India versus Pakistan is the biggest clash in world cricket. But setting aside the off-field issues, the ICC Men’s ODI World Cup match in Ahmedabad on Saturday will see several one-on-one battles – from Babar Azam against Jasprit Bumrah, Rohit Sharma facing Shaheen Shah Afridi to Virat Kohli coming up against Haris Rauf.
The previous meeting between the two sides took two days for a result to emerge, but it saw Kohli and Rahul score sublime centuries to put on a massive 356/2 against Pakistan in the Super 4 stage of the Asia Cup, played in the 50-over format. Kuldeep Yadav also picked up a five-for as Pakistan saw all three of their fast bowlers fail to trouble the Indian batters.
This match also saw Naseem Shah pick up an injury that eventually him ruled out of the remainder of the Asia Cup and then the World Cup. Meanwhile, Rauf did not take further part in the rest of the tournament and Afridi too was under observation after suffering a thumb injury while…