Champions Trophy 2017: Match 4: Highlights: India Vs Pakistan; Shikhar-Rohit duo shines

Birmingham, June 4: Defending champion India put up an all-round show to trouce arch-rivals Pakistan by 124 runs via Duckworth-Lewis (DL) method in a rain-curtailed Group B clash of the Champions Trophy here on Sunday (June 4).

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Chasing a re-revised target of 289 from 41 overs, Pakistan could only manage to reach 164 in 33.4 overs and lost the match by a whopping margin - their joint highest margin of defeat in the tournament history. (Match report)

Further rain interruptions forced the match officials to revise the target to 289 runs off 41 overs according to the DL method.

The Pakistanis were off to a steady start thanks to openers Azhar Ali and Ahmed Shehzad, who put together an opening stand of 47 runs in nine overs before pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumar struck the first blow for India by trapping the latter leg before.

Ali continued to battle on, top scoring for Pakistan with a steady 50 runs off 65 balls before being dismissed.

But the rest of the Pakistan batsmen seemed to buckle under pressure and failed to rise to the challenge.

India played with five bowlers and left Ravichandran Ashwin out keeping the conditions at Edgbaston in mind. Out of form Ajinkya Rahane too failed to earn a spot in the playing XI.

Here are the highlights from the match between India and Pakistan:

# 3 tosses won by Pakistan against India in the last 10 International meetings, including today's. Pakistan had won both the previous games after winning the toss.

# First over bowled by Mohammed Amir was a maiden over against Rohit Sharma.

# Left-arm spinner Imad Wasim was introduced by Pakistan in the second over.

# The play was interrupted for the first time in the 9.5 overs as rain arrived.

# Fifty came for India in the 11th over with a boundary from Rohit Sharma.

# Rohit-Dhawan's 89-run stand (today) was India's highest 1st wicket stand against Pakistan since 2008; Gautam Gambhir & Virender Sehwag's stand of 115 was highest.

# This is the first time Rohit and Dhawan are opening together in ODIs in 18 months. Last was against Australia in January 2016. They had added 123 runs in that game and put up another century stand today.

# 3 century partnerships between Rohit and Dhawan in Champions Trophy, the most by any pair. Gayle-Chanderpaul and Gibbs-Smith had 2 such stands.

# Previous highest score for Rohit against Pakistan was 68 which came in Asia Cup 2012. He has slammed five fifties in 12 ODIs against arch-rivals.

# Shikhar Dhawan was the first Indian wicket to perish after he was dismissed for 68 off 65 balls.

# Dhawan-Sharma together put up 136 runs for the first wicket against Pakistan.

# Rain stopped play once again in the 32nd over when India were batting for 173/1.

# Last time Pakistan defeated India in an ICC tournament, in Champions Trophy in Centurion in 2009. Since then, India have won all the six encounters.

# Match resumed after rain interruption and was reduced to 48 overs each.

# 55 runs were scored by India in 14 overs between the 22nd and the 35th, a run rate of 3.93.

# In the first 21 overs, India scored at a rate of 5.76.

# Rohit Sharma was dismissed run out at 91.

# Yuvraj Singh was dropped for 8.

# Fifty runs partnership between Kohli and Yuvraj Singh for the third wicket off 39 balls.

# Yuvraj Singh smashed his fifty off 29 balls.

# It was his 52nd ODI fifty.

# It was the fastest fifty by an Indian in Champions Trophy. Also the fastest against Pakistan in this event.

# Yuvraj Singh was dismissed LBW after scoring 32-ball 53 in Hasan Ali's over. He was dismissed via DRS.

# Virat Kohli remained unbeaten on 81 off 68 (4 fours, 3 sixes)

# Hardik Pandya scored 20 off 6 deliveries

# India scored 319/3 against Pakistan in 48 overs.

# 72 runs India scored in the last four overs, 17 more than they scored in 14 overs between the 22nd and the 35th.

# Wahab Riaz's economy rate was 10.03 (87 in 8.4 overs), the most expensive for any spell of five or more overs in Champions Trophy history.

# Three instances of India's top four all going past fifty in an ODI innings. The two previous occasions were both against England - Headingley 2007, and Indore 2006.

# Pakistan were given a revised target of 324 from 48 overs.

# Rain once again interrupted the play which further revised the target for Pakistan to 289 from 41 overs.

# Ahmed Shahzad was the first Pakistan wicket to fall. He was dismissed leg before by Bhuvneshwar Kumar for 12.

# Babar Azam was dismissed for 8 after he was pouched by Ravindra Jadeja a point region. Umesh Yadav was the bowler.

# Azhar Ali was the third Pakistan wicket to fall after scoring 50. He was caught in the deep by Hardik Pandya in Ravindra Jadeja's over.

# Ravindra Jadeja removed Shoaib Malik with a brilliant throw to dismiss the right-handed batsman for 15. It was a brilliant left-arm throw from short third man region.

# Mohammed Hafeez was the only Pakistan batsmen who managed to stand up to the Indian bowlers. He scored 33 off 43 balls with two hits to the fence.

# Fast bowler Umesh Yadav was the most successful among the Indian bowlers with figures of 3/0 in 7.4 overs.

# Fellow pacer Hardik Pandya and left-arm spinner Ravindra Jadeja returned identical figures of 2/43 while Bhuvneshwar Kumar notched up 1/23.

# Yuvraj Singh was adjudged Man of the Match for his brilliant knock of 53.

# India's fielding was very poor throughout their innings as they kept dropping catches at regular intervals.

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