In the eastern city of Kolkata in West Bengal, thousands of security personnel deployed outside Eden Gardens stadium testified to the enormity of the encounter. But after promoting himself to number four in the order, Afridi smacked four boundaries and four sixes to help Pakistan register their second highest score in T20s.
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India have never lost to Pakistan in a World Cup event and Pakistan are yet to lose to the hosts at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata. “Having said that, it only takes an over and half to turn the game around in T20”.
Proud captain Shahid Afridi said he had been determined to lead by example Wednesday after starring in Pakistan’s demolition of Bangladesh, drawing a line under his side’s troubled World Twenty20 build-up.
After much delay, Pakistan agreed to play with a security clearance being given at the end of last week and finally the stage is all set as the arch-rivals will lock horns against each other in the Super 10 stage match.
Match Prediction: As by observing the previous matches of India and Pakistan with other teams we can say that Pakistan will have more confidence but a we all know that India have won continuously many matches with Pakistan thus India posses much more chances to win the match. “History also changes”, said Younis on the eve the clash between India and Pakistan in Kolkata. “But this story shows that the more connected we are, the more we realize that what unites us is more important than what divides us”. We have a very good team, very good bowling attack.
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“I will try my best to give them tips in light of my own experience and meet the players before the match”, Imran told reporters at his Bani Gala residence in Islamabad before leaving India. “We’re probably more unsafe now than we were in the beginning of the tournament”, India offspinner R Ashwin feels the poor performance against New Zealand was a one-off affair. Mortaza said it was always going to be a struggle to overhaul Pakistan’s total and his team’s poor start had rendered it “almost impossible” as early as the sixth over. “World Cup is still open”.
