India beat Pakistan by 228 runs in their Super Four encounter in the ongoing Asia Cup 2023 at the R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo on Monday.
India registered their biggest one-day international (ODI) win against the Green Shirts — who were handed out their second-heaviest ODI defeat.
For a team that is in great form and was ranked world number one not so long ago, a loss with this big of a margin came as a surprise to many as Pakistan did not lose but were also outclassed in all aspects of the game.
From fans to professional cricketers, no one could refrain from giving their opening on this loss.
While some believed that it just wasn't Pakistan's day, others pointed out flaws in the captaincy and the intent shown by the Green Shirts.
Here is how fans and some former cricketers reacted to India's thumping win:
Pakistan's next and last match of the Super Four will be against Sri Lanka, who will take on India on Tuesday and will look forward to continuing their great form after beating Bangladesh earlier.
Earlier today, Pakistan were restricted to 128-8 in 32 overs with Naseem Shah and Haris Rauf not coming out to bat due to injuries as they were chasing a target of 357 runs.
Spinner Kuldeep Yadav was the pick of the bowlers for India with figures of 5-25 in eight overs.
In a sorry batting display, Fakhar Zaman top-scored for Pakistan with 27 runs in 50 balls.
Agha Salman and Iftikhar Ahmed scored 23 runs each.
Pakistan's star batter and captain Babar Azam scored 10 runs in 24 balls before being bowled by a beauty from Hardik Pandya.
Meanwhile, Virat Kohli — who also completed 13,000 ODI runs — was named the Player of the Match for his heroics against the arch-rivals as he played a remarkable knock of 112 runs off 94 balls with the help of nine fours and three sixes.
KL Rahul also scored a century as he was not out on 111 runs in 106 balls which included 14 boundaries.