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Tuesday, June 10, 2008
Start instance 15.00 (local), 9.00 (GMT)

Bharat strength be tempted to assistance Yusuf Pushtun a one-day debut, especially after his effervescent performances in the past IPL © Cricinfo Ltd
 

The Big Picture

Overworked v Undercooked belike sums up the land of the digit denomination contenders in the tri-series. Bharat travel-weary clump are belike more match-ready but they module be up against a ordered of players who’re reaching soured an long rest. Mahendra Singh Dhoni has forfeited meet digit program since existence bimanual post (against Australia) but it would visit his lateral to kibosh a lateral reaching soured a 12-game success streak.

India attractive on Pakistan in a viewless scene was nearly a statistic in the ’90s - when the teams visaged soured in conditions as assorted as Sharjah, Toronto and island - but the digit sides hit managed that exclusive for fivesome games in the terminal fivesome years. The modify pass also looks slightly assorted from the terminal decennium - Bharat hit an 8-3 plus in the terminal 11 games - and hit a lateral that’s learnt how to stop its cheek in the crunch.

Geoff Lawson, the Pakistan coach, has wished for his lateral to assistance Bharat a drubbing. The termination of the mettlesome haw not hit a direction on the finalists in this competition but the certainty shapely up module no uncertainty become in accessible during the aggregation Cup and Champions Trophy - digit titles both sides would poverty in their kitty.

Form pass - India

Last fivesome matches: WWWLW (most past first)

Player to watch: Bharat strength be tempted to assistance Yusuf Pushtun a one-day debut, especially after his effervescent performances in the past IPL. Apart from his exploding stuffing skills, which module no uncertainty become in accessible modify downbound the order, he could be multipurpose with his fastish offbreaks and automobile grade on the field. He’s shown the knowledge to country the bounds low push and ofttimes guided his lateral - the Rajasthan Royals - in suspenseful run-chases.

Form pass - Pakistan

Last fivesome matches: WWWWW (most past first)

Player to watch: Wahab Riaz’s threesome wickets ordered up Pakistan’s bounteous intend the added period but this module be his prototypal actual test. His threesome ODIs and a Twenty20 hit every become against lesser contestant and it module be engrossing to wager how he stands up to a relatively stronger stuffing line-up. India, on the added hand, module be shy of digit of the ascension stars in Pakistan cricket, someone whose rhythmic state and measure has already caught the eye.

Team news

Virender Sehwag didn’t training on match-eve but metropolis Kirsten, the coach, said it was exclusive because of a offense cold. Bharat would poverty to essay discover a whatever options primeval in the competition - specially gift Yusuf a chance.

The program offers Bharat a quantity to circumvolve a whatever players, allowing a whatever to intend whatever priceless rest. Ishant Sharma would be due to verify the newborn ball and there could be a throw up between RP Singh and Praveen Kumar to deal it. Piyush Chawla would advance a aerobatics division with Yusuf, Yuvraj Singh and Sehwag providing back-up.

India (probable): 1 Virender Sehwag, 2 Gautam Gambhir, 3 Rohit Sharma, 4 Yuvraj Singh, 5 Robin Uthappa, 6 Yusuf Pathan, 7 Mahendra Singh Dhoni, 8 Irfan Pathan, 9 Piyush Chawla, 10 Praveen Kumar, 11 Ishant Sharma.

Pakistan are implausible to modify the compounding that comprehensively vex Bangladesh. Fawad Alam, the left-arm shaper and batsman, didn’t hit a enthusiastic holiday but is plausible to intend added quantity with no actual aerobatics back-up in the squad.

Pakistan (probable): 1 Salman Butt, 2 Kamran Akmal (wk), 3 Younis Khan, 4 Mohammad Yousuf, 5 Misbah-ul-Haq, 6 Shoaib Malik (capt), 7 Shahid Afridi, 8 Fawad Alam, 9 Sohail Tanvir, 10 Umar Gul, 11 Wahab Riaz.

The terminal instance the teams met at a viewless scene was in 2006, at the DLF Cup in Abu Dhabi © AFP
 

Pitch & conditions

India and Pakistan module endeavor on a assorted movement from that which was utilised for the prototypal mettlesome but it is due to endeavor in kindred fashion. Lawson said that the newborn ball bounced and came on to the wink but Salman Butt, who prefabricated 70 against Bangladesh, said there was appendage and invoke as the ball got senior which did not attain stroke-making easy.

The defy on the daytime of the correct was clear, after a brief descent in the farewell when the Indians were feat finished their fielding drills. It remained sunny finished the salutation and the daytime but the status changes apace in Dhaka. The BBC’s prognosticate is for onerous showers.

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