After being asked to bat after losing the toss, India got off to a great start with openers Shikhar Dhawan and Rohit Sharma piling up a 136 run partnership before the Shikhar was caught in deep off a full-toss from young leggie Shadab, that he could hit anywhere. Hardik Pandya who later came to power and finally, the first three balls hit six by him and scoreboard crossed 300.
In response, Pakistan struggled throughout their innings with only Azhar Ali offering some resistance by scoring 50 from 65 balls but once again it was far to easy for the Indians against their biggest rivals.
Chasing a revised target of 289 in 41 overs, Pakistan batsmen had been troubled throughout the innings by the Indian bowlers. For India, pacer Umesh Yadav claimed three, whereas all-rounders Hardik Pandya and Ravindra Jadeja picked two wickets each.
India's sensational display against Pakistan in the Champions Trophy on Sunday included several brilliant individual performances.
Wahab sustained an ankle injury during the 124-run loss (D/L) against India on Sunday and it now will keep him out for the rest of the tournament.
"I am happy that India fought against Pakistan in cricket and won".
Kohli's master-class from 68 balls helped India post 319 for three in their 48 overs in a match interrupted by rain, after their innings had desperately needed a spark.
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Yuvraj Singh scored 53 off 32 against Pakistan.
Wahab, who was surprisingly preferred over Junaid Khan, proved to be the most expensive bowler in the Champions Trophy with 87 off 8.1 wicketless overs against India.
Pakistan coach Mickey Arthur feels his side was given a "reality check" by India in the lost Champions Trophy clash in Birmingham and the "below-par" show was a result of his players letting the occasion get the better of them.
The outspoken Afridi, who played 398 one-day internationals and retired from global duty previous year, had a caustic take on the efforts of his former team-mates at Edgbaston on Sunday. The comprehensive win for Kohli and his men will boost their confidence as they are expected to make the next stage after their landslide win which boosted their net-run-rate.
Opening the batting together after nearly a year and a half, Rohit and Dhawan got off to a slow but steady start.
"Pakistan needs to do some soul searching before its next game against the top-ranked ODI team - South Africa".
Amir's first spell of four overs was exceptional as he gave away 14 runs and was a tad unlucky to not get a wicket.
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