A Never Ending Rivalry.

The stage is set for arguably the biggest rivalry in the cricketing world. 2nd March 2014,we will witness a thrilling and exuberant match between Pakistan and India. These two big teams of Asia will battle out tomorrow at the the Shere-Bangla National Stadium,Mirpur, Cricket is a game loved both in India and Pakistan.The followers of cricket are involved in the game,full of emotions and feelings.It has become a rivalry so big that we see debates on media and social media and elsewhere as to predict who is the hot favorite to win this epic clash of titans.    Pakistan comes in on high in this match as their last matched turned in their favor against Afghanistan by 72 runs courtesy a memorable century by the youngster Umar Akmal. On the other hand, India’s last game against Sri-Lanka ended in a loss for them as the Lankan captain Kumar Sangakkara scored a match winning ton to guide his team to victory by 2 wickets.Also,Pakistan has an upper hand on India as India misses their captain cool MS.Dhoni this time around who has been a big scorer against Pakistan.With Virat Kohli leading the Indian cavalry ,this match is going to be a thrilling encounter.     Looking back on the stats,Pakistan over here also has an upper hand for tomorrow's encounter. Having played a total of 124 ODIs against India,Pakistan has come out on top 71 times while India has won a total of 49 games and 4 have ended in a draw. The conditions favoring the Pakistani lads at the Shere Bangla stadium gives another advantage to the green shirts as bowling pitches would give the Pakistani attack a huge advantage as Indian bowlers have been evidently struggling to put up a fight.   Looking at individual prospects of each teams, Virat Kohli,Shikhar Dhawan,Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravinder Jadeja can be match winning players for India. For Pakistan,Misbah,Umar Akmal,Umar gul,Saeed Ajmal and Shahid Afridi can be the show stoppers for the man in green.The stage is set for this rivalry to show its sparks yet again in the game of cricket and only time will tell who comes out on top in this mind boggling fixture which sees to titans clash in a humungous battle of cricket, Pakistan vs India at Shere Bangla Stadium is something look forward too for both critics and fans from each side.So stay tuned for some excitement only at Asia cup 2014.