Cricket World Cup: India vs Pakistan match ball sold for whopping Rs 1.5 lakh

Cricket World Cup: The Indian cricket team's journey might have been cut short with the loss against New Zealand but Virat Kohli & Co did enough in the tournament to leave a mark. Men in Blue won seven of their nine group games and one was washed out due to rain. But, the biggest match of the tournament came against arch rivals Pakistan on June 16. There was a lot of hype around this intense match and the fandom continues weeks after the game was payed. 

The match may well have ended days ago, but there is still a lot of interest in various aspects of it, as is clear from this - the ball used during India vs Pakistan World Cup match has been sold for whopping Rs 1.5 lakh. According a officialmemorabilia.com, which is selling memorabilia related to the ongoing World Cup, the ball has been sold for $2,150. Not just the ball, the coin used for the toss in the India-Pakistan match has been sold for $1,450 while the scoresheet has fetched $1,100. 

Out of all the World Cup memorabilia being sold on the website, 27 are related to matches involving India. However, most of them are already sold and only three are still available for sale -- the scoresheet ($400), the coin used for the toss ($350) and the match ball ($850) used during the semifinal against New Zealand. Officialmemorabilia.com is an official partner of the International Cricket Council (ICC). 

Earlier in the tournament, the Indian team had defeated Pakistan by 89 runs (D/L method) in Manchester. Inspired by Rohit Sharma's century, the Indian team had put up a strong total batting first. Chasing 337 to win, Pakistan were cruising at 117-1 after 21 overs before double strikes from Kuldeep and Hardik Pandya reduced them to 129-5 and all but broke the back of Pakistan’s resistance. 

While Pakistan were eventually knocked out of the group stage, India made it to the semifinal where they lost to New Zealand by 18 runs on Wednesday. The final of the World Cup will be played between the Blackcaps and hosts England who defeated Australia in the second semi-final.