Yes, the craze of cricket sport among people of the India or Pakistan so hype that, the citizens of both the countries are very serious and sensitive about it. "We needed to have a clean, collective game".
Thanks to Sharma and Kohli, it proved an easy chase for India.
"India v Pakistan Final.!"
The question is can they now repeat the trick in Sunday's final against an India team who have been piling on the runs and start the contest as firm favourites?
The problem with that statement, at least to some extent, is that Pakistan have already tried and failed - they were hammered by 124 runs in the group stage. That game, won by India, was one of the top-six most viewed sporting events, along with the soccer World Cup final and Usain Bolt's 100-metre sprint at the 2012 Olympic Games, the sports broadcasting industry source said. "Both have played good cricket in the tournament so far and I wish both teams good luck".
Pakistan are ready to change the course of history in a clash that's "bigger than the Ashes" when they face arch-rivals India in the Champions Trophy final.
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It's a dream one for the sponsors and broadcasters. "We want to ensure that we have players with the skill and ability to perform on any stage".
Former Indian pace spearhead Zaheer Khan, opener Shikhar Dhawan, Indian wrestler Sushil Kumar, former cricketer Mohammad Kaif, former South Africa skipper Graeme Smith, former England player Michael Vaughan were among others to congratulate Kohli and his boys for emphatic victory. Yuvraj scored just 24 off 34 balls at a strike rate of 70.58, while he bowled only two overs going for 12 runs.
Unless Bangladesh was able to repeat its superb performance of theICC Cricket World Cup 2007 displayed at Port of Spain, where it had thrown India out of the tournament in the initial round, India's win of Thursday was nearly certain. "They are better than Pakistan player to player but I think they could get complacent and this could work to Pakistan's advantage".
Their captain Sarfraz Ahmed said they had quickly forgotten the opening loss to India and simply focused on the next game in their bid to win the Champions Trophy for the first time. That's how we want to play and I think that's how you have to play one-day cricket now. "They've beaten sides that looked really strong against them, but the belief just showed on the field [with] the way they played together as a team", he told reporters after Thursday's game. He got us those breakthroughs then we were able to build on it. Pakistan won by 1 wicket.
Bangladesh also need greater depth, particularly in the bowling attack, beyond their team's "Big Five" of Shakib Al Hasan, Tamim, Mushfiqur, Mahmudullah and captain Mashrafe Mortaza. "We've got the ball to reverse swing, which is good for us because that's a massive weapon".
"It was humiliating how badly we lost that match and we can turn things around now", he added.
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