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The Champions Trophy is heading towards the end as the final battle is
all set to take place on 18th June 2017. Unpredictable Pakistani team
made it to the final of the mega event by defeating tournament favorites
England; on the other hand defending champions India easily defeated
Bangladesh to make their place in the final against Pakistan.
The dream final between the arch rivals India and Pakistan is set to
take place at the famous stadium The Oval, London. Cricket fans, not
only in India and Pakistan, but across the globe have glued their eyes
on television sets when the greatest cricket rivalry once again
rejuvenates in what could be expected as a high voltage final of the
Champions Trophy happening this Sunday.
Both Virat Kohli and Sarfraz Ahmed have stated that they would like to
treat this high octane match as just another game of cricket but when it
come to India-Pakistan clash, we all know it's not just any 'other
game'.
Following are some facts as the two Asian giants meet in one of
cricket's mega event:
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The clash between India and Pakistan on June 18th will be the fifth
between the arch rivals in Champions Trophy history. The win ratio in
this tournament is equaled by India by 2:2 after the comprehensive win
in their first clash of this ongoing Champions Trophy 2017.
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The match will be first as captain for
Virat Kohli at a major ICC event. The same holds good for Pakistan
skipper Sarfraz Ahmed.
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Shoaib Malik is the only player to have featured in all previous 3
India-Pakistan Champions Trophy contests.
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Shoaib Malik is the lone centurion in India-Pakistan matches at
Champions Trophy. He hit 128 off 126 in 2009 to help his team win by 54
runs at Centurion, South Africa.
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None of the Indian batsmen have ever scored a century against Pakistan
in Champions Trophy.
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Best bowling figures in an innings by Pakistan bowler against India in
Champions Trophy Naveed-ul-Hasan (4/25 in 2004) and Shoaib Akhtar (4/36
in 2004).
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Indian Skipper Virat Kohli has scored just two runs in 22 balls against
the Pakistani speed star Junaid Khan in ODIs. Junaid has dismissed Kohli
three times and has also bowled 21 dot balls in the 50-over format.
Their upcoming encounter on the 18th June will be interesting to watch.
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Eight Indians (Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan, Mahendra Singh
Dhoni, Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Umesh
Yadav) and Pakistan's 3 (Shoaib Malik, Mohammad Hafeez, and Junaid Khan)
from the current squads played in the 2013 edition match.
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We hope that Pakistan team will
display the same match winning performance from the Semi Finals on their
final battle against India and win the title for the nation on 18th June
2017. |