Bitter foes India and Pakistan lock horns in the tournament’s one of the most anticipated matches at the Old Trafford on Sunday. When Pakistan play India it’s always a huge game, but their meeting on Sunday is shaping up to be more crucial than ever. Pakistan must go back to their Champions Trophy triumph for inspiration and then look for early wickets in their World Cup encounter against arch-rivals India.
India had easily beaten Pakistan in their 2018 Asia Cup match. But, the 2017 tournament was certainly bigger, and a defeat in that hurt India more than the Asia Cup victory could make up for. Now, in ICC Cricket World Cup 2019, India are eying a revenge on their arch-rivals for their 180-run Champions Trophy defeat.
As India lock horns with Pakistan on Sunday (June 16), one factor clearly in their favour would be the past record: They have beaten Pakistan on each of the six occasions when the two sides have played against each other in World Cups.
On the negative side, however, prolific opener Shikhar Dhawan is going to be missing in action due to a thumb injury he sustained in India’s match against Australia on June 9. All eyes will now be on Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli, both in a fine form to take on the likes of Pakistan’s Mohammad Amir and Wahab Riaz.
Going from a defeat to playing the old rivalry against India isn’t going to be easy. India probably watched the Australia game very closely and know what needs to be done. Pakistan need to lift themselves up and I hope they bring their best on Sunday
Pitch report & Weather forecast
Weather Report : Sunday weather will be patchy light rain with daytime temperature reaching 18 °c. Night time temperature are expected to be 11 °c.We expect around 3.0 mm of precipitation to fall. We expect around 3.0 mm of precipitation to fall and cloud covering 70% of the sky, the humidity will be around 71%.
Pitch Report : The pitch here at this stadium is much favored as batting pitch. It has a decent amount of pace, bounce, and enough carry to allow the batsmen to play their shots freely. A large number of boundaries will be hit on this venue. The pitch may also have some help in it for the seamers.
STATISTICS OF THE VENUE
- Won batting first: 18 (40%)
- Won batting second: 27 (60%)
- No result/abandoned: 1
- Highest total: Sri Lanka 318/7 (50/50 overs) v England, June 28 2006
- Lowest total: Canada 45 (40.3/60 overs) v England, July 20 1979
- 300+ totals: 3
Record of chasing teams: Won – 3, Lost – 2
INDIA 2019 World Cup Squad
Virat Kohli (c), Rohit Sharma (vc), Shikhar Dhawan, MS Dhoni (wk), Kedar Jadhav, Hardik Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Shami, Vijay Shankar, Dinesh Karthik (wk), KL Rahul, Ravindra Jadeja
PAKISTAN 2019 World Cup Squad
Shoaib Malik, Mohammad Hafeez, Sarfaraz Ahmed (c & wk), Wahab Riaz, Mohammad Amir, Haris Sohail, Babar Azam, Imam-ul-Haq, Asif Ali, Imad Wasim, Fakhar Zaman, Shadab Khan, Hasan Ali, Shaheen Afridi, Mohammad Hasnain
Best World Cup 2019 Fantasy Team for League11
Suggested Playing X1 No. 1 for League11
keeper – MS DHONI
Batsman – V KOHLI(C), ROHIT SHARMA, BABAR AZAM, INMAM UL HAQ
Allrounder –HARDIK PANDYA, M HAFEEZ
Bowler – YS CHAHAL, JJ BUMRAH(VC), M AMIR, WAHAB RIAZ
Suggested Playing X1 No. 1 for League11
keeper – MS DHONI
Batsman – V KOHLI(C), ROHIT SHARMA, BABAR AZAM, INMAM UL HAQ
Allrounder – HARDIK PANDYA(VC), M HAFEEZ, KEDAR JADHAV
Bowler – JJ BUMRAH, M AMIR, WAHAB RIAZ
INDIA vs PAKISTAN 2019 World Cup Match Details
22ND match, ICC Cricket World Cup at Manchester
16 June 2019, 3:00 PM IST
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