INDIA VS PAKISTHAN WC S/F - MATCH OF THE DECADE

So a cricket fan cannot expect anything better than this. india vs pakisthan is always the most special and most interesting and big rivalary in cricketing history. can you imagine any thing better than these two teams meeting on wc semi finals ! this is something very special that dont happen even once in a decade.ind vs pak is always considered as a battle and people are very emotional and want their side to win the arch rivals,when ever they played each other.there are many people started saying you win this battle and even if you loose world cup we dont bother.so from this we know how important is this for people of both india and pakisthan. now apart from the big build up ahead of ind-pak clash let us take a close look at who has a edge on whom in this historic battle.

starting with india, they have the most powerful batting line up in the world.its very clear so far.even though they colapsed in their innings they still managed to get 300 almost every time when they bat first.starting from shewag to raina(except dhoni) all the six batsman are in great form.three players among the six have scored over 300 so far in this tournament and two players scored over 200, this clearly shows how good they are in batting.at the group stage of the tournament india looking very weak in their bowling. now after inclusion of ashwin and in form zaheer khan with harbajan and heroics of yuvi with the ball made india a descent bowling line up from a poor bowling side.their looking at the best in fielding at the game against australia.on the negative side mohali is going to be a fast bowlers pitch so team like india who heavily depend on spinners is not going to be easy for them to restrict the opposition.infact india yet to find the right man for the second seamer spot.having played two seamer and two spinner combination india used the second seamer as a fifth bowler and not used him to full quota.yuvi might be consistently picking wickets in all matches but the questiom is how good he is in a fast track ? yuvi is just a part time bowler and he is not a big turner of the ball too so you cant expect him to pick wickets as what he did so far.munaf patel is in poor form and he is targeted by all nations when ever they played against.so in mohali track bringing srree or nehra might be ideal decision.sachin looking for his 100th 100(alteady got two 100s in tournament),shewags top form,yuvi's crucial knocks with excellent all round performance(which yeilded him four man of the match award in wc which is a record) with solidity from gambir and kholi and raina sparkling and resposible knock in q/f means india cannot be taken lightly i would give india 7 out of 10.5 pts to batting and 2 to bowling)

coming to pakisthan they are the best bowling line up so far in the tournament.the moment i saw india winning australia and qualiifying for semi to play against pak,first thing that came to my mind is its going to be contest between world's best batting side vs tournments best bowling side.afridi is a real star for pakisthan with ball.apart from him umar gul,ajaml,rehamn and akhtar were good in picking wickets. not to forget effective part time bowler hafeez.afridi is outstanding throught the series but the big question is can he be effective against india, who play spin very well.pakisthan got wickets through their spinners throught the series.which is a big challenge for them at mohali.umar gul ,wahab riyas ,akthar,razak should bowl to their very best if they have to get indian batsman out.pakisthan must play akthar in mohali against india there must not be any second thoughts on that.if one bowling attack which can challenge india's batting in this tournament it will be pakisthan.coming to batting department its a weak line in pakisthan team.they chased small target with lot of difficulty and when ever they batted first they cant put big total that much easily as other teams do.bating is never a cake walk for pakisthan throught the series.players like umar akhaml,misbah,younis khan,shazads starting well but cannot convert thair starts to big 100s.thats were pakisthan failed miserably.their batsmans are inconsistent and non reliable except umar akhmal.adding to the list is poor form of afridi and razak.if these two batsman fire against india at right time it might well be pakisthan's first ever win against ind in wc.i would rate paksithan 7 out of 10. 2pt to their batting and 5 pt to their bowling.

apart from all this challanges the biggest challenge fo pakisthan is they have never won against india in wc.so it will be recoed if they beat india.if that happens it would have been perfect revenge for their looses in wc against india.either its india or pakisthan semi final against your arch rival is always a pressure. team that handles the pressure well, should eventually ends up in winning side.we may not know who is going to win but its sure that its going to be a very close game.heart patients please dont watch it :)