Story Sharjah Cup FINAL - India VS Pakistan

[ashu2411]

Here is the final standings after Round 1. Still to go is Round 2 exactly similar to Round 1 and a Mega-Final.

 

[aussie1st]

Nice table very orginal!

 

[amitbansal]

Much needed great win for Aussies.

 

[ashu2411]

Announcement of all three teams for next round will be made soon.

 

[aussie1st]

Cool can't wait to see Aus next lineup.

 

[sachinisgod2]

Great series so far. Good win for Australia. I expect an India - Australia final.

 

[Bala]

All the teams have proved their mettle by winning one game each. Now they need to concentrate over the next round. I would prefer and India - Australia final. BTW Ashu! Which team do you control?

 

[ashu2411]

In Indian matches I control india and in Aus-pak match I control Australia

 

[sachinisgod2]

In Indian matches I control india and in Aus-pak match I control Australia

ok cool.

 

[ashu2411]

Australia was the first one to declare its team today for next rounds of this Sharjah Cup. As expected not many changes have been made to the team which has occupied the toop place in tournament.

Jacques will be going back to Australia after a hamstring pull and Hayden will replace him in team after some great recent performances. This was the only change made and rest of the team was kept same. Here is the final team for rest of the tournament.

R Ponting (C)
A Gillchrist (Wk)
M Hayden
S Katich
M Clarke
D Martyn
A Symonds
M Hussey
S Watson
N Bracken
B Hogg
S Tait
B Lee
G Mcgrath

 

[ashu2411]

Pakistan was also not far behind in naming their final fourteens.

Despite of winning the MOM awward in match against Australia, Umar lost his place and he will be replaced by Salman Butt in the team. The other surprise was the return of Moin Khan to international level when he will replace Kamran Akmal in the team. Afridi and Malik were able to retain their places after some shaky performances. Rest of the team was unchanged. Here is the final team.

Inzamam Ul Haq (C)
Shahid Afridi
Salman butt
Mohammad Yousuf
Yunis Khan
Abdul Razzaq
Shoaib Malik
Moin Khan (Wk)
M Sami
S Akhtar
N Ul Hassan
D Kaneria
Umar Gul
Shabbir Ahmed

 

[sid_19840]

Both teams have pretty expected lineups,looking fwd to the Indian squad,maybe it might be holding surprises .

 

[ashu2411]

Now the Indian team is also announced with most number of changes.

First one is the former captain S Ganguly lost his place and he is replaced by S Raina. Two other changes were the inclusion of off spinner Murali Kartik and Right hand fast medium bowler R P Singh. Despite of three changes, I doubt if there will be any changes in the final eleven for the match against Pakistan.

S Tendulkar
V Sehwag
M Dhoni (Wk)
S Raina
R Dravid (C)
Y Singh
M Kaif
I Pathan
Z Khan
H Singh
A Agarkar
V Rao
R P Singh
M Kartik

 

[ashu2411]

Next match in Sharjah Cup will be Pakistan vs India. These two arch - rival will once again face each other in Sharjah. Who can forget about the intensity both teams develop while playing against each other.

Although its always an equal competition between both teams but In Sharjah Ground, Pakistan has always hold an edge with a great record. This was clearly evident when Pakistan beat India in the very close first match of the tournament while defending a meagre total of only 189. But india fighting back with a great win over world champions Australia thanks to a magnificent century from Little Master Sachin Tendulkar.

India still needs a lot of improvement in its game to defeat Pakistan mainly in its batting with middle - order struggling to score runs. This time without Ganguly there also seems some inexperience in the middle-order but that is replaced with enthusiastic players like Raina, Yuvraj and Kaif. India bowlers particularly Pathan needs to deliver.

For pakistan, the batting seams to be huge problem. First they were all out against India at just 188 and then against Australia on 222 loosing by more then 50 runs. Despite of a win Pakistan is at bottom of points table so that will also create some pressure. Bowling seems good with Akhtar in great form and Razzaq also bowling well with Kaneria. Its the batting where Pakistan has to improve. They will surely feel the shortage of of played a brilliant knock against Australia but S Butt seams to be his good replacement.

So lots of excitement for this fourth match of Sharjah Cup between India and Pakistan.

 

[ramesh1986]

This time India will come out on top. :upray .