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'And Pakistan is the Real Madrid of this classico' - Fans react as Rohit Sharma names India vs Pakistan as 'El Classico' of Cricket World Cup

India, under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma will face Pakistan in the ODI World Cup 2023 on the 14th of October in Ahmedabad.

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The highly anticipated India vs Pakistan clash in the ODI World Cup 2023 has been rescheduled to October 14 from October 15 2023. Meanwhile, the Indian skipper Rohit Sharma has come up with a big statement about this high-octane encounter against the arch-rivals Pakistan.

Notably, Rohit Sharma was the star performer for India and won the 'Player of the Match award when India and Pakistan took on each other last time. It was the group stage match during the ODI World Cup 2019, played in England.

“India Vs Pakistan standout as the El Clasico of cricket World Cup,” said Rohit Sharma while talking about the clash against the men in green in the World Cups.

Pakistan still waiting for their first win against India in ODI World Cups

Notably, India and Pakistan have faced each other seven times in the ODI World Cup since they locked horns first time in the ODI World Cup 1992. India has won all seven matches and Pakistan is still waiting for a win against India in the marquee international tournament.

The last time, both teams took on each other in the ODI World Cup 2019, it was the current skipper of India, Rohit Sharma who shone and smashed a century. He played a knock of 140 runs off 113 balls with 14 boundaries and 3 sixes. Apart from Rohit, the then-skipper Virat Kohli also scored 77 runs with seven boundaries followed by opener KL Rahul’s 57 runs with 3 fours and 2 sixes.

On the back of these knocks, India posted a total of 336 runs for the loss of 5 wickets in the allotted 50 overs. Mohammad Ami scalped three wickets for Pakistan, alongside one wicket each picked by Hasan Ali and Wahab Riaz.

While chasing the target, Pakistan struggled against the Indian bowling attack and restricted them to the score of only 212 runs for the loss of 6 wickets in 40 overs after the target was reduced to 302 runs due to rain. Fakhar Zaman and Babar Azam played the knocks of 62 and 48 runs, respectively. Other than these two, Imad Wasim also scored 46 runs with 6 boundaries.

Vijay Shankar, Hardik Pandya, and Kuldeep Yadav scalped two wickets each for India. Eventually, India ended up winning the match by 89 runs in the D/L method.

Returning back to Rohit Sharma’s ‘El-Classico’ statement about the India-Pakistan match; it attracted the eyeballs of the cricket fans. Fans came up with various opinions and responses after the Indian skipper’s statement.

Here’s how fans reacted:

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