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Former India captain Sunil Gavaskar backs India to beat Pakistan again at the ICC Champions Trophy.

Former India captain Sunil Gavaskar has tipped Virat Kohli's Team India to trump Pakistan at the high-profile ICC Champions Trophy clash on Sunday. Defending champions India begin their campaign against arch-rivals Pakistan in Birmingham on June 4 and look for their second consecutive victory over them at the elite tournament. Pakistan lead India 2-1 in head-to-head encounters at the Champions Trophy.

"Our bowlers like Mohammed Shami, Umesh Yadav and Bhuvneshwar Kumar have swing and seam movement along with pace and that's why they are dangerous. Even Junaid Khan and Mohammad Amir have pace and swing so it won't be easy to play them but the variety in Indian team with new ball bowling with different styles makes it much more potent attack," Gavaskar said.

India and Pakistan last played a bilateral series in 2012-13 and now only meet at the multi-team tournament hosted by either International Cricket Council (ICC) or Asian Cricket Council (ACC). The two cricketing giants last met at the ICC World Twenty20 in 2016. While India have never lost to Pakistan in World Cups and World Twenty20s, Pakistan hold a 2-1 edge over India at the Champions Trophy.

Gavsakar said it has become lot easier to plan against an opposition due to the technologies.

"Even without bilateral ties, there's no surprise because of videos and all but yes playing new bowlers you don't know what magic delivery they have," he said.

"Players are trained to forget the previous ball and when you are a bowler, you think of the batsman's weaknesses and a batsman thinks only of the ball that is going to come and not that it is coming from Imran Khan or Ian Botham. While there is an awareness that this is a big game and must-win situation and that charges you up but not overcharge because in that case your timing goes. While emotion will always be there, it mostly comes when you're fielding because you know it is a big game and you know the eyes of the cricket supporters are on you."
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http://m.indiatoday.in/story/salaam...s-pakistan-icc-champions-trophy/1/967349.html
 
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Amir and Hasan can also swing the ball with pace and they are also pretty accurate unlike Umesh Yadav.

An Indian pacer usually has a bowling life of an year or two, i have seen plenty of Indian bowlers who did well for six months or an year and then faded away. Irfan Pathan, Balaji, Nehra come to my mind. People like Yadav and Kumar are also on the scene for some years now but i don't remember them performing relatively consistently either.
 
waqar goraya said:
Amir and Hasan can also swing the ball with pace and they are also pretty accurate unlike Umesh Yadav.

An Indian pacer usually has a bowling life of an year or two, i have seen plenty of Indian bowlers who did well for six months or an year and then faded away. Irfan Pathan, Balaji, Nehra come to my mind. People like Yadav and Kumar are also on the scene for some years now but i don't remember them performing relatively consistently either.
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True, but despite that, Indian pace attack has outperformed Pakistan's for last many years, and Gavaskar is stating that same.
 
Well he is right junaid is definitely not good enough every Indian pacer is better than him as far as others are concerned amir is slightly better than Indian pacers.
 
How is this even a point of contention atm?

They are vastly superior at present. Amir is the best bowler but as a unit Umesh/Bhuv/Shami/Bumrah are a very good bowling lineup.
 
There may be a surprise in store for the Indians.

They are replicating Pakistani "experts" and legends of the past in going out of the way to predict a favorable victory. Almost as a forgone conclusion.
 
He is Right. Agree with him. Pakistan Bowling is really mediocre from last couple of years.
 
Pakistan traditionally depends on bowling to win matches. India does the opposite. India never went in any tournament with bowling as their strength. This is probably the first time even Indians agree bowling is their strength. So there will be pressure on them to deliver.
 
It hurts my feelings to admit but he is right here. Didnt even think that such a day would come when our bowling attack would be outgunned by parosis.
 
waqar goraya said:
Amir and Hasan can also swing the ball with pace and they are also pretty accurate unlike Umesh Yadav.

An Indian pacer usually has a bowling life of an year or two, i have seen plenty of Indian bowlers who did well for six months or an year and then faded away. Irfan Pathan, Balaji, Nehra come to my mind. People like Yadav and Kumar are also on the scene for some years now but i don't remember them performing relatively consistently either.
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True but we are talking about their current form and not about their future and how long these Indian pacer will survive. Currently Indian pacers, as a group are better than their Pakistani counterpart and this the first time in our cricket history.
 
waqar goraya said:
Amir and Hasan can also swing the ball with pace and they are also pretty accurate unlike Umesh Yadav.

An Indian pacer usually has a bowling life of an year or two, i have seen plenty of Indian bowlers who did well for six months or an year and then faded away. Irfan Pathan, Balaji, Nehra come to my mind. People like Yadav and Kumar are also on the scene for some years now but i don't remember them performing relatively consistently either.
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On current form Indian bowling unit is one of the strongest in the world.. Let's hope they can sustain the form for next few years and not fizz out after a few months..
 
He is right unfortunately. I have said for weeks Indias bowling is stronger than there batting.
 
Unfortunately for us, he is correct !!!! We instantly put our players on a Pedestal ..... look at the case of Shadab, no doubt a great prospect, but he is already an ATG after a couple of good outings ????? No way yet. Look at our Ranking in all 3 formats, hardly half way to the Top. Now, one can fault the Ranking System, but the system applies same way to all Teams. So even if you devise a Perfect Ranking System, our position will not change much, in fact, it may get worst. Sooooo, we have to swallow a bitter pill for a while, until then ..... H O P E !!!!!
 
Poison said:
How is this even a point of contention atm?

They are vastly superior at present. Amir is the best bowler but as a unit Umesh/Bhuv/Shami/Bumrah are a very good bowling lineup.
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True. Gavaskar is usually right and he is right here too.
 
Gavaskar is captain obvious. Bores to death with his ever obvious statements.
 
I'll agree. This time I am more excited about the Indian bowling.

And yes the Indian bowling seems to be a tighter unit than the Pakistani unit
 
I think they are evenly matched. We don't have an express paces in the side anymore where as they don't have a Tendulkar either.
 
He is spot on.Our fast bowling attack is at par with Bangladesh. Not a single bowler of Bhuvi's caliber in the whole of Pakistan.
 
Actually the pace attack of both teams currently could actually be at par.

But I think that the difference in calibre between the Indian and Pakistani batsman would make the Indian Pace attack look better.
 
All this talk will come to end on June 4th when the weakest of our pacers, Juni, demolishes the stumps of your best batsman, Kohli.
 
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All this talk will come to end on June 4th when the weakest of our pacers, Juni, demolishes the stumps of your best batsman, Kohli.
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I could also state something similar like, our non regular and diminutive Kedar Jadav running through the Pak lineup with his gentle off breaks on the 4th of June.
 
Very few wickets will be bowled or LBWs. Most wickets will fall to catches, and some to runouts. So the team that fields better and catches better will have an edge.

No one is talking about who are the better fielding side, because there is no difference of opinion on this count. And mark my words, whoever fields better on the day will carry the day, other things remaining equal.
 
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