Jasprit Bumrah: Jasprit Bumrah was the ‘Player of the Match’ in the World Cup match between India and Pakistan on Saturday. Along with bowling tightly, he also took wickets. Bumrah spent only 19 runs in 7 overs and took 2 wickets. With this strong performance, Bumrah has joined that special list, which includes Sachin, Rohit and Virat. This is the list of players who were ‘Player of the Match’ in World Cup matches against Pakistan.
India and Pakistan had clashed seven times before this World Cup match. India had won all these seven times also. Sachin Tendulkar was the hero of India’s victory thrice. Read this special list…
World Cup 1992: India and Pakistan faced each other for the first time in this World Cup. Sachin Tendulkar played an inning of 54 runs in 62 balls. He also took one wicket. He played an important role in helping Team India win by 43 runs.
World Cup 1996: Navjot Singh Sidhu was the ‘Player of the Match’ in this World Cup match. He played an innings of 93 runs in 115 balls. India won this match by 39 runs.
World Cup 1999: Venkatesh Prasad broke the back of Pakistan by taking 5 wickets for 27 runs. Prasad’s excellent bowling helped India win by 47 runs.
World Cup 2003: This time too Sachin Tendulkar was the ‘Player of the Match’. Sachin played a blazing inning of 98 runs in 75 balls and led Team India to victory by 6 wickets.
World Cup 2011: Once again Sachin was the hero of victory. He played an important role in India’s victory by 29 runs by scoring 85 runs.
World Cup 2015: Virat Kohli played an innings of 107 runs in 126 balls. India won by a huge margin of 76 runs.
World Cup 2019: Rohit Sharma was the hero of the victory. He scored 140 runs in 113 balls in a explosive manner. India won this match by 89 runs.
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