Virat Kohli's supreme fitness was evident in his 47th ODI century while comeback man KL Rahul produced an equally engaging ton on comeback as India thrashed a listless Pakistan by record 228-run margin in a rain-marred Super Four game of the Asia Cup in Colombo on Sunday. This is India's biggest win in terms of runs against the cross-border neighbours.
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00:00 Virat Kohli slammed his 47th ODI century while comeback man KL Rahul produced an equally
00:07 engaging turn on comeback as India thrashed Pakistan by record 228 runs in a rain-marked
00:14 Super 4 game of Asia Cup 2023 in Colombo. This is India's biggest win in terms of runs
00:22 against their cross-border neighbours. India posted an imposing 356 for 2 as Virat Kohli
00:28 122 not out of 94 balls and KL Rahul 111 not out of 106 balls pummeled a hapless Pakistan
00:39 whose chase ended at 128 for 8. On the century count in ODIs, Virat Kohli now stands just
00:47 two behind Sajid Dandulkar's record 49. Once Team India restarted the day from 147 for
00:54 2 in 24.1 overs, they needed Kohli and Rahul to go big and they did that in some style.
01:03 Along with Rahul, Kohli amassed 233 runs for the unbeaten third-wicket stand, the highest
01:09 ODI partnership for India against Pakistan. Kohli, en route to his 77th international
01:14 century, added some personal milestones as well. The swashbuckler became the fastest
01:20 batsman to 13,000 ODI runs and scoring his fourth turn in as many innings at the R. Prem
01:27 Adasa Stadium. However, Rahul's 100 was important from the team's perspective as
01:32 well. After an injury lay-off, Rahul batted for 141 minutes without any discomfort and
01:38 later kept wickets to underline his return to full fitness. Kohli took his time to get
01:43 going, allowing Rahul to do the early running, but once he went past 50, he switched gears.
01:50 His 50 had come in 55 balls, but century came in just 84 deliveries. Rahul soon took his
01:57 feet off the pedal, watching Kohli bat at the other end. And the 31-year-old knew a
02:03 big score was there for the taking. Pakistani bowler's errors gave Rahul enough space
02:08 to exploit and get some easy boundaries. Rahul scored his 100 of 100 deliveries. In the 50th
02:15 over, Kohli gave the finishing touches with a six-over long on. In the 50th over, Kohli
02:22 added the finishing touches and gave India the momentum. Indian bowlers did not have
02:27 to do anything extraordinary as they were defending Mammoth 357. Pesar Jaspreet Bumrah,
02:33 who was bowling in an ODI for the first time since July 2022, gave India a perfect start.
02:40 Hardik Pandya took down Pakistan captain Bawbar Azam with a delivery that shaped him just
02:46 a bit. Kuldeep Yadav, India's best bowler in the ODIs this year, has turned Pakistan's
02:51 downfall, bamboozling the Pakistan middle-order and late middle-order with his endless variations.
02:58 The injured bowlers, Haris Rao and Naseem Shah, did not come out to bat, saving Indian bowlers
03:04 the effort for additional wickets. India take on Sri Lanka in their next encounter in less
03:10 than 24 hours.
03:11 (upbeat music)