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Big picture: Pakistan’s fight to survive

If Pakistan ever needs a miracle, it is now. Not for the fault of cricketers, they find themselves isolated to such an extent in international cricket that this is the first ICC event they are hosting in 29 years. And barely three days Champions TrophyAfter A Thrashing against New ZealandThey are staring at a party’s exit signal that he waited to host three decades.

To survive in the tournament, Pakistan must defeat its staunch rivals on a slow, tired track, where India has already played a match and wonAnd there are five spinners to choose. To make no mistake of India’s cricketers, Pakistan should leave its party and travel to Dubai as India refused to travel to Pakistan, neither their board nor their government will specify. Will you blame Pakistan for feeling under siege when they should also fight Restore the name of their country in official broadcast brandingAt such a time, the reasons behind any such lapse may seem frightening, even if they are not.

This makes a strange dynamic between two sets of cricketers. Despite all the machines, cricketers respect each other and each other is civil to such an extent that it offends people who want their hatred to reflect on the region. There is also a torrent due to the gap between the two sides.

As is likely to be isolated with a team, Pakistan, once in Asia’s innovation, behind time, especially in limited over cricket. India, once the land of accumulants but not always the winners, are now trying to push in the future continuously. In an era that ICC engineers recorded their tournament schedule to ensure at least one big India-Pakistan match, it says a lot. Pakistan won only in 2017 and 2021 since 2011.

More than the four -year pattern of victory, Pakistan will look at the situation with some hopes. Slow pitches in Dubai, recently used for ILT20, call for an old-fashioned game that can neutralize India’s large profit to an extent in the middle overs. With no dew – 1pm leaves very little space for dew to play a role in any way – toss on these pitches is a major advantage. Last year, under similar circumstances, Sri Lanka found in a bilateral chain with a better spin attack for India in a bilateral chain at home. He won the toss, batted first and met each game in the mid -200s. Pakistan will expect to repeat one, but India will also bend on the lessons they have learned.

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In Spotlight: Virat Kohli and Salman Aga

Virat Kohli Each of the last five matches has been out for legspine that he has faced such bowling. The five dismissal is for 21 runs, which is in the last 46 balls of legspins, which they have faced in Odis. Now Pakistan does not have a classic legspinner in its rank, but Abrar Ahmed The ball replaces both ways like a legspin. These days, most batsmen can make big hits on flat tracks, but here it is that you need skills to take a single without taking risks. It is not difficult to imagine the need for India in any one of these sports. Will the old kohli change?

Salman Aga Recently there has been a silver lining for Pakistan in ODI cricket. Since 2024, he has scored the second most run for Pakistan: 325 for an average of 65.00 and 88.07 strike rate. Pakistan will need all its hardworking in the middle overs when India tries to choke them with its slow bowlers.

Team News: Imam or Usman in place of Fakhar?

Imam ul Haq As the squad has come Replacement For Pakistan, a dynamic opener was Fakhar Zaman. Usman Khan is his other reserve batsman, but if he starts his ODI, he will have to do so in an unfamiliar role: he bats at number 4 in list A cricket.

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There is no reason for India to make any changes in their combination or personnel.

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Pitch and conditions

India wanted to field first in its initial game against Bangladesh, but the way the pitch was slowed and no dew was there, do not expect any side to make that mistake again in Dubai. Before tie the middle overs, expect teams to avail the maximum benefit of powerplay. It is difficult to see the trend changing on the pitches used for the recent T20 tournament.

Statistics and general knowledge: India dominates Pakistan

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“If you remove the pressure, what does an India-Pakistan game live? A player requires that pressure to show his goods.”
Akib javedPakistan’s ODI and T20i coaches

“Because there is no dew, I don’t think the toss matters a lot. In every big match, if there is no dew, whatever the team is that the bats is under the second slightly more pressure. Whatever the team handles the pressure better, they have a better chance to win.”
India opener Shubman Gill

Siddharth Monga is a senior writer in Espncricinfo

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