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Two wins in two matches for India and they have one foot in the semifinal. They've ticked a lot of boxes in these two wins. Rohit has employed six bowlers in both the matches and they've done a superb job in restricting the opposition to below-par scores. There's loads of experience and class in the batting department. Gill scored a fantastic century against Bangladesh and Kohli was almost flawless today. One could see the hunger in his eyes when he walked out to bat and his template was perfect to hunt down the total. On the other hand, two defeats in as many matches for Pakistan who hardly found any momentum in this encounter. The hosts, who are also the defending champions, are on the brink of elimination. On that note, it's curtains down on this high-octane clash. Until next time, it's goodbye from Abhinand Raghavendran, Saurabh Shankar, Nikhil Jadhav and Harish V.

Player of the Match awards for Kohli vs Pakistan in ICC tournaments
78*(61) Colombo RPS World T20 2012
107(126) Adelaide ODI World Cup 2015
55*(37) Kolkata World T20 2016
82*(53) Melbourne T20 World Cup 2022
100*(111) Dubai Champions Trophy 2025
No other player has won more than three Player of the Match against a single opponent in ICC tournaments.

Rohit Sharma: The way we started with the ball was superb.To restrict them to that kind of a score was a great effort from the bowling unit. We knew it gets slightly better to bat under lights, gets slower as well. We wanted to back the experience that we have in our batting line-up to go out there and get those runs. The credit goes to guys like Axar, Kuldeep and Jadeja in the middle there. They've played a lot - this format of cricket and understand what is required out of them. They stitched a very good partnership - Rizwan and Shakeel - so important for us not to let the game drift away. We wanted to stay there as long as possible. The experience comes into play of all these three spinners. Not to forget the way Hardik, Harshit and Shami bowled as well. If you look at the bowling unit performance, everyone came to the party and did exactly what was required on that pitch. This bunch of boys, we've played a lot of cricket together, especially this format and they do understand what kind of job is required out of them. It can be quite tricky at times where some guys will not get to bowl 10 overs because we have six bowlers. It's important what is working on particular that day and try and maximise those guys. Axar and Kuldeep stepped up today. In the previous game, it was Jadeja. (On Kohli) He loves representing the country. He wants to be out there playing for the team, doing what he does the best which is to go out there and do what he did today. That's what he's known for. Over the years, we've seen it with him. People sitting inside the dressing room are not surprised with what he has done. It was good for him to be out there in the middle, finish the game off and then a couple of crucial knocks from the other guys as well. It (hamstring) is okay at the moment.

Mohammad Rizwan: We won the toss, but we didn't get the benefit of toss. We thought 280 was a good score on this pitch. In middle overs, their bowlers bowled very well and got our wickets. Me and Saud Shakeel, we took time because we wanted to take it deep. After that, wrong, poor shot selection. They put us under pressure and that's why we were squeezed to 240. Whenever you lose, it means you didn't perform in all departments. Early on, we attacked but they attacked more on us. We wanted to squeeze them, but we didn't. Abrar gave us a wicket but other end they played really well. Virat Kohli and Shubman Gill took the game far away from us. We need to improve in our fielding as well. We did a lot of mistakes in this match and last match well. Hopefully we can work on them.

Virat Kohli | Player of the Match: To be honest, it feels good to be able to bat in that manner in an important game to seal qualification. Feels good to contribute in a game where we lost Rohit early, had to put in the understanding of what we learnt in the last game. My job was to control the middle overs against the spinners without taking too many risks, towards the end Shreyas accelerated and I got a few boundaries as well. It allowed me to play my usual ODI game. I have a decent understanding of my game, it is about keeping the outside noise away, staying in my space and taking care of my energy levels and thoughts. Very easy to get pulled into the expectations. My job is to stay in the present and do a job for the team. My keynotes to myself are to put my 100% every ball in the field, and then God eventually rewards you. Having clarity is important, it was important to understand that you need to get runs when there is pace on the ball, otherwise the spinners can dictate things. Shubman did well against Shaheen, took him up. There’s a reason he’s the number one batter of the world. It was necessary to get about 60-70 runs in the powerplay, or we’d always be chasing the game. And there Shreyas is really coming into his own at number 4. Did well in India, and now out here as well. (On having a week off) To be honest, at 36, it feels really good. Will put my feet up for a few days as it takes a lot out of me to put that kind of effort into every game.

Rizwan had to turn to spin and the scoring rate dipped a bit with Abrar Ahmed castling Gill with a beauty. At 100/2, Shreyas Iyer joined Kohli

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Khushdil to Kohli, FOUR, Kohli

Khushdil to Axar, 1 run, 86.9kph, over the wicket, spins in a bit, knocked to long-on

Khushdil to Kohli, 1 run, short of length, punched to the right of extra cover where Imam makes a half-stop with a dive

Khushdil Shah [7.0-0-37-1] is back into the attack

Shaheen Afridi to Kohli, 1 run, to mid-off

Kohli on 94, India need just 5 runs!

Shaheen Afridi to Kohli, 2 runs, full toss, Kohli flicks uppishly over wide mid-on for another brace