After a fortnight’s drama, be it easy wins, shocking upsets, rain-interrupted matches, the Champions Trophy has now gone down to the wire and is all set to host the Final between the two Asian giants - India & Pakistan on a Super Sunday at the Kennington Oval, London.
India vs Pakistan has always been a high voltage contest and the emotions always spill out not only between the players but also from the people on the either side of the border and hence, it is considered as the greatest rivalry the sport has ever seen.
Back in September 2007, when India got the better of Pakistan in the inaugural World T20 Final in Johannesburg, this is the first instance the two heavyweights will be going head-to-head in an ICC Final. With the stage being set, both the teams will do whatever it takes to take the trophy home.
India has always outclassed Pakistan in ICC tournaments, winning 13 games and failing to make it over the line for a mere 2 times. With stats by their side and the team being in good rhythm, Team India will enter the ground all guns blazing at the opposition giving them no chance to settle down and hopefully go on to lift the Champions Trophy for the second time on the trot.
Though the Pakistani Team looks a much weaker side as compared to India on paper, it has always been known to produce unexpected results defying all odds. After facing a 124-runs humiliating defeat against India in their opening encounter of Champions Trophy 2017 campaign, the team re-grouped and came back strong to upset South Africa, just went over the line in a nerve-wrecking clash against Sri Lanka and outplayed the favorites England in every department to seal their berth in the final.
The stage is set, the occasion is big, the expectations are high, the pressure is enormous, it’s the clash of the titans, it’s an Indo-Pak clash to decide the winners of the Champions Trophy 2017 and here are the 5 reasons why one should not miss this epic clash!
1) Team India without any doubt would like to continue their dominance over their Pakistani counterparts in ICC tournaments.
2) Virat Kohli will like to repeat MS Dhoni’s feat of lifting the trophy in his debut ICC Event as a captain.
3) On the other hand, Pakistan will play its heart out to outplay the Men In Blue and emerge victorious which would wipe off the humiliation caused to them via a series of defeats at the hands of the Indians in the recent past to some extent.
4) Winning the Champions Trophy will be instrumental for the dawn of a new era for Pakistan Cricket which is lagging way behind Indian Cricket in terms of spotting young talents and unhealthy political practices, inefficient Board Management adding to the coarse.
5) The atmosphere of an India-Pakistan match is breath-taking irrespective of where the match is being played.
Excited! Ain’t you?
So, let me know with whom, where and how will you watch the match in the comments section!