Every one in cricketing world was of the view before this World Cup that Pakistan campaign will not go beyond quarter-finals. But this passionate Pakistan team has proved many people wrong and has played as unit in ongoing cup. Shahid Afridi has led this team by example and as he promised before the tournament, he has taken Pakistan into the semi-finals.
Where as India is hot favorites for the World Cup and their batsman has shown in the event that they are capable of scoring big totals and can also achieve huge targets. In the match between arch rivals, it will be interesting that whether Indian batting performs or Pakistan bowling clicks.
Indian team is thinking about playing an extra batsman, Ahwin may be replaced by Yousf Pathan. News from Pakistan camp is that Shoaib Akhtar will be in the final XI. Shahid Afridi has tagged Dhoni’s men as favorites for the match.
Teams:
India (probable): 1 Virender Sehwag, 2 Sachin Tendulkar, 3 Gautam Gambhir, 4 Virat Kohli, 5 Yuvraj Singh, 6 MS Dhoni (capt & wk), 7 Suresh Raina, 8 Yusuf Pathan / R Ashwin, 9 Harbhajan Singh, 10 Zaheer Khan, 11 Ashish Nehra
Pakistan (probable) 1 Kamran Akmal (wk), 2 Mohammad Hafeez, 3 Asad Shafiq, 4 Younis Khan, 5 Misbah-ul-Haq, 6 Umar Akmal, 7 Shahid Afridi (capt), 8 Abdul Razzaq, 9 Saeed Ajmal / Abdur Rehman, 10 Umar Gul, 11 Wahab Riaz / Shoaib Akthar.