Rohit Sharma unstoppable, Sarfaraz Ahmed has game to forget: India v Pakistan player ratings
Chitrabhanu Kadalayil evaluates the performances of the 22 players who competed in this Cricket World Cup clash between these two rivals
Lokesh Rahul (9/10): The opener got his team off to a good start, scoring 57 off 78 balls while putting on a 136-run partnership for the first wicket with Rohit Sharma. He should have kicked on to get a hundred, but by the time he was dismissed, the tempo for a big total had been set. Reuters
Rohit Sharma (10/10): India's other opening batsman scored the 24th century of his ODI career as he got his team the start they needed after being sent in to bat. He top-scored with 140, but a double century was there for the taking had he chosen to continue playing mostly orthodox shots. Instead, he tried his trademark cheeky scoop shot which went straight to short fine leg. Reuters
Virat Kohli (9/10): For the second match in a row, the captain scored a big half-century, pacing his innings brilliantly. He played second fiddle to Rohit, like he did to Shikhar Dhawan against Australia, and upped the ante only after Rohit was dismissed. A late flurry of shots from him helped India to well past the 300-run mark. Reuters
Hardik Pandya (8/10): The all-rounder once again batted at No 4, but unlike against Australia, he was unable to find his timing. But he rode his luck, especially against Hasan Ali's pace, to score a cameo at the death as India closed in on a 300-plus total. Reuters
MS Dhoni (3/10): The veteran wicketkeeper-batsman had a quiet day, making just one run from two deliveries. His dismissal raised concern India may end up losing their way at the death, but it mattered little at the end of the day. AP Photo
Vijay Shankar (8/10): He got off to a slow start in his very first World Cup innings but sensibly rotated the strike with Kohli, the set batsman, before using the long handle to finish the innings unbeaten. He then exploited the conditions to his advantage, as his slow medium pace earned him the wickets of Imam-ul-Haq and captain Sarfaraz Ahmed. Reuters
Kedar Jadhav (3/10): Once again, the batting all-rounder had little to do, with the rest of India's batsmen scoring big runs. But a late flurry from him helped India to 336. He is probably due a big one at some point later in the tournament. Reuters
Bhuvneshwar Kumar (2/10): India's leading paceman felt a tightness in his left hamstring after bowling 16 deliveries. It put him out of the game, but he has until June 22 to get back to full fitness. AP Photo
Yuzvendra Chahal (6/10): The right-arm leg-spinner had a relatively quiet game, but he was superb in keeping the Pakistan batsmen at bay even as the asking rate continued to climb. Reuters
Jasprit Bumrah (6/10): Like Chahal, the frontline fast bowler also had a quiet day in the office, playing a supporting role to others in the attack instead. AP Photo
Kuldeep Yadav (8/10): The left-arm leg-spinner played a crucial role in the game by dismissing Babar Azam and breaking the 104-run partnership for the second wicket between him and Fakhar Zaman. He dismissed Fakhar shortly after to instigate a collapse. Press Association
In the most highly-anticipated match of the 2019 Cricket World Cup, it was India who came out on top against Pakistan, defeating their arch rivals by 89 runs in a rain-interrupted contest at Old Trafford in Manchester.
Following this one-sided contest, Chitrabhanu Kadalayil provides his player ratings. For the India player ratings, browse through the photo gallery above, and for the Pakistan player ratings, take a look at the photo gallery below.
Imam-ul-Haq (3/10): In a way, Bhuvneshwar Kumar's injury proved fortuitous for India as the paceman was replaced by Vijay Shankar, who promptly trapped the opener leg before wicket. Imam paid for being too cautious, scoring just seven runs. The only upside for the youngster was he was excellent in the outfield. Press Association
Fakhar Zaman (8/10): Pakistan's other opener was always going to be a dangerous proposition given his stellar ODI record. He was more circumspect in this innings than he was during his match-winning hundred against the same opposition in the final of the 2017 Champions Trophy. But so long as he was in the middle, India's fielders could seldom rest easy. His dismissal, for 62, triggered a batting collapse proving what an important part of the Pakistan side he is. Press Association
Babar Azam (7/10): Pakistan's classiest batsman put on a superb partnership with Fakhar and looked set for a big score before he was bowled out by Kuldeep Yadav for 48. Until then, it looked like Pakistan were on the path to what would have been an incredible run chase. AP Photo
Mohammed Hafeez (2/10): The in-form batting all-rounder was expected to use his enormous experience in this format to continue the good work done by Fakhar and Babar. But rather than build on the foundation, he got dismissed for a quickfire nine, which included a six. Reuters
Sarfaraz Ahmed (3/10): The captain won the toss, but that was about the only success he had on the day. In hindsight, sending India in was the wrong call to make as their arch-rivals did what they have done against his side at World Cups - post a sizable total and apply scoreboard pressure. Sarfaraz took two catches and was largely tidy behind the stumps. His batting, however, was all over the place. AP Photo
Shoaib Malik (1/10): The veteran all-rounder was mostly decent on the field, but he bowled just the one over and conceded 11 runs. He was also dismissed for a golden duck, playing a Hardik Pandya delivery on to the stumps. Reuters
Imad Wasim (7/10): Yet another spin-bowling all-rounder in the side, Imad bowled his left-arm tweaks well throughout India's innings. He was wicketless but conceded just 49 runs in his 10-over spell. He also scored a cameo with the bat in an albeit losing cause. Reuters
Shadab Khan (5/10): The leg-spinner began his spell with a nervy first over that saw him concede 17 runs. He got his act together thereafter, beating the bats of Lokesh Rahul and Rohit Sharma, even though he ended up conceding 61 runs in nine overs. He batted well, but it was too little, too late for Pakistan. Reuters
Hasan Ali (3/10): When the medium-pacer finished with 1-84, he became the most expensive Pakistan bowler in a 50-over World Cup match. He was guilty of bowling some gimmes, but the right-armer also tested Rohit and Pandya with his in-swingers. It just was not his day. Reuters
Wahab Riaz (4/10): The left-arm paceman bowled with plenty of fire, taking India's first wicket - that of Rahul - yet, he could scarcely find success thereafter. Figures of 1-71 do not do justice to his efforts on the day. Reuters
Mohammed Amir (8/10): Easily the best bowler on the day, Pakistan's other left-arm paceman troubled all the Indian batsmen who faced him - most of all Virat Kohli. He ended up taking three wickets to put the brakes on India's run-rate at the death. Press Association
