Whenever there is news of India v Pakistan match, there is going to be fervour in the fans circles; too much of excitement among the elderly and the young fans alike and the cricket fever is fast spreading. It appears as though there can’t be a better match in the year than ICC Champions Trophy 2009 India vs Pakistan match; many billions of cricket fans are waiting for the day and the time.
With no exception to these feelings, after quite sometime India and Pakistan are meeting in a face off in the group stage day-night match on Saturday September 26, 2009.
The fever that this match generated is spreading faster than the H1N1 virus in Inida and you can expect nothing but intense rivalry on the ground.
Pakistan who won comfortably against the West Indies will look to carry the same momentum. Captain Younis Khan who was rested after sustaining a hairline finger fracture is most likely to figure out in the playing 11 of the Pakistan team, but India will miss its dashing all rounder Yuvraj Singh. Virat Kohli is recalled to replace Yuvraj Singh and it’s a godsend chance for the under 18 India’s winning captain. He displayed some fabulous cricket in the IPL as well as had regained touch in the recently concluded Compaq Cup. Indian team captain hopes that his boys look charged after recent winning of the Compaq Cup and the time spent here in South Africa helped them to adjust to the conditions here. He says they are all looking forward to face Pakistan in their first match, and reiterates the loss to New Zealand in the warm up game has taught them their lesson and that his team will stick feet firmly in the ground.
If you see the statistics, they certainly swing in favour of the India; that Pakistan never won against India in any World Cup match, although the team looks desperate to beat Indians in the forthcoming ICC Champions Trophy and break the jinx of not beaten the India.
Does this Pakistan team has what it takes to break the jinx or will India continue the record of winning an ICC match against Pakistan is what time has in store for us. I am all eyes for the corneal feast.
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