ICC World Cup: India vs Pakistan (Semi Final) - Match Preview, Team News and Pitch Report
India will play against Pakistan in the ICC world cup semi - final at Mohali. The winning team will play the finals against Srilanka at Mumbai. Read the article to know about the match, team news and pitch report.
ICC World Cup Semi - Final 2; India vs Pakistan
India will play their semi final match against Pakistan at Mohali. This match is crucial for both the teams. The winning team will play the ICC World Cup 2011 finals against Srilanka at Mumbai. The pitch condition shows that the pitch will support the batsmen. So the batsmen have more role in the match. From the past records, it is very clear that the pitch supports fast bowlers. The team remains almost same. Yusuf Pathan may get a chance to play instead of Aswin. Also Ashish Nehra might replace Munaf Patel. The past records shows that the fast bowlers have more role than the spinners at Mohali. So Pakistan is likely to play with 3 seamers. The choice of the third seamer is between Shoaib and Wahab Riaz. Afridi said Shoaib wasn't 100% fit today but a decision will be taken on the evening preceding the match.
The pitch is batsman friendly. So the teams will be concentrating more on the batting side. The captain who wins the toss will mostly elect to bat first. From the last five year matches, out of the nine matches played at seven have been won by the side batting first. Also out of the seven day night matches played at Mohali in the last five years, Five have been won by the team batting first. The pitch will support the seamers rather than the spinners. Out of the 137 wickets taken from the last nine matches, fast bowlers accounted for 105, while the spinners claimed just 29.
Pakistan players are more confident on their bowling line up while India is confident on their batting line up.So far Pakistan captain, Shahid Afridi is the leading wicket taker in this world cup. Umar Gul is also on a good track. But the Indian batting line up is strong. Yuvaraj Singh had been a key player in the quarter finals against Australia. Indian openers are also on good track. so this is giving a good hope for all Indian fans.Pitch Report
The Mohali pitch will support the Batsmen, but the dew factor will play a crucial role. The bowlers have less role to play here. But the pitch will support the seamers rather than the spinners. The toss winning captain will opt to bat first.Probable Team
India
Virender Sehwag, Sachin Tendulkar, Gautam Gambhir, Virat Kohli, Yuvraj Singh, MS Dhoni (capt & wk), Suresh Raina, Yusuf Pathan / R Ashwin, Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan, Ashish Nehra
Pakistan
Kamran Akmal (wk), Mohammad Hafeez, Asad Shafiq, Younis Khan, Misbah-ul-Haq, Umar Akmal, Shahid Afridi (capt), Abdul Razzaq, Saeed Ajmal / Abdur Rehman, Umar Gul, Wahab Riaz / Shoaib Akhtar.
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