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New Delhi, May 15 (CRICKETNMORE): Star West Indies batsman Chris Gayle said on Monday that India will have the edge when they take on arch-rivals Pakistan in a much anticipated group match at the upcoming Champions Trophy cricket tournament.

The 37-year-old made it clear that both India and Pakistan are his favourites for winning the eight-nation tournament which starts from June 1 in England and Wales.

"That will be the biggest match of the tournament and to be frank that's my two teams as well. So, it will be a nice match. And yes, India is holding an edge against Pakistan when it come to an ICC event," Gayle told reporters in a promotional event.

"In white ball cricket, you cannot call for one team. Everyone will have a chance, especially in England where the conditions will be different. So, you have to see the conditions before you can pick that one team as your favourite," he added.

The eight-team tournament will be played in June, with defending champions India pooled with South Africa, Pakistan and Sri Lanka in Group B.

India have not played outside the sub-continent for the last eight to nine months, so it should be a tough task for Indian batsmen to adjust to foreign ground and weather conditions.

But Gayle clarified that Indian batsmen will not struggle in England as they have played there earlier and are familiar with the conditions.

"No, I don't think that. Indian batting line is superb and experienced as well. The good thing is that everybody has played in England," the explosive opener said.

Playing for Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) in the Indian Premier League (IPL), Chris Gayle has this season failed miserably with the bat unlike earlier editions of the tournament.

In the nine league matches that he has played this year, Gayle has scored only 200 runs.

"This is cricket and these things do happen. Last year we were fantastic but this season we failed to click in unison. In this edition, we were struggling in all departments, so all we can do is rebuild as an individual and will regroup again for the next season," Gayle added.

Fellow West Indies star Sunil Narine has been in great form with the bat in this year's IPL. Primarily an off-spinner, Narine has been employed as an opener by the Kolkata Knight Riders and the move up the order has done wonders for his form.

The 28-year-old has scored 214 runs from 14 matches, including the fastest ever half-century in the IPL when he plundered 54 runs off a mere 15 balls against Royal Challengers Bangalore.

Commenting on Narine's form, Gayle said: "Sunil is doing great. It's good to watch him like this. I love how he is hitting those sixes. So, no tips from my side."

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No kidding, Sherlock?

In other news sky is blue
 
That's the IPL contract talking.

Mohammad Amir and the troupe demolished our top-order chasing a shallow target in the Desh. On seaming English wickets the likes of Rohit Sharma are cows for slaughter.
 
It does not need a rocket scientist to deduce India is a much better side than the Pakistan ODI side
 
Varun said:
That's the IPL contract talking.

Mohammad Amir and the troupe demolished our top-order chasing a shallow target in the Desh. On seaming English wickets the likes of Rohit Sharma are cows for slaughter.
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India is not playing test match there (even then we have KL Rahul & co to handle). Even if the pitch is such bowler friendly, then Pakistan needs a batting lineup like Australia to out-bat India!
 
Varun said:
That's the IPL contract talking.

Mohammad Amir and the troupe demolished our top-order chasing a shallow target in the Desh. On seaming English wickets the likes of Rohit Sharma are cows for slaughter.
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English tracks are flat as anything in the summer. We've had bad weather which may change that but I can't see anything other than a thrashing.

Plus whatever amir can do on a seaming wicket, kumar can to our inferior batting.

Paks best hope is the unlikely green wicket, bowling first and chasing 250 propped by a masterclass from azhar ali.
 
It's the IPL money talking. Pakistan in current form have the upper hand. 60-40 in favour of Pakistan.
 
No team has an edge over the other. When it comes to Ind vs Pak, every day is a new day particularly in ODI cricket.
 
Varun said:
That's the IPL contract talking.

Mohammad Amir and the troupe demolished our top-order chasing a shallow target in the Desh. On seaming English wickets the likes of Rohit Sharma are cows for slaughter.
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Your sarcasm game is strong these days. What's up? :shezzy
 
*IPL money*

"India will win against Pak"

*PSL money*

"But Pak is my fav (alongside India) to win the CT"
 
All this talk about India Vs Pakistan and who will win.

I'm just hoping that the weather doesn't intervene and the game is called off :(
 
Varun said:
That's the IPL contract talking.

Mohammad Amir and the troupe demolished our top-order chasing a shallow target in the Desh. On seaming English wickets the likes of Rohit Sharma are cows for slaughter.
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On seaming English wickets we will be all out under 100 so India has enough batter to chase those targets may be by loosing couple of wickets
 
Indian love mockery of our team for sure. The team selected for CT by great Inzi does not deserve to play there let alone compete any single match
 
Toss will be crucial for Pakistan. We need to chase and make use of the early morning conditions. No doubt there will also be some rain breaks which will hamper to team batting first.
 
Better team will have the edge over a lower ranked team? This is groundbreaking stuff from Gayle. With this much brain power it's difficult to understand how he flopped in the PSL this year.
 
Lol Pakistan have the edge this time around. Better bowling attack and the batting is comparable ATM considering our batting form.
 
Nikhil_cric said:
Lol Pakistan have the edge this time around. Better bowling attack and the batting is comparable ATM considering our batting form.
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Pakistan bowling is not as good as it once was.

And the batting is a joke - Shehzad and Azhar are in who are dot king masters.
The one modern fast batsman we had in Shajeel is gone.

Pak have practically no chance, hence I didn't bother getting any tickets for any of the matches unlike previous CT tournaments held in England. At most they will win 1 out of 3.
 
90MPH said:
Pakistan bowling is not as good as it once was.

And the batting is a joke - Shehzad and Azhar are in who are dot king masters.
The one modern fast batsman we had in Shajeel is gone.

Pak have practically no chance, hence I didn't bother getting any tickets for any of the matches unlike previous CT tournaments held in England. At most they will win 1 out of 3.
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Not disagreeing with you but the indian ODI team looks very weak. Has beens like Yuvraj in the middle order. Sharma out of form, Kohli out of form. An ageing Dhoni as well. Your bowling actually looks the best it has since the 2003 clash against us imo.
 
India should give Pakistan an absolute pasting. I'd be surprised if India does not demolish Pakistan.
 
Seriously, people are hyping up this Indian team which doesn't inspire any confidence whatsoever.

Pakistan's bowling is several level ahead with Amir more often than not performing his best against us, added pressure of unknown entity like Shadab khan who may very well dismantle our brittle middle order, given our history of falling like pack of cards against new entries (read mendis), a batting collapse can't be ruled out.

On batting front, we just might be tad bit superior but that's only on paper. With 2-3 passengers in our team and some serious lack of form of some players, it wil be a surprise if we are able to win.

Pakistan is a very underrated team and with astute captain like sarfaraz at helm, it's almost 70-30 to Pakistan if we were to apply dialectic premised on cricketing logic. But hey! it's cricket afterall, any team can win on a given day.
 
Hitman said:
No team has an edge over the other. When it comes to Ind vs Pak, every day is a new day particularly in ODI cricket.
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Not as far as tournaments are concerned. India has a 90% chance of winning in tournaments any Indo-Pak encounter.
 
Even if India was the worst team in the world, we know how these encounters go. The Pakistan players incentive is usually in alignment with the BCCI let us say. Can't see any reason why it would be different this time. Maybe the PCB crackdown on the fixing might bear fruits. We can live in hope.
 
Nikhil_cric said:
Not disagreeing with you but the indian ODI team looks very weak. Has beens like Yuvraj in the middle order. Sharma out of form, Kohli out of form. An ageing Dhoni as well. Your bowling actually looks the best it has since the 2003 clash against us imo.
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Frankly, has beens like Yuvi and ageing Dhoni's would still walk into any team in the world. And whatever form Kohli is in, he will be the first pick for any international LOI side to have played the game. But its not the batting that I'm personally afraid of. It takes one good ball to get a batsman's wickets but this time around, Indian bowlers will demolish us. Jaddu has a terrific record in England and Bhuvi's movement is too much for out batsmen to handle. I can see a repeat of 2012. Bhuvi will run through our top order and we wont have Misbah to save the ship this time around.
 
Indians underrating their team is beyond me. Frankly, I personally think they only fall short to England of being the best LOI team in the world.
 
Hitman said:
The Aussies are better.
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Not in my opinion. Most of their batsmen are hacks (Warner/Head/Maxwell/Wade). Bowling looks good only on paper. Starc and Hazlewood are dangerous but the rest just have pace and no control. On flat roads of India, I can genuinely see them going for a 100 runs. Zampa is too inexperienced and Smith is an atrocious captain frankly. However, they do turn up the heat in most tournaments so I don't know what to expect. Let's see.
 
ExpressPacer said:
Frankly, has beens like Yuvi and ageing Dhoni's would still walk into any team in the world. And whatever form Kohli is in, he will be the first pick for any international LOI side to have played the game. But its not the batting that I'm personally afraid of. It takes one good ball to get a batsman's wickets but this time around, Indian bowlers will demolish us. Jaddu has a terrific record in England and Bhuvi's movement is too much for out batsmen to handle. I can see a repeat of 2012. Bhuvi will run through our top order and we wont have Misbah to save the ship this time around.
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That was Jadeja in peak form. He has never been THAT good in LOI's since injury. Anyway i'm actually mor concerned about our batting than our bowling. A full strength Indian bowling attack is quite formidable especially in ICC tournaments. But frankly, this is the weakest batting lineup we've had in an ICC tournament since 1999. In a way i'm actually hoping we get smashed in this tournament so that we are forced to replace these two 36 year olds and prepare a competitive team for the next World cup.
 
Nikhil_cric said:
That was Jadeja in peak form. He has never been THAT good in LOI's since injury. Anyway i'm actually mor concerned about our batting than our bowling. A full strength Indian bowling attack is quite formidable especially in ICC tournaments. But frankly, this is the weakest batting lineup we've had in an ICC tournament since 1999. In a way i'm actually hoping we get smashed in this tournament so that we are forced to replace these two 36 year olds and prepare a competitive team for the next World cup.
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Yuvi isn't going to make the team regardless and Dhoni will retire by then. But for now, they are both in terrific ODI form and if you look at the IPL stats (played on similar pitches to England), one can only think of the demolition this side will cause. God, I seriously hope Pakistan don't bat first. If we do, India will run through us and at most will have to chase 250 - which shouldn't be too easy.
 
ExpressPacer said:
Not in my opinion. Most of their batsmen are hacks (Warner/Head/Maxwell/Wade). Bowling looks good only on paper. Starc and Hazlewood are dangerous but the rest just have pace and no control. On flat roads of India, I can genuinely see them going for a 100 runs. Zampa is too inexperienced and Smith is an atrocious captain frankly. However, they do turn up the heat in most tournaments so I don't know what to expect. Let's see.
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You are underrating OZ. Warner and Smith are quality bats. Warner is no hack. And the rest are very good on flat decks. their bowlers - Starc/hazlewood/Cummins can take wickets on any surface and if the pitches are flat, they have the only attack that can cause damage. England have even greater "hacks" like Hales and co. but their bowling will get murdered. Saffers are second to OZ imo. They too have a pretty well rounded team.

In case, the pitches are unusually seamer friendly, then all batting lineups will get exposed ruthlessy except South Africa who will then be favourites imo.
 
Lol at Indian posters overrating Pakistan's mediocre team to counter-jinx Pakistani posters (which is plain ludicrous). Doesn't matter how much you underrate your team or how much woefully out of form your players are and even if they're struggling, still they'll find a way to secure a thumping victory over us, it has always been the case with Pakistan & India encounters at big events.
 
Nothing new there.

Pakistan is pretty much on par with Zimbabwe now.
 
aniket1911 said:
Seriously, people are hyping up this Indian team which doesn't inspire any confidence whatsoever.

Pakistan's bowling is several level ahead with Amir more often than not performing his best against us, added pressure of unknown entity like Shadab khan who may very well dismantle our brittle middle order, given our history of falling like pack of cards against new entries (read mendis), a batting collapse can't be ruled out.

On batting front, we just might be tad bit superior but that's only on paper. With 2-3 passengers in our team and some serious lack of form of some players, it wil be a surprise if we are able to win.

Pakistan is a very underrated team and with astute captain like sarfaraz at helm, it's almost 70-30 to Pakistan if we were to apply dialectic premised on cricketing logic. But hey! it's cricket afterall, any team can win on a given day.
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70-30 in favour of Pakistan?

Please don't insult our intelligence. I think the time has finally come where even Pakistani fans have realized that our current team is extremely average. We can be at the verge of losing to teams like Ireland and Zimbabwe. Taking into consideration our past performances against India in big events, current team make-up, lack of IPL experience, etc. no one in their right mind can give Pakistan the edge. If anything, it's comfortably 70-30 in India's favour. No matter how one looks at it India is the favourite from every angle and it's no secret or surprise.
 
OmaIR1 said:
70-30 in favour of Pakistan?

Please don't insult our intelligence. I think the time has finally come where even Pakistani fans have realized that our current team is extremely average. We can be at the verge of losing to teams like Ireland and Zimbabwe. Taking into consideration our past performances against India in big events, current team make-up, lack of IPL experience, etc. no one in their right mind can give Pakistan the edge. If anything, it's comfortably 70-30 in India's favour. No matter how one looks at it India is the favourite from every angle and it's no secret or surprise.
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Indians actually making fun of us. They know what is the outcome
 
Obviously India has the stronger team, but cricket is also a game of chance. So I would not put Pakistan's chances of winning lower than 30%. No surprise if they won.
 
OmaIR1 said:
70-30 in favour of Pakistan?

Please don't insult our intelligence. I think the time has finally come where even Pakistani fans have realized that our current team is extremely average. We can be at the verge of losing to teams like Ireland and Zimbabwe. Taking into consideration our past performances against India in big events, current team make-up, lack of IPL experience, etc. no one in their right mind can give Pakistan the edge. If anything, it's comfortably 70-30 in India's favour. No matter how one looks at it India is the favourite from every angle and it's no secret or surprise.
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Respectfully, that is where you are wrong. One thing I have learned about Pakistan team is the moment you unload them of expectations, they bring out some moments of awe and stun everyone. I still remember the eve before their match against South Africa in WC15 and how the result was foregone conclusion, and we all know what happened. Pakistan in Asia cup against India were all out for 83 and at innings break, we (Indians) all were laughing about how pathetic the Pakistan team actually is and that laughter would soon be turned into administration for Pakistan team to fight back in such manner.

The way I see it, it's perfect recipe for Pakistan to win, with fans forgoing of their expectations from team, a cunning captain leading them, and a new bowler who seems to be master of his trade. It's really 60-40 to Pakistan if 70-30 sounds too much pessimistic for us.
 
Only real chance Pak have is batting first and getting at least 280. If India bat first they will most likely bat us out of the match by getting around 350. We don't really have any batsmen that excite me.
 
aniket1911 said:
Seriously, people are hyping up this Indian team which doesn't inspire any confidence whatsoever.

Pakistan's bowling is several level ahead with Amir more often than not performing his best against us, added pressure of unknown entity like Shadab khan who may very well dismantle our brittle middle order, given our history of falling like pack of cards against new entries (read mendis), a batting collapse can't be ruled out.

On batting front, we just might be tad bit superior but that's only on paper. With 2-3 passengers in our team and some serious lack of form of some players, it wil be a surprise if we are able to win.

Pakistan is a very underrated team and with astute captain like sarfaraz at helm, it's almost 70-30 to Pakistan if we were to apply dialectic premised on cricketing logic. But hey! it's cricket afterall, any team can win on a given day.
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India is a seasoned team in ICC tournaments. They know how to win.

That alone bolsters their chances.

Plus, the team is good on paper.
 
Pakistan can win on any given day any team can win in a one off day.. But I would be disappointed if we lose to his particular Pakistani team they are probably the weakest ODI team in history of Pakistan cricket..
 
Its funny how Pakistan fans are saying India is going to win and India fans are talking up Pakistan. I guess both sides want to avoid hyping up their team too much.

However on paper, India seems to have a stronger team than us.
 
If Kohli is in form i can say India will have a massive edge. But India has washed up, out of form players in the side. Not sure they will be motivated, energized
 
Poutine said:
Its funny how Pakistan fans are saying India is going to win and India fans are talking up Pakistan. I guess both sides want to avoid hyping up their team too much.

However on paper, India seems to have a stronger team than us.
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Not sure of Pakistan's strength this time. But many fans are disappointed with the squad. Form of every single player in the squad is iffy.
 
Will be a walk in the park for India, can we stop overhyping this match already guys!
Pak vs Ind encounters are not that it use to be, now its all one sided affair with our ODI team in massive decline.
 
Since he had a horrid run in both leagues, he's ensuring that he'll still get invited to dance around in India and Pakistan next year.
 
Our T20 team can compete hard against India but our ODI team has a long way to go before it can actually play well against them like they used to in the past. Then again we have a new captain and a new team but you never know as this is the first game. Anything can happen.
 
Pakistan has best chance to beat this out of form Indian team. If I were to be honest, though Pakistan looks weak on paper, I'll side with Pakistan.

As an Indian, I will support India but, logically, it's Pakistan that's favorite.
 
Rohit, Rahane out of form. Dhawan scratchy as usual though scoring runs.Dhoni and Yuvraj past it.Jadhav relatively new to big tournaments. No K L Rahul.

Not a 100% team for sure. A 100%win against Pakistan is not guaranteed but still back this team to win. A lot will depend on our bowling rather than batting. If swing conditions, Bhuvi will be a killer. Bumrah best death bowler in the world. Shami is a quality bowler. Umesh has improved a lot now. Hardik can be a handy bowler in helpful conditions.Ashwin and Jaddu not so sure how they will be.
 
jnaveen1980 said:
If Kohli is in form i can say India will have a massive edge. But India has washed up, out of form players in the side. Not sure they will be motivated, energized
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We are in the habit of warming up Indian gun players in big games.
 
aniket1911 said:
Seriously, people are hyping up this Indian team which doesn't inspire any confidence whatsoever.

Pakistan's bowling is several level ahead with Amir more often than not performing his best against us, added pressure of unknown entity like Shadab khan who may very well dismantle our brittle middle order, given our history of falling like pack of cards against new entries (read mendis), a batting collapse can't be ruled out.

On batting front, we just might be tad bit superior but that's only on paper. With 2-3 passengers in our team and some serious lack of form of some players, it wil be a surprise if we are able to win.

Pakistan is a very underrated team and with astute captain like sarfaraz at helm, it's almost 70-30 to Pakistan if we were to apply dialectic premised on cricketing logic. But hey! it's cricket afterall, any team can win on a given day.
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Please stop watching cricket.

You have NO CLUE about cricket.


Called this long ago along with a million other Pakistani fans.
 
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