00:00 As you can see I've got my thinking cap on for this preview of India Pakistan game
00:04 and what a game it's going to be. It's beautifully laid out at Ahmedabad. It's a huge stadium that
00:08 boasts of 100,000 plus people and 100,000 plus people are expected to come and watch India take
00:15 on Pakistan. It's a great rivalry. A rivalry for which the entire world actually stops and watches
00:20 the game because it's India Pakistan. Now India will start as favorites clearly because they have
00:25 the team. They are the team to beat and they've looked in great form. Pakistan on the other hand
00:30 may not start as favorites but that record run chase against Sri Lanka will keep them in a good
00:35 frame of mind of meeting this Indian challenge. It's a great reference point in the dugout and
00:40 I'm sure they go out there thinking that they can beat their arch rivals. Now India have not been
00:45 beaten in ODI world cups and so that's a great feeling to carry when they go and meet Pakistan.
00:51 But this contest is more than skills. It's about passion. It's about maintaining presence at the
00:57 crease. It's about body language. It's about playing with an uncluttered mind. It's about
01:02 not thinking what will happen if you fail. It's about thinking that here's a day for me to become
01:07 hero and the entire world is watching. So if you become a hero you'll be remembered by zillions of
01:13 people for many a years. So an opportunity to be grabbed but Pakistan need to up their game in all
01:20 the departments. The batting is clicking but the bowling has looked lackluster at times. So they
01:25 need to pick wickets to derail India because they're bat deep India and if you do not bowl well
01:30 to them there's a chance that Pakistan may be batted out of the game in case India decides to
01:35 bat first. How can they be good against India with the ball? Well they need to pick wickets.
01:41 Shaheen Shah Afridi has got to up his game. He's nursing an injury. His bowling finger is hurting
01:47 him. They're missing Naseem Shah as well. Hasan Ali needs to up his pace and the spin department
01:52 has got to come good. Now the two spinners that Pakistan have, they're both all-rounders. Should
01:57 they play a regular spinner in the shape of Osama Mir? Can they make that big call against India?
02:02 Because he hasn't been preferred in the earlier two matches. Can they make that call? Because you
02:07 need a good spinner in the middle phase to trouble India or to keep them quiet. Otherwise if you play
02:13 with the same kind of a bowling attack that is half-fit and sort of not going at full throttle,
02:20 India will look at it as an opportunity to completely outdo Pakistan. Well it's going to
02:26 be a great contest. I'm just hoping that it ends in a good way as well because after a very long
02:32 time Pakistan have got a team that can compete against India. Let's hope it's a great contest.
