14/02Result
4th Match, Pool B (D/N), ICC Cricket World Cup at Adelaide, Feb 15 2015
India won by 76 runs
Player of the Match
Virat Kohli
Virat KohliIndia
14/02Result
4th Match, Pool B (D/N), ICC Cricket World Cup at Adelaide, Feb 15 2015
India won by 76 runs
Player of the Match
Virat Kohli
Virat KohliIndia

Match Coverage

All Match News

  • Where are the yorkers?

    Fielding restrictions and inventive batsmen have made bowlers develop other skills, but common sense and the fundamentals can still work

  • Dhoni not carried away by 6-0

    While Misbah-ul-Haq could offer no explanation for yet another World Cup loss to India, MS Dhoni said that it was obviously something for India to be proud of, but he refused to read too much into the trend

  • The veritable spotter's guide to the Cheer

    The ball-by-ball structure of cricket gives its crowd noise a hypnotic rhythm, the stadium rising and falling with each major event, most minor events, and some non-events

  • Defeat far from terminal for Pakistan

    So Pakistan have lost to India in a World Cup once more. This is not a new experience. History shows that it need not be a terminal one either

  • Kohli proves his weight in gold again

    If you had to pick one batsman who could remain unfazed by the fans' expectations and bat as close to his normal self as possible in a World Cup match against Pakistan, it's hard to look beyond Virat Kohli

Partnership stat

49

Runs added for the 8th wicket by Misbah and Yasir Shah - Pakistan's second-highest 8th wicket stand in the World Cup.

Has been done before

2

Number of times 100-plus runs have been scored in the last-ten overs at the Adelaide Oval, since 2001.

Will it come today?

39

Number of ODI fifties Misbah-ul-haq has hit - the most any batsman has got without scoring a hundred.

A rarity

1979

The last time before Ashwin an Indian spinner bowled 3 or more maidens in a World cup match - Venkataraghavan.

Afridi needed

188.8

Shahid Afridi's strike rate the last time he batted against India. He won the match for Pakistan with a cameo.

More than a hiccup

3

Wickets Pakistan lost in the 24th and 25th over. They were 101/2 at start of the 25th

Shehzad's in form

699

Runs scored by Ahmed Shehzad in ODIs since January 2014, the highest for Pakistan during this period. Hafeez is next with 446

Tight race

46/1

Pakistan's score at the end of the mandatory Powerplay. India had scored 42/1.

At the top

41

Number of wickets taken by Mohammad Shami in ODIs since 2014 - the most by a bowler.

Inexperienced Younis!

2

Number of times Younis Khan had opened in ODIs before today - he had scored just 4 runs.

Awesome death-bowling!

27/5

Score Pakistan restricted India to in their last-five overs.