The Champions Trophy will have Mahamukabala between India and Pakistan. , Image: AP
India vs Pakistan: When India and Pakistan are face to face here on Sunday in the Maha match of the ICC Champions Trophy, Rohit Sharma -led team will be eyeing the semi -finals, while the team led by Mohammad Rizwan will try to avoid getting out of the tournament early Will do it While India made a great start to their campaign by defeating Bangladesh by six wickets in their first match, Pakistan had to face a crushing defeat from New Zealand by 60 runs.
The last match in the Champions Trophy between these two teams of the subcontinent was in the final in 2017 in which Pakistan’s team won. Rizwan and his companions will try to take inspiration from that victory in London, but his players will have to perform well in the three departments of the game. This match between India and Pakistan is not as much as before, which is expected that in this Group A match at Dubai International Cricket Stadium, both teams will take a little comfortable.
Indian team is in profit in every aspect
The Indian team is seen in every aspect of profit. His team has coordinated well with the circumstances here, while Pakistan’s team has reached here in Karachi after a crushing defeat at the hands of New Zealand. When the teams of India and Pakistan are face to face, there is a lot of pressure on the players. However, the Indian team looks better in dealing with such situations. Captain Rohit Sharma’s form remained a matter of concern for India but the way he batted against Bangladesh, it seems that this opener has achieved his rhythm. He gave India a good start by playing a stormy innings of 41 runs. Opener Shubman Gill’s brilliant form is a very good sign for India. He scored a century in the last match, so that India had easily achieved the target of 229 runs.
What is the biggest challenge before Pakistan?
As far as Pakistan is concerned, its star batsman Babar Azam’s form and attitude is a matter of concern for him. Babur, chasing a target of 320 against New Zealand, scored 64 runs in 90 balls and was criticized for scoring a slow run. Not only this, Pakistan’s difficulties have increased due to the injury of opener Fakhar Zaman. Imam ul Haq has been selected in place of Zaman and has joined the team here. Middle -order batsman Khushdil Shah played an aggressive innings of 69 runs in the first match which is a positive sign for Pakistan. Shah was earlier struggling to score runs but the selection committee maintained confidence in him and he did not disappoint him.
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The biggest concern for India, Virat Kohli’s form
The biggest concern for India is not to convert Virat Kohli’s good start into a big score. For some time, they have not seen concentration as before and they will have to make extra efforts to play a big innings against Pakistan. Pakistan bowlers could not perform the expected performance in the last match and the Indian batsmen will take advantage of their weakness and try to dominate them from the beginning.
On the other hand, Indian bowling looks good. Fast bowler Mohammed Shami, who returned to fit, took five wickets in the last match. He also got good support from Harshit Rana. Shami’s brilliant bowling has decided that India will not miss the Jasprit Bumrah yet who was out of the tournament due to injury. All rounder Hardik Pandya has been doing well against Pakistan in ICC competitions. In the 2017 final of the Champions Trophy, he had expected India till the end.
What will be the playing XI in India-Pakistan match?
India’s winning team in the last match is unlikely to change. The spin bowlers of the pitch are expected to get help and in such a situation Kuldeep Yadav, Ravindra Jadeja and Akshar Patel are set to remain in the playing XI.
The teams are as follows:
India: Rohit Sharma (captain), Shubman Gill (Deputy Captain), Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (wicketkeeper), Hardik Pandya, Akshar Patel, Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Shami, Arshdeep Singh, Harshit Rana, Rishabh Pant (Wicketkeeper), Ravindra Jadeja, Varun Chakraborty.
Pakistan: Mohammad Rizwan (Captain), Salman Ali Aga (Deputy Captain), Babar Azam, Imam ul Haq, Kamran Ghulam, Saud Shakeel, Tayeb Tahir, Faheem Ashraf, Khushdil Shah, Usman Khan, Abrar Ahmed, Haris Rauf, Mohammad Hasanain, Nasim Shah, Shaheen Shah Afridi.
The match will start at 2.30 pm Indian time.
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