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Indian Team To Get Two-Day Break After Win Over Pakistan

India will next take on Afghanistan on 22 June at Southampton.

MANCHESTER — A jubilant Indian team, led by skipper Virat Kohli, will take a couple of days off to relax and rejuvenate after their dominating win over Pakistan in the World Cup.

Two-time former champions India dished out yet another professional performance on Sunday to outwit arch-rivals and 1992 winners Pakistan by 89 runs to stay on course for a semifinal spot.

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“Indian team will now have a two-day break,” the Indian team management said.

India will next take on Afghanistan on 22 June at Southampton.

India have a couple of injury concerns with pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumar sidelined with a hamstring injury for at least next two World Cup games.

Opener Shikhar Dhawan, who had suffered a hairline fracture on his thumb during a match-winning 117 against Australia on 9 June, has also been ruled out of three matches.

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