Ravi Shastri said, "The pitch is much better today," following his toss during Friday's canada vs. ireland match. He was correct in saying that the match featured a far more evenly matched bat-ball duel than in previous games. The international cricket Council (ICC), as this website has previously revealed, is ensuring that the match won't be a low-scoring farce due to the surface's hazard.
 
Maybe this is the first time that a pitch has attracted greater interest before an India-Pakistan match. In World Cups, the main focus would usually be on fierce competition, individual match-ups, and whether pakistan can end India's dominance. However, worries over the pitch's misbehavior have increased because Pakistan's high voltage pace battery, which includes shaheen Afridi, Mohammad Amir, Naseem Shah, and Haris Rauf, is anticipated to play on Sunday.

The new ball will be the center of attention just as much as the pitch, with wickets tumbling in a heap to the sparkling, swinging, and bouncing ball. As such, the PowerPlay overs will be important for the wickets lost rather than the runs scored. The key would be caution rather than bluster. In the most recent Twenty20 world cup match between these two nations at the MCG in 2022, conditions were different, but india was still reduced to 31 for 4 after 6.1 overs, hardly a good start. It's another tale that they won the match while chasing 160, all owing to Virat Kohli's brilliance.
 
Dube's appearance to the crease should be timed well so that pakistan, who have two spinners in Shadab Khan and Iftikhar Ahmed, are forced to change their game plan. This would open up possibilities for other indian batsmen to score runs later in the innings. Moreover, kuldeep Yadav's ability to win matches and his stellar record against pakistan suggest that having him in the starting lineup might be advantageous.
 
Pakistan is in a cricket rabbit hole following their defeat by the USA minnows. But Babar Azam's squad is no stranger to these kinds of circumstances; they have had shocking losses in previous World Cups. They suffered a similar humiliation in chennai during the most recent ODI world cup against Afghanistan.
 
a fierce match that is intense both on the pitch and in the fans. Although india is favored because of their superior batting lineup, form, reputation, and track record are meaningless in an india vs pakistan encounter. It won't be a high-scoring match because the pitch assisted the fast bowlers, but it will still be fiercely contested and rain-free.
 
 

 
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09/06/2024 09:21 AM