India-Pak: Eighth clash between the two teams, Indian captain Rohit Sharma is in excellent form these days.

The match will be played between India and Pakistan today in the ODI World Cup. The match will start at 2 pm at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. This will be the eighth meeting between the two teams in the history of the tournament. Before this, 7 matches were played, all of which were won by India.

This time too, India is said to have the upper hand in terms of recent form and team balance. However, just as Pakistan ended the winning drought against India in the T-20 World Cup in 2021, it is capable of doing similar feat in the ODI World Cup as well.

Indian captain Rohit Sharma is in excellent form these days. He proved his form by scoring a century against Afghanistan in the very second match of the World Cup. He has also scored 4 fifties in the last 8 innings. Rohit has scored 789 runs in 18 ODIs this year. Rohit has scored more than 10 thousand runs and hit 556 sixes in his ODI career. He has also scored 31 centuries.

This will be his third match against Pakistan in the World Cup. In 2019, he won the match for India by playing an inning of 140 runs against the same opponent. Rohit has scored 789 runs in 18 ODIs against Pakistan. These include 2 Centuries and 7 Fifty. In the current squad, he is India’s top ODI run scorer against Pakistan.

This will be his third match against Pakistan in the World Cup. In 2019, he won the match for India by playing an inning of 140 runs against the same opponent. Rohit has scored 789 runs in 18 ODIs against Pakistan. These include 2 Centuries and 7 Fifty. In the current squad, he is India’s top ODI run scorer against Pakistan.

Strength- Rohit, one of the best openers in the world, plays best on short pitch balls. After getting set, he scores very fast runs against both pace and spin.

Virat Kohli

Virat Kohli is seen in a different form in ICC tournaments. This time too he scored 85 not out against Australia and 55 not out against Afghanistan. He has scored 752 runs in 18 ODIs of the year 2023, which includes 3 centuries and 4 fifties. In the last 10 years, whenever Team India is in trouble against Pakistan, it is Kohli who takes the team out of pressure and leads it to victory. Who can forget his match-winning innings of 82 runs in the T-20 World Cup last year.

Kohli had also scored a century against Pakistan in the last Asia Cup. He has also scored a century against Pakistan in the 2015 World Cup. Against this team, Kohli has scored 662 runs in 15 ODIs at an average of 55.16. Virat has scored more than 13 thousand runs and 47 centuries in his ODI career.

Strengths- Chase Master Kohli has the ability to make the team win even in difficult situations. Has scored 26 centuries while chasing the target. In 12 months he has scored 7 centuries in all three formats combined.

Strengths- Chase Master Kohli has the ability to make the team win even in difficult situations. Has scored 26 centuries while chasing the target. In 12 months he has scored 7 centuries in all three formats combined.

hardik pandya

At present, Team India’s best all-rounder Hardik Pandya has scored only 11 runs along with taking 3 wickets in the World Cup 2023. However, this is not because they have failed. The batsmen and bowlers who came before him did not leave much work for him. Hardik can be India’s match winner against Pakistan. Hardik has scored 383 runs in 18 ODIs this year and has also taken 19 wickets.

Like Kohli, Hardik also performs well against Pakistan. Last year, Hardik had made a century partnership with Kohli in the T-20 World Cup. Even in the group stage match of the Asia Cup, after the fall of 4 wickets, Hardik took the team beyond 250 by playing an inning of 87 runs. Against this team, he has scored 209 runs in 6 ODIs and has also taken 6 wickets.

Strength- Can hit big shots as soon as he comes to the crease. Knows how to attack against both spin and pace. He also has the ability to handle the team when wickets fall early. Many times he takes important wickets in bowling.

Jasprit Bumrah

Jasprit Bumrah, dangerous with both new and old balls, has taken 6 wickets in just 2 matches of this World Cup. He took 3 wickets in the death overs against Afghanistan. In August this year, Bumrah returned from injury and also participated in the Asia Cup. Has taken 14 wickets in 8 ODIs of the year 2023. Overall he has 135 wickets in his name in 80 ODIs.

Bumrah played his first ODI against Pakistan during the Champions Trophy in 2017. He has taken 5 wickets in 7 matches against this team. In ODI against Pakistan, Bumrah gives runs at an economy rate of just 4.82.

Strengths- Ability to take wickets anytime in powerplay, middle and death overs. With the yorker and slower ball, the new ball is swung both ways.

Kuldeep Yadav

Wrist spinner Kuldeep Yadav has taken 3 wickets so far in this World Cup. They got less wickets, but they also did not allow runs to be scored. In 2 matches, he has given runs with an economy of just 4.10. He has 36 wickets in his name in 19 ODIs played this year, which is the highest among the 150 players playing the World Cup. He has taken 155 wickets in the 92 ODIs played so far.

Kuldeep has been very successful against Pakistan, he has taken 10 wickets in just 5 matches. In the last Asia Cup also, Kuldeep had contributed in all out Pakistan for 128 runs by taking 5 wickets. Kuldeep had bowled Babar Azam in the 2019 World Cup, he has also made Babar his victim in the Asia Cup.

Strengths- Turns the ball both ways, relies on flight. Big batsmen are unable to read their turn and give away wickets. They do not give runs in the middle overs and create pressure and force the batsmen to lose wickets.

Babar Azam

Pakistan’s Babar Azam, who failed in the first two matches of this ODI World Cup, is the number-1 batsman in the ICC ODI rankings. In the World Cup, he could play only innings of 10 and 5 runs, but in the warm-up matches, Babar played innings of 80 and 90 runs. He has scored 760 runs in 18 ODIs this year. He has scored 5,424 runs in just 110 ODIs with 19 centuries.

Babar’s ODI performance against India is nothing special. He has scored 168 runs in 7 matches at an average of just 28. But, in the 2021 T20 World Cup, he led the team to victory against India by playing an inning of 68 runs. Babar can prove to be very dangerous on the batting friendly pitch of Narendra Modi Stadium.

Strengths- Babar Azam, who relies on classical shots and timing, is the best batsman in the history of Pakistan. After getting set, play big innings and take the team to a big score.

Mohammed Rizwan

Wicketkeeper Mohammad Rizwan, who has scored a century and a fifty in 2 matches of the ODI World Cup, is in excellent form this year. He has scored the highest score of 827 runs for Pakistan in 18 matches. Not only this, he has 4 fifty and one century in his name in the last 8 innings. In such a situation, he is the most dangerous batsman of Pakistan at present.

Mohammad Rizwan has played only 2 ODIs against India so far, in which he could score 2 runs. But in T-20 format, Rizwan has scored 2 fifties in 4 matches for India. Pakistan had defeated India in the T-20 World Cup and Asia Cup on their own strength.

Strengths- Holds the team after early wickets fall. Scores runs at a fast strike rate. He is an excellent player of spin and also hits long sixes using sweep shots and steps.

Iftikhar Ahmad

Iftikhar Ahmed, who has scored 31 runs in 2 matches of the ODI World Cup, has now become dangerous even with his bowling. Iftikhar, who bowled part time off spin, took 3 wickets against Sri Lanka in the Asia Cup. His bowling is working in India also. This year Iftikhar has scored 379 runs in 11 ODIs and also taken 5 wickets. He even scored a century against Nepal in the Asia Cup.

Iftikhar has been able to score only 23 runs in ODI against India, but in T20 he has 81 runs against India. In the 2022 T20 World Cup, it was he who kept Pakistan in the match by scoring 51 runs. So far he has scored 503 runs in 21 ODI matches.

Strengths- Iftikhar plays well against spin. The experience of playing the Indian bowlers makes them dangerous for this match also. Have broken big partnerships many times with off spin bowling.