Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma, two cricketers who keep the facility to deliver essentially the most populated nation to a standstill, shall be heading into the Champions Trophy strike in opposition to Pakistan on Sunday possibly for the overall year. In an unique dialog with IANS, Former Pakistan cricketer Rashid Latif mentioned that he believes the 2025 Champions Trophy would be the ultimate year the heavily-reputed duo will face their arch-rivals. Virat and Rohit have already showed their leaving from the shortest layout, and the upcoming 50-over ICC event would be the 2027 ODI International Cup to be performed in South Africa, Zimbabwe, and Namibia.
“I think it is their final ICC tournament. If you look at India’s batting lineup then you can see so many talented young players, like Jaiswal and Sai Sudarshan, who are just waiting for their turn in the pecking order. I think it’s their last time facing Pakistan as well unless they meet in the finals,” mentioned Latif to IANS.
‘The Hitman’ has performed 19 ODIs in opposition to Sunday’s fighters scoring 873 runs in all. The 37-year-old averages 51.35 in opposition to Pakistan in ODIs and has a collision fee of 92.38. Rohit has scored two centuries and 8 half-centuries in 19 ODIs in opposition to Pakistan.
In 16 fits, Kohli has scored 678 runs in opposition to Pakistan at a mean of 52.15 and a collision fee of 100.29. He has scored 3 centuries and two half-centuries and has a perfect of 183.
Sunday’s strike is about to be a blockbuster with Pakistan going through a do-or-die status having suffered a 60-run defeat in opposition to Pristine Zealand of their opening Workforce A fit pace Bharat registered a six-wicket victory over Bangladesh. A loss on Sunday would construct Pakistan’s qualification to the overall spherical just about inconceivable.
Latif additional elaborated on who he believes would be the two trump playing cards for his or her respective groups within the highly-anticipated matchup.
“For India (the trump card), it seems like Shubman Gill is the answer, as things are currently going it seems he will have an impact on the Champions Trophy but I have personally always been afraid of Rohit Sharma. He is a selfless batter, he sacrifices himself and does not care about milestones.
“For Pakistan, it will be Shaheen Afridi, if they may be able to get early wickets best upcoming will they have got a probability within the fit. I consider if Shaheen can swing the ball in Dubai upcoming he can harm them,” he added.
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