs before Shadab got out, having been caught by Pant. Iftikhar Ahmed came up to bat but only scored 14 runs with Imad before being caught by Arshdeep. Imad was then partnered with Afridi, but Imad was taken out in Bumrah’s final over after being caught by Pant. Bumrah maintained a very low economy rate in the penultimate over, requiring Pakistan to score 18 runs off the final six balls, which Arshdeep Singh bowled. The final partnership was Afridi and Naseem, but their partnership of 11 runs was not enough to reach the target of 120. Pakistan ended with 113 runs for seven wickets, handing India the win by six runs.
For some other sports news, Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz took home victory in the 2024 Men’s French Open final yesterday in an exciting five-set match against Germany’s Alexander Zverev.
The match started with Alcaraz winning the first set, 6-3, but he lost the next two sets to Zverev, 2-6 and 5-7. However, he easily won the next one, 6-1, and took victory in the final set as he crushed Zverev, 6-2.
At just 21 years old, Alcaraz has now become the youngest-ever player to win a grand slam on all court surfaces, as he won the 2022 US Open against Norway’s Casper Ruud and beat Serbia’s Novak Djokovic in the Wimbledon final last year. He is also still undefeated in any grand slam final – once he makes it there, he secures the title – and is the youngest player to win the French Open since Spain’s Rafael Nadal in 2007– and Nadal had also won the French Open in 2006 and 2005.
This comes after Djokovic was forced to retire from the French Open following a torn meniscus, and his future in this year’s Wimbledon is yet to be seen.
On the other side of the tournament, Poland’s Iga Swiatek quickly crushed Italy’s Jasmine Paolini in straight sets, winning the Women’s French Open final 6-2, 6-1. This is Swiatek’s fourth time winning the French Open and her fifth overall grand slam title, as she also won the US Open in 2022. Her experience on the court helped her cruise to victory, as Paolini had never made it past the fourth round of any major tournament.
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