The much-awaited contest of the ongoing World Cup between India and Pakistan will be played at the Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad on Saturday. The two arch-rivals have got off to a winning starts as both of them have won their respective two matches.
India has been convincing with both bat and ball and showed their might in the last game against Afghanistan. The three batters – Ishan Kishan, Rohit Sharma, and Shreyas Iyer – who got out for ducks against Australia, were able to get the much-needed runs under their belt.
On the other hand, Mohammad Rizwan continued to impress as he scored a fine knock of 131 runs against Sri Lanka. Furthermore, Rizwan was able to get support from Abdullah Shafique, who also scored a fine century. Thus, the duo helped the team in chasing down the highest-ever total in World Cup history.
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Rohit Sharma needs three more sixes to complete 300 sixes in the ODI form and seven fours to complete 950 boundaries.
Ishan Kishan requires 67 runs to complete the 1000-run mark in the ODI format.
Virat Kohli needs seven more sixes to reach 150 maximums in ODI format.
KL Rahul needs 112 runs to complete 2500 runs in the ODI version.
Babar Azam needs 76 runs to reach the 5500-run mark in the 50-over form.
Mohammad Rizwan requires 108 runs to reach 2000 runs in ODI cricket.
Hasan Ali needs three more wickets to complete 100 scalps in the ODI format.
India squad: Rohit Sharma (c), Hardik Pandya (vc), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul, Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Shami, Ravichandran Ashwin, Ishan Kishan, Suryakumar Yadav.
Pakistan squad: Babar Azam (c), Shadab Khan, Fakhar Zaman, Imam-ul-Haq, Abdullah Shafique, Mohammad Rizwan, Saud Shakeel, Iftikhar Ahmed, Salman Ali Agha, Mohammad Nawaz, Usama Mir, Haris Rauf, Hasan Ali, Shaheen Afridi, Mohammad Wasim.
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