India: Openers - Shikhar Dhawan and Rohit Sharma - have given good
start in the previous two matches, with the former scoring back-to-back
centuries and the latter scoring back-to-back half centuries. They will
be expected to give a good start in the upcoming matches too and give
room for the middle order to play their natural aggressive shots. With
skipper MS Dhoni, Virat Kohli, Suresh Raina, Dinesh Karthik and Ravindra
Jadeja in the batting line-up, they could be intimidating to their
opponents.
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the bowling front, Ravindra Jadeja has taken seven wickets and other
bowlers like Umesh Yadav, Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Ishant Sharma have been
impressive. They look rather weak as compared to some other teams but
have played reasonably well this tournament.
Pakistan: Opener
Nasir Jamshed scored a half century in the opener and then 42 in the
second match, while skipper Misbah-ul-Haq scored 96 in the match against
West Indies, but the form of other batsmen - Imran Farhat, Mohammad
Hafeez, Asad Shafiq and Shoaib Malik - is a big worry. They need to put
their acts together and put up a big score on the board to counter
India's strong batting line-up.
On the bowling front, Mohammad
Irfan is the highest wicket taker from the team with four wickets. With
Wahab Riaz, Junaid Khan, Saeed Ajmal and Mohammad Irfan in the line-up,
they are touted as a strong bowling side but their performance has been
not impressive this tournament. They need to restrict the score of the
opponents as their batsmen look vulnerable.
India: Mahendra Singh
Dhoni (Captain), Shikhar Dhawan, Virat Kohli, Suresh Raina, Dinesh
Karthik, Murali Vijay, Rohit Sharma, Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran
Ashwin, Irfan Pathan, Umesh Yadav, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Ishant Sharma,
Amit Mishra and R Vinay Kumar
Pakistan: Misbah-ul-Haq (Captain),
Abdur Rehman, Asad Ali, Asad Shafiq, Ehsan Adil, Imran Farhat, Junaid
Khan, Kamran Akmal, Mohammad Hafeez, Mohammad Irfan, Nasir Jamshed,
Saeed Ajmal, Shoaib Malik, Umar Amin, Wahab Riaz
