The mouth-watering clash of the ICC Champions Trophy 2017 — India v Pakistan at Edgbaston — was interrupted three times due to rain. In the end, the defending champions came out victorious with some excellent performances from their top four batsmen. (ICC Champions Trophy 2017: India vs Pakistan Highlights) (ICC Champions Trophy 2017: India vs Pakistan Scorecard)
--> India, after being asked to bat, were 46/0 in 9.5 overs before rain halted play.
--> After the restart at 16:30 hrs IST, half-centuries from Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan helped India to 173/1 (33.1 overs) before constant drizzle stopped play yet again.
--> The match was reduced to 48 overs per side.
--> Chasing a revised target of 324, Pakistan started well (22/0 in 4.5 overs) before rain interrupted the game for the third time.
--> With this, Pakistan’s target got further revised to 289 in 41 overs.
--> India thrashed Pakistan by 124 runs (D/L) in their first game of the tournament.
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Rain playing spoilsport was the last thing fans would have wanted.
{{/usCountry}}Rain playing spoilsport was the last thing fans would have wanted.
{{/usCountry}}The ICC Champions Trophy has already seen the Australia vs New Zealand clash ending in no result due to rain.