Pakistan were 25-1 at the end of Over-7, with Fakhar Zaman and Babar Azam present on the crease against India in their chase of 337 runs in the ICC World Cup 2019 biggest match on Sunday at Manchester’s Old Trafford.
India scored 336 runs at the loss of five wickets against Pakistan in the ICC World Cup 2019 biggest match on Sunday at Manchester’s Old Trafford.
India were 305 for four when play resumed after a 55-minute rain stoppage in their World Cup match. Opener Rohit Sharma hit 140, his second hundred in three innings this World Cup, to put India in a commanding position at Old Trafford.
India captain Virat Kohli scored 77 and Vijay Shankar was 15 not out, having overturned an appeal for caught behind off the last ball before the stoppage in the 47th over.
Earlier, Pakistan won the toss and opted to field against India. “We will bowl first,” said Sarfaraz. “India v Pakistan is a big game but we just have to focus on playing our best game.”
India captain Virat Kohli said he would have made the same decision, with the overcast conditions promising to assist Pakistan spearhead Mohammad Amir. “We would have bowled first to be honest,” he said. “The conditions are good for bowling but the wicket looks nice.
“There’s a lot of attention outside of the rope but when you enter the field, it’s about applying the basics of the game.
Pakistan versus India is a match imbued with the cricket obsessions of people from both sides of the border, and today the eyes of more than a billion television viewers around the globe will turn to Manchester when the arch-rivals clash in the ‘final before final’ match of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019.
It’s noisiest, fuelled with passion and most thrilling cricket game there can be, unless India and Pakistan meet again in the final, as they did two years ago in the Champions Trophy.
Pakistan have the better record overall, winning 73 matches to India s 54, but at the World Cup it is a different story. India have come out on top all six times the sides met at the World Cup, starting with a 43-run triumph in 1992 until, most recently, a 76-run victory in 2015
