Good Morning and welcome everyone to the Sharjah cricket Ground for the Final Match of Sharjah Cup between India and Pakistan. The ground is packed with supporters for both countries arriving since morning. India is once again in a tournament final but this time they will definitely try to win first final match in over 3 years. Pakistan on the other hand will try to prove himself as the sole dominant nation on Sharjah soil. A lot to happen during this match but lets first join Sanjay Manjeraker for the pitch report.
Hello guys, I am Sanjay manjeraker and right now I am standing in the middle of ground analyzing the pitch for this very important match. Its a beautiful sunny day and not a cloud in the sky. The temperature is hot and dry but overall great conditions for cricket. The pitch is not much different to one we had seen here. It is dusty, dry and grassless. Groundsmen have rolled the pitch heavilly to make it paradise for batsmen. it will be a good batting pitch throughut the match but spinners can cause some real trouble to batsmen when the ball will start keepin low. Now lets back join our comentary box.
Have some looks around the stadium as the two team's captains get ready for toss. A great atmosphere here with fans from both countries promoting mutual friendships.
Now lets get back to the middle of action where two captains Rahul Dravid and Inzamam-ul-Haq are waiting for the toss with match refree Mike Procter. dravid has the coin and Inzy will make the call.
Heads is the call and Heads it is. So Pakistan have won the toss in this very important match.
Inzamam: This is a good looking batting pitch and we will definitely wan to make its full use first. We will like to bat first and aim for a score around 280-300 which will be a good otal for our bowlers to defend.
We have made no change to the team that played against Australia.
Dravid: We would have definitely wanted to bat first but luck was not in our side with the coin. Now our target will be to stop Pakistan before 240 and then bat sensibly to acheive it.
We have made two changes in the team with R P Singh and Venugopal Rao replacing Agarkar and M Kartik
Here are the two teams selected for this final match.
The players making teir way to the middle as this exciting match is about to begin. Afridi and Butt will open for Pakistan while pathan will bowl the first over for India.
Pakistan got of to perfect start as Afridi started playing some aggressive shots early on to much success. butt also find couple of deliveries our of ground. Pathan bowled a good line by beating the bat number of times with his swing but Zaheer failed to control his line and length.
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