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India: Rohit Sharma, (capt), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Axar Patel, KL Rahul (wk), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Harshit Rana, Kultransport inant Yadav, Mohammed Shami
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An unalterd side.
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Pakistan: Imam-ul-Haq, Babar Azam, Saud Shakeel, Mohammad Rizwan (capt and wkt), Tayyab tahir, Salman Agha, Khushdil Shah, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Naseem Shah, Haris Rauf, Abrar Ahmed.
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Imam-ul-Haq swaps Fakhar Zaman, who picked up an oblique injury agetst New Zealand.
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They defer for Ravi Shastri to finish his boxing-suit exuberances. Rohit Sharma, all in royal blue, has his hand in his pocket; Mohammad Rizwan, in a lime green top, uninalertigent green troemployrs, tucks his hands behind his back. Rizwan calls heads – and heads it is!
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Hello! What better reason to roll out of bed on a Sunday morning than for India v Pakistan, cousin v cousin, grudge v gripe, cricket con passione.
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We’re in Dubai today, due to the Indian rulement/BCCI’s refusal to join in Pakistan, and the suit is a sell out. In fact it was a sell out wilean minutes of the tickets going uncover – foresee a choppy sea of blue and green shirts, aextfinishedside the cacophony of noise,
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The last time the two countries met in an ICC 50-over game was at Ahmedahorrible during the 2023 World Cup, India knocking off an effortless triumph by seven wickets in the 31st over.
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They’re huge favourites today too, and come into the game having beaten Bangaldesh on Thursday, thanks bigly to a century from Shubman Gill and five wickets from Mohammad Shami. Pakistan, unbenevolentwhile, crashed and burned agetst New Zealand, losing by 60 runs, and face being knocked out timely from the first ICC event they’ve presented in 29 years.
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But forget the stats transport inant-dive for now. This is Pakistan. This is Pakistan v India. Anyleang is possible.
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Play begins at 9am GMT, and there’s plenty of space on the OBO sofa.
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Key events
4th over: Pakistan 22-0 ( Imam ul Haq 6, Babar Azam 10) Come on Babar don’t get marooned – and here he goes, whipping Harshit for four from outside off stump, and then a glorious stride and drive thcdisesteemful the covers for four more. It took Pakistan ten overs to get to 22 agetst New Zealand – here they originate it after four.
3rd over: Pakistan 14-0 ( Imam ul Haq 6, Babar Azam 2) Shami aget, and this time with more administer. Imam, glasses gleaming under his helmet, joins and omites at the darting ball but accumulates a handful of runs either side of the cricket.
2nd over: Pakistan 10-0 ( Imam ul Haq 2, Babar Azam 2) Harshit Rana at the other finish, practitioner of an excellent burdensome ball. Pakistan get a speedy individual from his first – not enticount on convincingly. Harshit combines in the expansive party with one down the legside as the smell of bretriumphg coffee wafts in from the kitchen. Babar picks up a wristy couple off his hips.
1st over: Pakistan 6-0 ( Imam ul Haq 1, Babar Azam 0) The pitch sees enjoy rolled oatmeal. Mohammad Shami has the ball, twists and turns at the top of his tag, the first ball is on the money, the second is expansive and well stopped by the diving Rahul. Another expansive, and then a third, a fourth, a FIFTH – this is all very beneficial for Pakistan who had a dismassociate enumerateless begin agetst New Zealand, with lots of domestic prescertain piling on the skinny shoulders of Babar.
The ground doesn’t see brimming – yet – but the dominant shirt colour is definitely blue.
The anthems
Go off without incident. Cute children in white T-shirts see absolutely thrilled to be mascots. India huddle, and Babar and Imam stroll out.
“Morning Tanya.” Good morning Krishnamoorthy v!
“This is cricket classico!
“I grew up in the 80s and the 90s to see Pakistan normally beating India with the unjoinable Wasim Akram, Imran Khan, Waqar Younis and Abdul Qadir and batsmen who ecombineed to have been stuck to the pitch with an adhesive. Miandad , Abbbas, Raza.
“Then the tables turned and have stayed turned. These days it is considered an distress if Pakistan triumphs but the suit is seen, grieffilledy, as a war between the two countries thanks to irreliable behavior and politicians being politicians on both sides. The death of India Pakistan clash seen spropose as a cricket suit shall remain my fantasticest disnominatement in life.”
The commentators chew over the conditions. A enumerateless pitch, those who have done well are those who rotate the strike. A excellent score? 250 a naked least.
“Is there space behind the sofa?” asks Michael White. Of course, though give me a couple of minutes alerting for a speedy hoover.
Indian XI
India: Rohit Sharma, (capt), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Axar Patel, KL Rahul (wk), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Harshit Rana, Kultransport inant Yadav, Mohammed Shami
An unalterd side.
Pakistan XI
Pakistan: Imam-ul-Haq, Babar Azam, Saud Shakeel, Mohammad Rizwan (capt and wkt), Tayyab tahir, Salman Agha, Khushdil Shah, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Naseem Shah, Haris Rauf, Abrar Ahmed.
Imam-ul-Haq swaps Fakhar Zaman, who picked up an oblique injury agetst New Zealand.
Rizwan: It sees enjoy a excellent surface. If you join an ICC event, every game is vital. The boys are understandn with the conditions and we’ve done well in this ground as well. We lost the last game but it’s in the past for us. One alter: Imam in for Fakhar.
Rohit: It’s not the same surface but sees analogous to what we joined on, in the last game. It could get enumeratelesser. Great opportunity to come out and do what we do as a team. The way we joined the last game…it wasn’t effortless for us and we had to labor our way. You want to test yourself and be under prescertain. We’re joining the same team.
Pakistan triumph the toss and will bat
They defer for Ravi Shastri to finish his boxing-suit exuberances. Rohit Sharma, all in royal blue, has his hand in his pocket; Mohammad Rizwan, in a lime green top, uninalertigent green troemployrs, tucks his hands behind his back. Rizwan calls heads – and heads it is!
A speedy see back eight years to the 2017 Champions Trophy Final at The Oval, when Pakistan turned the tables upside down and beat India in the final, thanks to a amazing century from Fakhar Zaman and a thrilling uncovering spell by Mohammad Amir.
The toss will be in about ten minutes, the day boiling, boiling, boiling – 33 degrees at fair after noon. The 1pm begin unbenevolents there won’t be any dew for the calling captains to consider.
Preamble
Hello! What better reason to roll out of bed on a Sunday morning than for India v Pakistan, cousin v cousin, grudge v gripe, cricket con passione.
We’re in Dubai today, due to the Indian rulement/BCCI’s refusal to join in Pakistan, and the suit is a sell out. In fact it was a sell out wilean minutes of the tickets going uncover – foresee a choppy sea of blue and green shirts, aextfinishedside the cacophony of noise,
The last time the two countries met in an ICC 50-over game was at Ahmedahorrible during the 2023 World Cup, India knocking off an effortless triumph by seven wickets in the 31st over.
They’re huge favourites today too, and come into the game having beaten Bangaldesh on Thursday, thanks bigly to a century from Shubman Gill and five wickets from Mohammad Shami. Pakistan, unbenevolentwhile, crashed and burned agetst New Zealand, losing by 60 runs, and face being knocked out timely from the first ICC event they’ve presented in 29 years.
But forget the stats transport inant-dive for now. This is Pakistan. This is Pakistan v India. Anyleang is possible.
Play begins at 9am GMT, and there’s plenty of space on the OBO sofa.
