Buoyed by a record run chase, Babar Azam’s Pakistan are on the hunt for their first-ever World Cup win over India in Saturday’s blockbuster match between cricket’s biggest rivals in a 132,000-capacity arena patrolled by 11,000 police officers.
This is Pakistan’s first match after their record World Cup chase of 345 against Sri Lanka, with wicketkeeper-batsman Mohammad Rizwan scoring an unbeaten 131 and Abdullah Shafique making 113.
Pakistan have never won against India in the World Cup in their seven outings since 1992.
Their previous loss was by 89 runs in a rain-hit league match of the 2019 edition in Manchester, England.
A look at key battles ahead of blockbuster Pakistan-India clash at World Cup
India remain behind in their overall ODI head-to-heads against Pakistan with 56 wins and 73 losses but have clearly been the stronger team in recent meetings. Babar Azam in his pre-match press conference yesterday said that records are meant to be broken and they will try to win.
Pakistan is currently is in all sought of trouble with loosing wickets after a good stand between the skipper Babar Azam and Muhammad Rizwan.
