Teams: India vs. Pakistan
Time: 03:00 PM IST
Date: 16 June 2019
Venue: Old Trafford Cricket
Ground
Place: Manchester,
England
TV
Channels:
Star Sports (India), Sky Sports (UK), Geo Super (Pakistan).
This
is going to be the seventh meeting between India and Pakistan in the World Cup
stage. In their previous six meetings, India won all of them and is likely to
maintain their unbeaten record against Pakistan and take the lead to 7-0. Increasing
the lead will not be an easy task for India despite being a strong team compared
to their opponent on pen and paper.
Due
to political reasons, cricket crazy people cannot see both India and Pakistan
playing any bilateral series. They are only seen taking on each other if there is
any scheduled match in any international cricket tournament. For this reason, cricket
fans passionately wait for the match between these two neighboring countries.
Batting
is the main strength of the Indian cricket team. Their batting line-up is adorned
with experienced and in-form batsmen, who are helping the team to set a tough
chasing score or chase the opponents’ score with an ease. On the other hand,
bowling is the main weapon of the Pakistan cricket team. They have a bunch of
young but promising bowlers, who have the ability to destroy any batting
line-up. So, this match will be between Indian batsmen and Pakistani bowlers. Who
do you think will win in this contest?
Off
three matches, India won two against South Africa and Australia by 6 wickets
and 36 runs respectively while the match against New Zealand was washed away
due to persistent rain. India is on the fourth position of the point table with
5 points.
On
the other hand, Pakistan lost two of their four matches against West Indies and
Australia by 7 wickets and 41 runs respectively while their match against Sri
Lanka was abandoned due to heavy rain. However, their only victory came against
England, in which they beat the host nation by 14 runs. With 3 points, they are
sitting on the eighth position of the point table.
Will
rain interrupt the match?
According
to several weather forecasts, rain may interrupt the match. And if it happens
then both teams will have to share one point each. Having positioned among the
top four teams of the ten-team mega event, India will have nothing to lose, but
one more abandoned match will put an end to Pakistan’s hope of progressing to
the semi-final round. As these two arch-rival teams are facing each other after a long time, supporters of both nations will not expect to see any rained-off
game.
Due
to rain, four out of 18 matches of this year’s cricket World Cup have been abandoned
so far. It is time to see if rain spoils any more match or cricket lovers will
be able to enjoy the much-awaited cricket match on Sunday.
India
cricket squad:
Kedar Jadhav, Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan, Virat Kohli, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra
Jadeja, Vijay Shankar, Dinesh Karthik, K. L. Rahul, MS Dhoni, Bhuvneshwar Kumar,
Jasprit Bumrah, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Shami, Yuzvendra Chahal.
Pakistan
cricket squad:
Asif Ali, Babar Azam, Fakhar Zaman, Haris Sohail, Imam-ul-Haq, Imad Wasim, Mohammad
Hafeez, Shadab Khan, Shoaib Malik, Sarfaraz Ahmed, Hasan Ali, Mohammad Amir, Muhammad
Hasnain, Shaheen Afridi, Wahab Riaz.
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