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Pakistan gains fillip after Dhawan's dismissal

| | Feb 15, 2015, at 05:17 pm
#Pakistan gains fillip after Dhawan's dismissal
Adelaide, Feb 15 (IBNS): Pakistan gained some fillip as they dismissed Shikhar Dhawan in a run-out in their first encounter with India in the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 on Sunday.
Dhawan left the crease at 73.
 
While India  won the toss and elected to bat first against Pakistan in their first World Cup match here on Sunday, Indian fans received an early disappointment when Rohit Sharma exited the field by giving a simple catch to Misbah-ul-Haq.
 
India lost an early wicket in the high voltage match against Pakistan. 
 
Following Sharma's wicket, Virat Kohli came to the crease.
 
All hopes are now pinned on Kohli and Suresh Raina, who are dominating the field.
 
India are at 196/2 after 36 overs.
 
India are the current world champions.
 
Incidentally, they have never lost a World Cup match against Pakistan.
 
Both the teams are given below:
 
India:
 
RG Sharma, S Dhawan, V Kohli, A Rahane, S Raina, MS Dhoni, R Jadeja, R Ashwin, U Yadav, M Sharma,Mohammed Shami
 
Pakistan: 
 
Ahmed Shehzad, Younis Khan, Haris Sohail, Misbah-ul-Haq, Sohaib Maqsood, Umar Akmal, Shahid Afridi,Wahab Riaz, Yasir Shah, Sohail Khan, Mohammad Irfan

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