Cricket News Desk. Three years ago, on this day, Team India was playing the final match of the ICC Champions Trophy against arch-rival Pakistan. This was the first big test of Team India under the captaincy of Virat Kohli. The Indian team was considered a strong contender for the title and had defeated Pakistan badly even in the league stage of the tournament.
Before this match, Pakistan's record against India in ICC tournaments was also very disappointing. In this match played at the Oval ground in London, all history was destroyed and Virat Kohli flopped in his first major test of captaincy.
In this match, the captain of the Indian team won the toss and decided to field first. But in front of India's weak bowling, Pakistan gave a target of 339 runs to India on the basis of brilliant batting of Fakhar Zaman (114).
In front of this huge target and Pakistan's lethal bowling, Team India remained under pressure from the beginning and half of its team returned to the pavilion on just 54 runs. Rohit Sharma could not even open his account, while captain Virat Kohli could score only 5 runs despite getting a lease of life. The entire Indian team was out for 158 runs and lost the match and the title by 180 runs.
If Team India could cross the 150-run mark in this match, then the credit for it goes to the fearless batting of Hardik Pandya. In this match, before unfortunately being run out, Pandya scored 76 runs in 43 balls with the help of four fours and six sixes.
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