ICC World Cup 2023, IND vs PAK: Where pacers rule the roost!

ICC World Cup 2023 IND vs PAK When any encounter between the Asian cricketing giants India and Pakistan comes into question a key focus always remains on the lethal pace attack from both teamsWhile the Indian pace attack has fearsome names like Jasprit Bumrah Mohammed Shami Mohammed Siraj Shardul Thakur and Hardik Pandya Pakistans pace attack also has developed expectations because of performances and high pace of Shaheen Shah Afridi Haris Rauf Hasan Ali and Naseem ShahWhile Naseem is out due to an injury in the World Cup his partners in pace have largely struggled without himIn four matches of WC so far including two warmup matches Shaheen has leaked 128 runs in 22 overs at an economy of 518 and has just taken two wickets in the tournament so far He leaked 66 runs against Sri Lanka which was a highscoring match He failed to pickup wickets in warmup matchesHaris Rauf in these four matches has given away 240 runs at an economy rate of 75 runs per over in 32 overs He has managed to take six wickets in the tournament including warmup games but his economy rate is a concernHasan has looked the best out of three giving away 193 runs at an economy rate around 6 in 31 overs But he has also taken six seven in the tournament including warmups He leaked 71 runs against Sri Lanka and 66 runs against New Zealand in just 74 overs in a warmup matchOverall the Pakistan pace attack has given away 561 runs in around 85 overs at an economy rate of 66 overs They have just 15 out of all 40 wickets combined which is not really good as per the standard set by themOn the other hand since the second ODI against Australia of the bilateral series before the World Cup Jasprit Bumrah has led the Indian pace attack with nine wickets in three matches He has leaked 155 runs in 30 overs at an economy rate of 51 runs per over He delivered figures of 439 in ten overs against Afghanistan Bumrah has six WC wickets so farAlso ReadBabar confident of turning the tideIn a similar time frame Siraj has taken only one wicket in his debut WC so far Since the second ODI against Australia he has given away 170 runs at an economy of around 68 in around 25 overs with only two wickets Siraj is the player that needs to get his economy and wickettaking betterPandya another pacebowling allrounder who has featured in both WC matches has leaked 71 runs in 10 overs at an economy of 71 and taken three wickets He took 243 against AfghanistanShami featured in the ODI series against Australia playing two matches He took six wickets and gave away 90 runs in 16 overs at an economy rate of 56 runs He took 551 in the first ODI against Australia He is yet to feature in WC so farShardul played two ODIs against Australia and one WC match against Afghanistan But so far he has taken just one wicket He has leaked 144 runs in 20 overs with an economy rate of 72 per overOverall the Indian pace attack has taken 21 wickets among five players giving away 630 runs at an economy rate of 62 overs in 101 oversDespite a larger talent pool and scattered matches Indian pacers have managed to give away runs at a lesser economy rate Though Pandya Shardul and Siraj need to work on economy rate and wickettaking equallyThis match comes after Indias two matches against the archrivals during a winning Asia Cup campaign One match held in the group stage was abandoned due to rain while India registered a thumping win in the next clash during the Super Four stageIndia began their World Cup campaign with a victory over Australia while Pakistan has two victories in two matches to build momentum ahead of the major encounterFans will be hoping that megastars of Men in Blue such as Virat Kohli skipper Rohit Sharma Jasprit Bumrah KL Rahul and Mohammed Siraj keep up with their consistent performances to continue the countrys winning streak with Pakistan in 50over World Cups and come out with 80 win against the archrivals in the World CupIndia has dominated the headtohead record in ODI World Cup matches with Men in Blue winning all seven games against the archrival boasting a 100 per cent win record till nowSquads at a glanceIndia Rohit Sharma c Hardik Pandya vc Shubman Gill Virat Kohli Shreyas Iyer KL Rahul Ravindra Jadeja Shardul Thakur Jasprit Bumrah Mohammed Siraj Kuldeep Yadav Mohammed Shami Ravichandran Ashwin Ishan Kishan Suryakumar YadavPakistan Babar Azam c Shadab Khan Fakhar Zaman ImamulHaq Abdullah Shafique Mohammad Rizwan Saud Shakeel Iftikhar Ahmed Salman Ali Agha Mohammad Nawaz Usama Mir Haris Rauf Hasan Ali Shaheen Afridi Mohammad Wasim