Watch! Rohit Sharma's onslaught when India faced Pakistan previously in an ODI World Cup match

Team India will take on Pakistan in match number 12 of the ICC ODI World Cup 2023. The scheduled encounter will be the 8th time when these two countries will collide on the World Cup stage. So far, India carry a flawless record of 7-0, and on October 14, 2023, the Rohit Sharma-led side will have the onus to extend the figure to 8-0.

3 things you need to know

• India vs Pakistan is scheduled to take place on October 14, 2023
• India are 7-0 up over Pakistan in ODI World Cups
• The match will be held at Narendra Modi Stadium, in Ahmedabad

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IND vs PAK: Focus on Team batters

As the Men in Blue will once again be in the focus today, the responsibility will again lie on the batting prowess to ease the pressure of the India vs Pakistan match. Likes of Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, and if deemed fit then Shubman Gill would be burdened to get the bulk of the scoring and if anybody gets going then they carry the ability to register a daddy hundred and take the game away from the opposition.

Something similar of the sort took place in the ICC ODI World Cup 2019. In that edition, it was the present captain Rohit Sharma, who stepped up and left Pak bowlers distraught. After Shikhar Dhawan was unfortunately ruled out, KL Rahul was brought on the opening scene and with him Sharma added more than 100 runs on the board.

Rohit Sharma capitalised on the incredible start and smashed the bowlers all around the park, in Manchester. He eventually accumulated a whopping mark of 140 and guided India to a momentous total of 336.

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Relive Rohit Sharma's incredible 140 against Pakistan from 2019 World Cup

With just hours remaining before the start of the India vs Pakistan match at the Narendra Modi Stadium, let's relive the exploits of 2019 when Rohit Sharma pummeled Pakistan with his century knock.\

Rohit Sharma always culls out his ferocious form whenever Pakistan comes in front of him, and thus this time as the team's general, he could repeat the heroics. What do you think?