6th Match: India v Pakistan (Group A)

[SciD]

India - WLWWL
Coming off a tri-series win in slow-and-low Sri Lanka, they will need to quickly adjust to livelier pitches in South Africa. Centurion, though, has assisted spin and makes for a smooth transition.

Pakistan - WWWLL
The bowling unit looks almost perfect, as it showed in the win over West Indies. Batting is the weak link, and they need bigger contributions from senior batsmen.


Pakistan (probable) 1 Imran Nazir, 2 Kamran Akmal (wk), 3 Younis Khan (capt.), 4 Shoaib Malik, 5 Mohammad Yousuf, 6 Umar Akmal, 7 Shahid Afridi, 8 Rana Naved-ul-Hasan, 9 Mohammad Aamer, 10 Umar Gul, 11 Saeed Ajmal

India (probable) 1 Gautam Gambhir, 2 Sachin Tendulkar, 3 Rahul Dravid, 4 Suresh Raina, 5 MS Dhoni (capt/wk), 6 Virat Kohli/Dinesh Karthik, 7 Yusuf Pathan, 8 Harbhajan Singh, 9, 10 and 11 three out of Ishant Sharma, RP Singh, Ashish Nehra and Amit Mishra.

"I was told four weeks rest but I want to take my chance tomorrow, playing against India. Maybe if it wasn't India I would've skipped this match"
Younis Khan forgets his injury to take on traditional rivals

 

[D0N]

Match will be interesting India has weak bowling & Pakistan has weak Batting i think 50% winning chance depend on toss hope Pakistan will win

 

[Chetan0304]

Dhoni to win the toss

Star perfomace (Batting)

• Sachin
• Nayar
• Raina

Bowling

• Nehra !

Will be a nail bitting match and also will be regarded the best match in the CT trophy.

Result - India to win this match.

 

[naresh091]

Dhoni to win the toss

Star perfomace (Batting)

• Sachin
• Nayar
• Raina

Bowling

• Nehra !

Will be a nail bitting match and also will be regarded the best match in the CT trophy.

Result - India to win this match.

I second this post except for the bolded part.Nehra will be taken to the cleaners by Afridi and Akmal.Bhajji for another 5 fer.

 

[SciD]

I hope in rains whole day.

 

[aditya123]

The buildup if dizzying here in India. People are talking about the game everywhere, even in crowded locals of Mumbai.

To all the English fans here, you`ve got to be in India or Pakistan during these times to sense the intensity of the rivalry. Something which seemed to be missing from the Indo-Pak matches over the last couple of years seems to be back, the passion!

Bring it on and may the best team win. Its only our first game of the tournament, so we could still make it to the semis even if we lose.

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I hope in rains whole day.

Please. I hope it does not happen. I want a game to happen, for the sake of the ODI game at least.

 

[SciD]

For player sake its better if it rains.

 

[Chetan0304]

My crystal ball says Dhoni to score a 90 tomorrow, even the stats favor him.


Best ODI batsmen in the top five (in terms of averages) since January 2005

Batsman MS Dhoni

ODIs 55

Runs 2631

Average 67.46


Strike rate 95.53

100s/ 50s
3 / 19

chetan0304 added 12 Minutes and 56 Seconds later...

India Played Pakistan last in Asia cup08

Team records | One-Day Internationals | Cricinfo Statsguru | Cricinfo.com

 

[SciD]

You are getting too optimistic. We will do better to get full game of 100 overs. It will be over in 60-70 overs.

 

[0601731]

Hoping to see a big knock from sachin and and indian win which should remind afridi tht be it 2003 or 2009,sachin will always be sachin.

 

[Params7]

The buildup if dizzying here in India. People are talking about the game everywhere, even in crowded locals of Mumbai.

The buildup is HUGE. All Indian/Paki communities here in NJ USA, CAN'T WAIT for tomorrow, as well as people from other nationalities who watch/play cricket.

 

[Leggie]

No one to talk about it here in the UK I'm really pessimistic ATM. Our team balance just doesn't look right without Yuvraj.

 

[TruSachFan]

The buildup is HUGE. All Indian/Paki communities here in NJ USA, CAN'T WAIT for tomorrow, as well as people from other nationalities who watch/play cricket.

where do u live in nj?

 

[Insomniac]

Possibly the greatest batting team / line-up of the tournament vs possibly the greatest bowling team / line-up of the tournament.

I cannot wait.

(And of course, possibly the worst bowling team / line-up of the tournament vs possibly the worst batting team / line-up of the tournament.)

 

[Params7]

where do u live in nj?

Camden County, South NJ