Kohli's century, India beat Pakistan to enter last four first

Kohli's century, India beat Pakistan to enter last four first

Khushdil Shah's ball suddenly went low, Virat Kohli wanted to sweep, and the ball hit his pads, and there was a strong appeal. The umpire rejected it, but Pakistan captain Mohammad Rizwan took the review. Shreyas Iyer and Hardik Pandya departed a few overs apart. If Kohli had also taken the dressing room route during the review, anything could have happened in the match.
In the end, nothing of the sort happened. The excitement of the match evaporated as soon as the review was rejected. Kohli scored the 82nd international century of his career, and India immediately won their second consecutive victory, winning with 45 balls and 6 wickets in hand and reaching the semi-finals of the Champions Trophy first.

Although India was under some pressure at the beginning of the innings, Shubman Gill's batting took the team ahead. After Rohit Sharma's quick departure, Gill and Kohli batted responsibly. Gill's innings of 46 was stopped by spinner Abrar Ahmed. However, the partnership of Kohli and Shreyas Iyer then took India to victory. Although Iyer was dismissed for 56, Kohli returned to finish the match, remaining unbeaten on 102.
Kohli's innings was quite calculated. After touching fifty, he played more slowly, also aiming for his century. He reached his century with a four in the 43rd over, at the same time confirming India's victory. This was Kohli's 77th century in ODIs.
Earlier, the run rate in Pakistan's innings was quite slow. Pakistan, who came out to bat after winning the toss, struggled against the Indian bowlers from the start. Mohammad Rizwan and Saud Shakeel tried to put up some resistance, but their slow batting could not take Pakistan to a big total. In the end, Kuldeep Yadav's bowling collapsed Pakistan's batting lineup, and they were all out for 241 runs in 49.4 overs.
Kuldeep Yadav was brilliant with the ball for India, who took 4 wickets to crush Pakistan's batting lineup. Hardik Pandya and Axar Patel also took wickets at crucial moments.
Apart from Kohli's batting, the cricket world witnessed another record in this match. Kohli became the fastest to complete 14,000 runs in ODI cricket, reaching this milestone in just 287 innings. He also set a record for taking the most catches by an Indian fielder in ODIs, 157.
This victory for India is not only another victory against their arch-rivals, but has also boosted their confidence in the World Cup. It has also given the team a ticket to the semi-finals. Because India's victory is now two. It is not possible for Pakistan to surpass India in net run rate by winning two more, because they have one match left.
Meanwhile, Bangladesh and New Zealand have two matches left, but the two teams will face each other on Monday afternoon. As a result, it is impossible for either team to get two wins. And so, at least they are assured of playing in the last four from second place in the points table.

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