LIVE - India vs Pakistan - Pakistan to bat after Misbah ul Haq won the toss in the all-important fixture of the Asia Cup 2012 against India, on March 18, 2012.
This is the first time both teams are up against each other after the semi-final of the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625 Cricket World Cup 2011 at Mohali and there is immense interest in both the countries regarding this encounter.
There is more pressure on India in this match as a loss can effectively put them out of the tournament and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MS-Dhoni-c2028 and his men will be geared up to beat Pakistan in order give some relief to their fans, who are devastated after India’s loss
against Bangladesh on Friday.
Pakistan has made one change in the line-up as left-arm fast bowler, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sarfraz-Ahmed-c88818. This is quite an interesting move as Wahab picked up five wickets against India in the semi-final of the
World Cup. However, he has not played a lot of international cricket recently and may well be rusty to handle the pressure of such an intense game.
The decision of going in with a part-time wicketkeeper from http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Umar-Akmal-c94595.
On the other side of the coin, India has also made one change in their team as hard-hitting all-rounder, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/RA-Jadeja-c2238. This could turn out to be a brilliant move from Dhoni as Pathan is a match-winner
on his day and has the ability to change the course of the game within a short span of time.
One astonishing aspect about http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Bangladesh-c747 and failed to defend a big total.
One thing is for sure that this is a pressure-game and the team which will be able to hold its nerves in tight situations will emerge as the winner.
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