The mother of all battles is here, it is time for the highly anticipated pulsating encounter between India and Pakistan which will be played at the Emirates Old Trafford in Manchester. India’s last encounter against New Zealand was washed out due to excessive rains which kept India undefeated in the tournament so far along with New Zealand.
Pakistan are coming into this match on the back of a defeat against the reigning champions Australia by 41 runs. This defeat pushed them down to the eighth spot in the points table which has definitely put them in real jeopardy. A washout in this game will do nothing good for Pakistan, however, India can still breathe freely if the two teams split points as they are comfortably poised at the fourth position without any loss against their name.
With this being the ultimate clash of the beautiful game of Cricket, the intensity would be sky-high on either side and both teams will fire all their cylinders to get on top.
Pakistan: Champions in 1992 edition.
India: Champions in 1983 and 2011 editions.
Matches: 06
India won: 06
Pakistan won: 00
India vs Pakistan
Venue: Emirates Old Trafford, Manchester
Time: June 16, 03:00 PM
Matches: 131
India won: 54
Pakistan won: 73
Tied: 00
No result: 04
Rain is expected to play the spoilsport in this game in the afternoon, however, the start of the day is assured with a burst of gloomy sunshine. The teams batting second on this ground have a higher success rate which means the team winning the toss will definitely opt to field first.
Matches: 46
Won batting first: 18 (40%)
Won batting second: 27 (60%)
No Result: 01
Highest Total: 318/7 (50 Ov) by SL vs ENG, June 28, 2006
Lowest Total: 45/10 (40.3 Ov) by CAN vs ENG, July 20, 1979
300+ Totals: 3
400+ Totals: 00
India squad to face Pakistan:
Virat Kohli (c), Kuldeep Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, KL Rahul, MS Dhoni (wk), Vijay Shankar, Ravindra Jadeja, Dinesh Karthik, Kedar Jadhav, Rohit Sharma, Yuzvendra Chahal, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Shami.
Pakistan squad to face India:
Sarfaraz Ahmed (c, wk), Hasan Ali, Shaheen Afridi, Asif Ali, Babar Azam, Wahab Riaz, Imad Wasim, Fakhar Zaman, Haris Sohail, Mohammad Hafeez, Mohammad Amir, Mohammad Hasnain, Shoaib Malik, Imam-ul-Haq, Shadab Khan.
India: Rohit Sharma, Kannaur Lokesh Rahul, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Virat Kohli, Vijay Shankar, Kedar Jadhav, Kuldeep Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Jasprit Bumrah., Yuzvendra Chahal
Pakistan: Sarfaraz Ahmed, Shoaib Malik, Hasan Ali, Babar Azam, Wahab Riaz, Shadab Khan, Imam-ul-Haq, Mohammad Amir, Imad Wasim, Mohammad Hafeez, Fakhar Zaman.