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The comparison scenario after warm up games, Virat look like have Edge over Sarfaraz but not in temperament.
The comparison scenario after warm up games
Virat look like have Edge over Sarfaraz but not in temperament.
MS Dhoni is Kohli’s back bone of team while Malik and
Hafeez same for Pak Captain
By Adrees Malik
The biggest ever clash of 2017
will be available to see for the world of cricket fans at edgbaston on 4th
of June in England in the first big clash of ICC Champions Trophy 2017 which
will staged from 1st June.
Both teams played warm up match
against Bangal Tigers and won the games but interestingly their batting pattern
was different. Pakistan chased on the loss of eight wickets the big target of
342 with 3 balls remaining.
It was test case for both
Sarfaraz Ahmad and head coach Mickey Arthur because the green team as per his
past records were never easy in chase. The thriller was made by young bot Faheem
Ashraf with strike rate of 213 and made 64 quick runs on just 30 balls with the
help of four boundaries and four sixes.
On the other hand India who is
famous in his batting has batted first and set the huge target of 324 and won
the match by 240 runs.
The moves from the captains of
the arch rivals in warm up games to test their week parts like defending bowling
of India and chasing batting of Pakistan and the managed themselves in better
halves.
Pakistan and India in head to
head stats clearly showing edge of Green team over India as well as in ICC
Champions Trophy. Both the team faced each other in 127 ODI’s and 72 times
Pakistan won while India made only 51 matches rest four matches was undecided,
similarly in ICC champions Trophy Pakistan won two matches and lost only one
against India.
Sarfaraz Ahmad’s team and for
himself! ICC champions Trophy is a big challenge and to meet his future qualities
he need a big success in ICC champions Trophy which will in shape against India
can strength his captaincy.
When we go to compare both the
captains and their strength in the team than it’s the clear reflector that
Kohli has good and brilliant minds in his team as compared to Sarfaraz.
Sarfaraz Ahmad who is very
optimistic and said in pre-tournament interview that “We will play India’s
match as normal opponent” but it’s not look easy for him in the presence of MS
Dhoni which will be the trump card for Virat, while Youvraj Singh most fantastic
hitter in late order he has with MS.
On the other hand Sarfraz have
Muhammad Hafeez and Shoeb Malik as calculating machines for him to work if they
done so in the ground with their tricks.
The brain of Hafeez and his only
two overs can help Pakistan Captain for getting two quick wickets and to put
pressure on rival India, and Shoeb Malik’s slogging from mid-on and mid-off
will help green team to itemize the score board in five overs time.
Now this game would be the best
game for the cricket lovers as well because india has time to level their match
ratio (2-2) with Pakistan while Pakistan has time to increase his margin in ICC
CT’s from 2 to 3.
May 26, 2017
Acrh Rival Captains have faith to put in themselves better than opponent.
Acrh Rival Captains have faith
to put in themselves better than opponent.
We have no pressure and will
gift the Victory for Eid Celebrations. Sarfraz Ahmad
We are better side than 2013, I
want to flourish as captain in my first big tournament, Virat Kohli
Current Line (Birmingham)
Pakistan Cricket team who is not
in a good position in ICC Ranking (8th) but the captain Sarfaraz Ahmad who
captained the team in first major event is confident of making nothing to lost
in ICC Champions trophy.
“We have nothing to lose, we just want to play our natural game,” he said at his pre-tournament press conference. “We have just played a very good series in the West Indies, where the players performed very well.
“We are very hopeful of playing well in this tournament and we want to win it. It is a very exciting time for us, there have been a lot of practice sessions at Edgbaston and we’re ready to play.
“Against the West Indies, we had a big fielding improvement, there were one or two dropped catches but it was an improvement so we are happy with that.
“We don’t see us as having a surprise element, we want to come here and play free cricket, starting against India. We are taking matches one by one and the Pakistan team is hopeful of building some confidence starting in the warm-up matches.”
For the biggest clash
with arch rival in opening match on 4th at Edgebaston Sarfraz much
aware about his team past records in 50 over games ICC Tournaments.
“We have a better record against India in the Champions Trophy, not in other competitions, but we do well in this. We’re looking to maintain that against them and it’s very exciting."
The 30-year-old was in the middle as the winning runs were hit in the final match, and with confidence high that Pakistan can flourish in the ICC Champions Trophy, he isn’t feeling the pressure of leading his country.
Sarfraz continued: “This is my first major tournament as captain, I’m definitely very hopeful and excited about the competition.
“My aim is to play my own game, to not play under pressure and to just play as I do in domestic cricket.
On the Other hand the Indian
captain Verat Kohli also has a complete plan in his mind to defend the title and
felt his team is better than 2013.
The 28-year-old Kohli is expecting great things from his side.
“I am very excited to be playing as captain in my first major ICC
competition,” he said. “As far as the team goes, we won last time because our
fast bowlers did very well, our spinners were strong and our opening batsman
did well.
“They were the main three factors. This year the team is a lot fitter,
the cricketers are a lot more mature because that was a very young group four
years ago. It has gained a lot of experience in the last three or four years. I
love the tournament because it represents a challenge from the (word) go.
“In the ICC Cricket Wold Cup you have a league and a lot of games to
play but here it is group games and then either the semis or you are out.”
After a couple of warm-up matches against New Zealand and Bangladesh,
India opens its campaign against neighbour Pakistan at Edgbaston in one of the
most eagerly anticipated matches of the group stage.
Following that, India will tackle Sri Lanka and South Africa at the Kia
Oval.
“For me it is a game of cricket. From then to now, I have shown I am
strong mentally. England brings a lot for challenges for a batsmen and I want
to overcome them personally for my satisfaction at the end of my career.
“From that point of view, it is exciting for me.”
Kohli may be the star of the team these days, but Yuvraj and Dhoni still
play a major role. And Kohli expects former captain Dhoni to flourish in this
tournament.
“We needed to strengthen our lower middle order contribution. Too much
burden was on MS,” he said.
“He was not able to express himself. But now we are balanced, we have
good fast bowlers, depth in batting and the series against England [In January]
sealed it for us.