What I meant was that if the Pak-SA game had gone the distance (50 overs), Pakistan would`ve found it really hard. If you have watched any Indian cricket over the last year or so, our real strength has been the pace attack. I believe that we have a better seam attack than India, and by that I do not mean the attack that played y`day (Shami, Bhuvi, Umesh, Bumrah). Just see the way the Indian seamers (Bhuvi, Shami, Umesh and even Ishant) bowled in the WI last year and compare it to the struggles of the Pakistani seamers in the WI. That was followed by some real good pace bowling on dead pitches at home. Pakistan have traditionally had the upper hand but that is not necessarily true here.
If you want to go only by one game, then every side this tournament has conceded big scores. SL were on top with the bat against SA as well and Pakistan got pummelled by India. NZ got carted around by Bangladesh and England and so did Australia. Some of the tracks have been really flat this tournament and despite that India`s bowling over the course of 5 games (including the warmups) so far has conceded 181/10 (v NZ), 84/10 (v BAN), 163/10 (v PAK), 322/3 (v SL) and 191/10 (v SA). On 4 out of 5 ocassions, they`ve been really good. Compare that to Pakistan who have conceded 350/6 (v BAN), 319/5 (v IND) and 220/9 (v SA). Pakistan have surely struggled more than India with the ball so far in England. Even in the past year or two, their ODI bowling has really struggled. That, and not their batting alone is a reason for Pakistan`s ODI struggles currently.
