India vs Pakistan: Head-to-Head Record and Possible Playing-1

India vs Pakistan: Head-to-Head Record and Possible Playing-1

The biggest match of the league stage of ODI World Cup 2023, India-Pakistan match will be played today. The match will start at 2:00 pm at Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad. The toss will take place half an hour earlier at 1:30 pm.

 

Gill's return is almost certain

Team India's regular opener Shubman Gill may return in this match. In the press conference held on Friday, captain Rohit Sharma said, Shubman Gill is available for 99% selection, but the decision to include him in the playing-11 will be taken before the match.

Gill was suffering from dengue, due to which he was admitted to a hospital in Chennai on Monday 9 October. Gill has now recovered from this. He also did net practice on 12th and 13th October, seeing which he is expected to make a comeback in today's match. Due to dengue, Shubman could not play India's matches against Australia and Afghanistan.

If Shubman is fit then Team India can include him in place of Ishan Kishan. If there is even a little help for the pacers on the pitch, then Mohammed Shami can also get a place in the playing-11 in place of Shardul Thakur. Apart from these two players, there is little possibility of any other changes in the team.

 

Kohli India's top batsman

Virat Kohli has scored the most runs for India in this World Cup. He has 140 runs in his name. Among the bowlers, Jasprit Bumrah has taken 6 wickets.

 

Hasan Ali Pakistan's top bowler

Pakistan had given a chance to Abdullah Shafiq by sitting Fakhar Zaman in the match against Sri Lanka. Shafiq led the team to victory by scoring a century, while the other opener Imam-ul-Haq flopped. In such a situation, the team can give a chance to Fakhar in place of Imam. Apart from this, there is no possibility of any other change in the playing-11.

Mohammad Rizwan has scored the highest score of 199 runs for Pakistan in this World Cup. Whereas Hasan Ali has the maximum number of 6 wickets in the team.

 

Third match of both teams in this World Cup

India and Pakistan will play their third match in this World Cup. India had defeated 5-time world champion Australia in the first match. In the second match, they won against Afghanistan by eight wickets. On the other hand, Pakistan has also won both its opening matches. He defeated Netherlands in the first match and Sri Lanka in the second match.

India: Won 4 out of last 5 ODIs. Had to face defeat in only one match.

Pakistan: Won 3 out of 5 and lost 2.

 

India won all the matches in the World Cup

Talking about ODI World Cup, till now seven matches have been played between the two and the host team has won all of them.

 

Team India's record against Pakistan in India is not good

So far 134 ODIs have been played between the two teams, out of which India has won 56 and Pakistan has won 73. And five matches remained inconclusive. Whereas in India, till now 30 ODIs have been played between the two teams, in 19, Pakistan could win and only in 11, India could win.

 

pitch report

The pitch of Narendra Modi Stadium is batting friendly. Fast bowlers also get help here. As the match progresses, the spinners also start performing amazingly. Dew can also play a big role here. If dew falls, the team batting in the second innings will have the advantage.

A total of 27 ODIs have been played in this stadium so far. The team batting first has won 14 matches and the team chasing has won 13 matches.

 

weather forecast

It will be cloudy in Ahmedabad today, but there is no possibility of rain. The temperature will be around 35 to 37 degrees Celsius.

 

Possible playing-11 of both teams

Pakistan: Babar Azam (captain), Abdullah Shafiq, Imam-ul-Haq/Fakhar Zaman, Mohammad Rizwan (wicketkeeper), Saud Shakeel, Iftikhar Ahmed, Mohammad Nawaz, Shadab Khan, Hasan Ali, Shaheen Shah Afridi and Haris Rauf.

India: Rohit Sharma (captain), Ishan Kishan/Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (wicketkeeper), Hardik Pandya (vice-captain), Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur/Mohammed Shami, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Siraj.