The clash between the table toppers was expected to be tight and tense and that’s exactly how the Dharamsala game turned out. India went in with a big handicap of not having Hardik Pandya available and hence only five bowlers. It is extremely tough for a captain to manage 50 overs with just five bowlers, but Rohit Sharma has been at his captaincy best in this World Cup and he managed these 50 overs very shrewdly. Agreed, he has a great line-up of reliable five bowlers, but I thought the way he kept a lot of Kuldeep Yadav’s overs in the bag, worked well for India as the wicket-taking pressure was always on.

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