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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Tim de Lisle (earlier) and Rob Smyth (later)

India thrash Pakistan by seven wickets: Cricket World Cup 2023 – as it happened

Shreyas Iyer
Shreyas Iyer hits a shot as India race towards victory. Photograph: Punit Paranjpe/AFP/Getty Images

That’s all for today. Simon Burnton’s report from Ahmedabad is below, and we’ll be back in the morning for live coverage of England v Afghanistan. Bye.

India captain Rohit Sharma speaks

The bowlers set the game up for us. Restricting them to 190 was a great effort – at one stage we were looking at 270/280. We pride ourselves on the fact that whoever gets the ball does the job for the team. It’s my job as captain to read the conditions and decide who is the best guy to bowl.

We’ve been very clear with what we want to do: who bats in what position and what happens is someone isn’t fit. Guys got runs and wickets going into the World Cup, so all in all it’s looking good. We don’t want to get too excited or too low. It’s a long tournament and we want to stay balanced. That is the key.

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