India Pakistan Final on a Sunday - It does not get bigger than this !!!

Champions Trophy - 2017 campaign starts and ends for India with Pakistan. While the first match was a cake walk for Indians, I feel there would be more nerves, as it is a final of a mini world cup. Indians are a much more evolved side than Pakistan in 50 over game and still, there would be nerves. Indians have better mix of experience and youth and still, there would be nerves. 

Indian batting line up is one of the world's best as of date and still, there would be nerves. Indian bowling line up has more wicket taking options in their kitty and still, there would be nerves. Indians are a much better fielding unit and still, there would be nerves. That is because, it is India Pakistan final and it is much more than cricket for both the teams.

Indians would play this game as any other match and still, when the actual game begins, there could be score board pressure and team members will put their hand up to come up with match winning performance for their teams. Pakistan especially would play it with a do or die attitude and it would show on their performance. It would be a battle field and when the national anthem starts before the match, the player's emotions reaches another level and fans would feel the pulse too.

Mohammad Aamir, Junaid and Hasan ali along with Wahab riaz can be a lethal combination on their day and their spin attack is very weak. Hafeez and Shoaib malik along with Sarfaraz are the big names in their batting line up. Azhar ali, Fahim and Fakhar zaman play fearless cricket and they should continue to do the same and trust on their senior batting unit to play along side them to build totals, be it setting the target or chasing a target.

Indians on the other hand would continue to pile up huge partnerships, which was their focus in earlier games too. Shikhar Dhawan and Rohit Sharma are in sublime form and together with Kohli would try to set it up for the likes of Yuvi and Dhoni to attack right from the start. They are in great form too, as they have contributed in earlier matches with their bat. Bhuvaneshwar kumar and Bumrah bowl well in partnerships, so is Ashwin and Jadeja. Hardik Pandya has to share with Kedar Jaadhav his quota of 10 overs and Kohli would not prefer Jadhav as a wicket taking bowler, as what had happened in the semi final match against Bangladesh.

Both the captains would want the other one to win the toss and decide, as India would prefer to do anything, but Pakistan might prefer to chase. Kohli would prefer to do away with that decision today. There are rumours that Ashwin might not play due to injury. Pakistan do not have too many left handers and Umesh performed well in the last encounter against Pakistan, so he is not a bad bet either.

All in all, a wonderful match on the cards and truly, it does not get bigger than this.