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I think 245 - 265 good score if Banger can get. Mr M. Riyad capable for lusty Blow as 6 overs or so
Bangladesh 3 spinner could produce outstanding performance as chennai is perfect platform to fulfil their dream win 😇
Bangladesh 56 /4
245 for 9 (50 ovs}
M. H. Miraz 40, Shakib 40, Mushy Rahim 66, M. Riyad 41 not out,extra 9
Trent Boult-10/0/45/2🥰
Matt Henry-10/0/58/2
Lockie Ferguson-10/0/49/3
Mitchell Santner-10/1/31/1
Glenn Phillips-2/0/13/1
Rachin Ravindra-7/0/37/0
🥰200 ODI wkts
Nz need 246 for 3rd successive win in wc
Nz could be 2 down in first 6.1 over
Mustafizur to Conway, 2 runs, dropped! Tough chance
Again A catch dropped off Shakib this time, shakib gets conway for 45
Nz 248/2 off 42.5 ovs
Conway 45,Williamson 78 rtd hurt, mitchell 67 ball 89 not out, phillip 16 not out
Mustafizur Rahman-8/0/36/1
Shoriful Islam-7.5/1/43/0
Taskin Ahmed-8/0/56/0
Shakib Al Hasan-10/0/54/1
Mehidy Hasan Miraz-9/0/58/0
Kw-mitchell & Phillip put on 156 in partnership
Nz won by 8 wkts
Ferguson MOTM
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IND vs PAK
12th Match (D/N), Ahmedabad, October 14, 2023, ICC Cricket World Cup
Pakistan
Tomorrow
2:00 PM
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Welcome to India vs Pakistan at the World Cup - part eight
The head-to-head, of course, has India leading 7-0. Pakistan will be very keen to end that jinx
Why has Bumrah stood out? What's ailing Shaheen?
Big Picture - Can the teams shut out the noise?
There was thunder and lightning. Rain that began as a passing shower turned into a deluge, sending people scurrying for cover to preserve - guess what? - their physical match ticket so that they could return the next day to watch a game of cricket, the IPL final no less.
It turned out to be the match of the tournament, and perhaps for many of the fans, their lives. As people made a beeline for the exit at 3am, more than 30 hours after the match was scheduled to have begun, several were still revelling in the festivities that followed that emotional roller-coaster of a final.
Ahmedabad was the epicentre of Indian cricket that night, and the promise of a similar occasion, perhaps even grander, later in the year for a match they were all sure would be held in Ahmedabad, excited them.
That grand occasion is nearly here.
On Saturday, Ahmedabad won't just be the epicentre of Indian cricket, but world cricket, with 132,000 people - a decent chunk being celebrities, industrialists, politicians, friends of politicians and, of course, cricket administrators - congregating at what they say is the world's biggest cricket stadium to witness a match that makes the cricket economy - bilateral non-relations notwithstanding.
Welcome to instalment eight of India vs Pakistan at men's 50-over World Cups. Depending on whether you plan to sport blue or green on the day, you probably feel like gloating over that unmatched record or need no reminding of the duck you hope will become "ek-saath". In literal terms, that means "together" - like administrators from both sides who spar at boardrooms and in the media will be - but in this cricketing context, it refers to the scoreline that Pakistani fans, and the players, will hope for at the end of the night: 1-7.
Pakistan have spent two weeks in Hyderabad, and are among the teams that will travel the least at this World Cup. Whether by design or accident, that should be a blessing in disguise, for a game of this magnitude will need plenty of recovering from anyway. And in a twisted sort of way, perhaps, the Pakistan players will have it a tad easier, in that at least they won't need to be juggling match passes for long lists of friends and family - due to all the visa issues.
It's the kind of game that can take up mind space for days, if not longer. Sachin Tendulkar, for example, revealed that Centurion, and nothing else, was on his mind for over a month, until the sides met on that memorable day in March 2003, because he was reminded of it wherever he went and by whomever he met - from those on room-service duty to the fans to the media. MS Dhoni, whose hotel room was apparently never shut while on tour, decided he needed to make an exception ahead of the 2011 Mohali semi-final.
In a nutshell that's the essence of India vs Pakistan.
India WWLWW (last five completed ODIs, most recent first)
Pakistan WWLWW
Jasprit Bumrah was menacing with the new ball and wily with the old against Afghanistan•ICC/Getty Images
Jasprit Bumrah will be playing a World Cup game on his home ground, but seems immune to all the pressure. When the inevitable question on playing Pakistan at the Narendra Modi Stadium came up at a press interaction, he quipped he was more keen to first make a quick dash home to visit his mum. And if he's got his head in the right place, form is on his side too: Bumrah heads into the game on the back of a stellar show against Afghanistan, a four-wicket haul that would have won him the match honours on most nights but was overshadowed by a Rohit Sharma special that time.
Abdullah Shafique would not have been playing had Fakhar Zaman shown a semblance of form in the lead-up to the tournament. But, on World Cup debut, his century and his partnership with Mohammad Rizwan helped put together a record chase against Sri Lanka. Expectations are bound to rise, but he seems level-headed enough to deal with the attention that may come his way. Saturday will be a test of that.
Team news: 🦾Shubman 🦾Gill very much in the picture
❤️Shubman Gill, who missed India's first two games with dengue, has recovered well enough to have a 99% chance of playing the game. He had had a net session immediately upon arrival in Ahmedabad, where he joined up with the rest of the team after a spell away to recover. If that 1% comes into play and Gill doesn't feature on Saturday, it's likely Ishan Kishan will continue to open. Only last month, Kishan counter-punched to make an 81-ball 82 against Pakistan in Pallekele, so there's enough recent evidence of his being quite ready to face an attack of this quality.
The other question the team management will come up against is whether they want to go with hard data from the venue, which suggests pacers have it better than spinners. In four ODIs here since 2021, pacers have bowled a bigger percentage of overs than spinners (59.8% versus 40.2%) and have more wickets (38 to spin's 23). If India do go with this, they may take a punt on Mohammed Shami, who has had two stellar IPLs playing his home games at this venue for Gujarat Titans. That could mean being slightly thin on lower-order batting. It's a delicate balance.
India: 1 Rohit Sharma (capt), 2 Ishan Kishan/Shubman Gill, 3 Virat Kohli, 4 Shreyas Iyer, 5 KL Rahul (wk), 6 Hardik Pandya, 7 Ravindra Jadeja, 8 R Ashwin/Mohammed Shami, 9 Jasprit Bumrah, 10 Kuldeep Yadav, 11 Mohammed Siraj
Pakistan have little reason to change a combination that worked wonders for them against Sri Lanka. There's just a one small concern. While Hasan Ali picked up four wickets, he did get taken for plenty. If they are looking for a change, there's Mohammad Wasim waiting in the wings
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Pakistan: 1 Abdullah Shafique, 2 Imam-ul-Haq, 3 Babar Azam (capt), 4 Mohammad Rizwan (wk), 5 Saud Shakeel, 6 Ifthikhar Ahmed, 7 Shadab Khan, 8 Mohammad Nawaz, 9 Shaheen Afridi, 10 Hasan Ali/Mohammad Wasim, 11 Haris Rauf
Hot and dry on the weather front. There could be some dew later in the evening, which will also mean the team batting first will want to go hard. It's a black soil surface, next to the one that played host to the tournament opener where New Zealand's top order made merry. As such, it should be a belter of a surface for the organisers want to make it a spectacle in every sense.
✍️Rohit Sharma has hit 23 sixes in the PowerPlay in ODIs played this year. Pakistan have hit none. In fact, Pakistan have not hit a single six in the Powerplay phase in their last 20 ODIs.
-✍️ Virat Kohli has been dismissed for a sub-50 score only once in eight World Cup [ODI + T20] games against Pakistan. That was in 2011.
-✍️ Since the start of this millennium, Pakistan hold a 9-7 head-to-head record in ODIs in and against India.
I don't focus too much on what has happened in the past and focus on what's coming ahead. These records are made to be broken and we will try to break it."
I didn't get the captaincy because of a match and I will not lose it because of a match." - Babar Azam isn't worried about his position being defined by one game.
Babar Azam on Pakistan's winless run against India in ODI World Cup
Pak 155/2 >> 191 all out, (42. 02)
Imam 36, Shafique 20, Babar 50, Rizwan 49, Hasan Ali 12, Extra 4.
Bowling
(Jasprit Bumrah-
7/1/19/2)
(Mohammed Siraj-
8/0/50/2)
(Hardik Pandya-
6/0/34/2)
(Kuldeep Yadav-
10/0/35/2)
(Ravindra Jadeja-
9.5/0/38/2)
India 192/3 {30.3}
Kohli & Gill 16 each, Rohit 63 ball 86 (6 -4's & 6-6's) rahul 19 not out, Iyer 53 not out
Afridi 2 for 36, Hasan Ali 2 for 34
India won by 7 wkts
Bumrah MOTM
Rohit Sharma last eight ODI innings vs Pakistan:
91
0
52
111*
140
11
56
86
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Stat: 79 runs is the second most conceded by Pakistan in the first ten overs of a World Cup match since 2003 after 88 against India in Centurion in 2003
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300+ sixes in ODIs
351 Shahid Afridi
331 Chris Gayle
303 Rohit Sharma *
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No sixes hit in an innings in this World Cup
Aus vs SA Lucknow
Pak vs Ind Ahmedabad
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Worst batting collapses for Pakistan in ODIs
32/8 vs WI Cape Town 1993 (11/2 - 43/10)
33/8 vs SL Colombo RPS 2012 (166/2 - 199/10)
36/8 vs Ind Ahmedabad 2023 (155/2 - 191/10)
Five bowlers picking two wickets each in an innings in World Cups
Ind vs Pak Mohali 2011
NZ vs SL Christchurch 2015
Ind vs Pak Ahmedabad 2023
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Most one sides contests in World Cups
8-0 Pakistan vs Sri Lanka
8-0 India vs Pakistan *
6-0 West Indies vs Zimbabwe
6-0 New Zealand vs Bangladesh
Winning margins in the last eight completed Ind-Pak ODIs
76 runs
124 runs
180 runs
8 wickets (126 balls left)
9 wickets (63 balls left)
89 runs
228 runs
7 wickets (117 balls left)
STAT: Rohit Sharma (1195 runs) went past Virat Kohli as the second-highest run getter for India in World Cups behind Sachin Tendulkar's 2278🤠
Afghanistan vs england
13th Match (D/N), Delhi, October 15, 2023, ICC Cricket World Cup
Today
2:00 PM
PREVIEWEngland found themselves en route to Delhi but won't take Afghanistan lightly
Defending champions' "crisis" lasted all of five days before victory over Bangladesh got them back on track
❤️😊🤠🤳🫀
BIG PUCTURE
Much like gap year students, England left Dharamsala having found themselves, arriving in the sprawling metropolis of Delhi on Wednesday with a self-regard more in step with their white-ball dominance over the last eight years.
Their "crisis" lasted all of five days. A nine-wicket battering at the hands of New Zealand led to much introspection, but an equally dominant victory over Bangladesh has eased more than just Net Run Rate woes.
Reece Topley regarded the result as "a step in the right direction", one he facilitated with 4 for 43 after being drafted in to replace Moeen Ali. Throw in strong starts from Dawid Malan and Joe Root, Jonny Bairstow ticking and Mark Wood back up to speed, and things are beginning to look more balanced and settled for the defending champions.
They will be the first to tell you this is a marathon, not a sprint. South Africa, India and New Zealand may have charged out in front, but England's seasoned vets know the drill. Tapering is the name of the game, in a format that allows the odd misstep. It also helps that bitter rivals Australia are flunking, making that route into the top four a little less crowded.
England did not need to experience defeat in their opener to narrow their focus, but it does mean they will not take Afghanistan lightly. Whether Ben Stokes makes his first appearance of the campaign - the signs in training have been encouraging, though he is likely to be kept in cotton wool - this represents another opportunity to tune up, especially for a middle order that has yet to flex their wares, Jos Buttler included.
All that is far from ideal for the tenth-placed side, who have shown flashes of their best selves among two broadly ineffectual displays. Rashid Khan's failure to launch, not helped by being used questionably by captain Hashmatullah Shahidi, has given a usually sparkling line-up a dour complexion. Below-par scores batting first has also meant exciting left-arm quick Fazalhaq Farooqi has had little to work with, particularly at the Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium on Wednesday when India made light work of their 273 target, knocking it off with 15 overs to spare.
These failings have been put into perspective by matters at home. Around 1,000 Afghans have lost their lives after earthquakes hit the west of the country this week, with thousands more injured. Beyond donations of match fees to help those affected is a sense of duty to lift spirits with an upturn on the field. The healing power of sport only extends so far, but Sunday is an opportunity to offer emotional relief for both fans and the players themselves.
This will be only the third meeting between these two teams in the format, both previous occasions coming in World Cups. Eoin Morgan's 17 sixes at Manchester in 2019 blasted England to a score of 397 for 6 batting first, a total they threatened to better against Bangladesh last time out before stumbling through the back end of their 50 overs. They will fancy something similar if they get first dibs on one of the best batting decks in the competition.
Dawid Malan is all smiles after reaching yet another ODI century
England WLWWW (last five completed matches, most recent first)
Afghanistan LLLLL
It has been a quiet start for Adil Rashid, the kind that makes idle minds wonder. The 35-year-old has so far managed a solitary wicket - that of Bangladesh's Mahedi Hasan - from 17 overs that have cost 89 runs. He arrived in India as something of an injury doubt, after a tight hamstring kept him out of all but the first of four ODIs against New Zealand in September (taking 1 for 70 in eight overs). Not to mention a long-term right shoulder issue requiring constant management. He was noticeably slower against Bangladesh with 32 per cent of his deliveries below 80kph, compared to 10 per cent versus New Zealand, suggesting a change of tact, though he did have more runs to play with. A notable haul on Sunday would be welcome for a player expected to sign off from ODIs next month.
Mohammad Nabi is another at the back end of his career but is not exactly wearing his advancing years lightly. Scores of 6 and 19, aligned with 0 for 18 and 0 for 32 speak of a wider downturn in form. He has just one ODI half-century in his last 21 innings, a period that stretches over the last three years, and is averaging 39.70 with off-spin lacking its usual guile. At 38, his status as a trailblazing cricketer is secure, but some vintage Nabi would be a neat reminder of how he earned that status, and help Afghanistan avoid the wooden spoon.
Mohammad Nabi took time to get going against india•
Chris Woakes missed Friday's training session due to a stomach illness but was back with the group on Saturday evening. Nevertheless, England may use this as an opportunity to give David Willey his first appearance of the tournament and could also be tempted to hand Gus Atkinson a start to rest Mark Wood. Stokes netted for around half an hour at the final training session, though only faced sidearm throws rather than bowlers.
England: (possible) 1 Jonny Bairstow, 2 Dawid Malan, 3 Joe Root, 4 Harry Brook, 5 Jos Buttler (capt & wk), 6 Liam Livingstone, 7 Sam Curran, 8 Chris Woakes, 9 Mark Wood, 10 Adil Rashid, 11 Reece Topley
Jonathan Trott was tight-lipped about potential changes. There is an outside chance left-arm wrist spinner Noor Ahmed is drafted in, but that would require a major rebalancing of the XI given how little he offers with the bat. They are expected to go in unchanged.
Afghanistan: (possible) 1 Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), 2 Ibrahim Zadran, 3 Rahmat Shah, 4 Hashmatullah Shahidi (c), 5 Azmatullah Oarzai, 6 Mohammad Nabi, 7 Najibullah Zadran, 8 Rashid Khan, 9 Mujeeb Ur Rahman, 10 Naveen-ul-Haq, 11 Fazalhaq Farooqi
There is fresh, live grass on the surface, which suggests plenty of pace and carry. Both teams are anticipating another belting track, akin to the one last week which South Africa used to great effect, setting a World Cup record of 428 for 5 against Sri Lanka.
🫀The middle-overs (11-40) in ODIs since 2021, Dawid Malan averages 130.5 and strikes at 105.67🫀
❤️- Since the 2019 World Cup, Rahmat Shah has most runs in ODIs for Afghanistan (1048).
❤️- Mohammad Nabi averages 21 with the bat and 39.7 with the ball in ODIs this year
❤️- For all of his white-ball brilliance, Jos Buttler has not had a good time playing ODIs in India - with 146 runs in 9 innings at a lowly average of 16.22.
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