Champions Trophy: Why Pakistan will be under more pressure in clash against India | Cricket News

NEW DELHI: Pakistan will play bitter rivals India in a Champions Trophy thriller on Sunday in entrance of a sold-out crowd in Dubai figuring out that one other loss would all however finish their championship protection.
Due to political sensitivities, the neighbors solely clash in multi-nation occasions. This match is being performed in Dubai after India declined to journey to Pakistan, the match’s host nation.
Pakistan will be under pressure in entrance of an anticipated full home on the 25,000-seat Dubai International Stadium, with a whole bunch of tens of millions more folks riveted to their TVs.

Realistically, Mohammad Rizwan‘s staff must defeat favorites India in order to go to the semi-finals of the eight-nation occasion after shedding badly to New Zealand by 60 runs in the primary match of the ODI competitors in Karachi.
On a better run-rate, New Zealand leads Group A forward of India, who defeated Bangladesh by six wickets on Thursday. Pakistan sits on the backside of the group, in fourth place.
The semi-finals will be performed by the highest two groups in every of the 2 teams.
“If we want to win against the great teams of the world and be one of the great teams of the world we will have to bring consistency,” Pakistan batsman Salman Ali Agha stated.
“We can’t play well in one game and bad in another.”

Last week in a tri-nation occasion at residence, Pakistan misplaced to New Zealand in the ultimate, crashing to 242 all out after chasing down a report 353 against South Africa.
Their prime batsman, Fakhar Zaman, sustained a muscular harm on Wednesday, which dealt them a severe blow in the defeat. He has been dominated out of the match.
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Imam-ul-Haq got here in as substitute for a staff that hammered India in the ultimate of the earlier Champions Trophy, in 2017.
Since that final ODI loss to Pakistan, Rohit Sharma‘s staff has defeated their fiercest opponents 5 instances in a row, with one match being rained off.
The final time they performed one another, India received by seven wickets in a one-day match on the 2023 World Cup in Ahmedabad.

The match, Pakistan’s first ICC occasion since co-hosting the 1996 World Cup with India and Sri Lanka, would be ruined by one other defeat and an early exit for the hosts.
India, however, performed as much as their fame as favorites once they defeated Bangladesh in Dubai, chasing down a difficult 229 with 21 balls remaining.
Following the return of bowling stats of 5-53 from tempo spearhead Mohammed Shami, in-form Shubman Gill scored an undefeated 101 for his second consecutive ODI century.
India would be on the verge of the ultimate 4 in the event that they win against Pakistan.
“After winning there is no point in having a mindset,” a confident-looking Shami stated in response to a query on going through Pakistan subsequent.
“You should stay in the same frame (habit) when you win a match and when you perform well. I don’t think you need to think too much about the ICC tournament or any international match.”
The similar confidence was displayed by fellow tempo bowler Harshit Rana, who took three wickets in his staff’s victory.
“It’s great to perform ahead of the Pakistan match and hopefully I can take this momentum forward,” stated Rana. “But the Pakistan match is just another game for us.”