Indian PM Narendra Modi congratulates Team India on their win against Pakistan

India registered their 11^th win over Pakistan in World Cup tournaments when they defeated them by 6 wickets at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata last night. The prime minister of India Shri Narendra Modi went ahead and congratulated team India by posting a tweet from his official Twitter handle.

Congratulations Team India for the amazing victory. #IndvsPak

— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) March 19, 2016

Pakistan had batted first in a match attended by lots of former players from both sides like Wasim Akram, Imran Khan, Waqar Younis from Pakistan and Sunil Gavaskar, Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag from India. Imran Khan and Sachin Tendulkar also said a few words of encouragement and gratitude before the match started.

Megastar Amitabh Bachchan was also invited specially by the Cricket Association of Bengal to attend the match and sing the Indian national anthem before the start of the match. MS Dhoni had won the toss and put Pakistan into bat on a pitch that surprised everyone. The match was reduced to 18 overs per side, due to rain and wet outfield before the match.

Pakistan started on a wise note and kept making runs at a decent pace, but when the pressure to score quick increased, their batsmen crumbled under that pressure and lost their way before Shoaib Malik and Umar Akmal consolidated some pride for the Pakistanis and took them to 118.

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Indian chase started off a bad note when Rohit Sharma got out early after some good hits. Then Mohd Sami removed Shikhar Dhawan and Suresh Raina in 2 balls back to back. But Yuvraj Singh and Virat Kohli quickly made sure that India didn’t lose any more wickets and Kohli’s 55* made sure he was there till the end. MS Dhoni finished the match with a six and a single.

Virat Kohli was given the Man of the match for his 55*.