Pakistan vs England
The 44th match of the ODI World Cup 2023 will be played between Pakistan and England at the Eden Gardens ground in Kolkata. Even though Pakistan is still in the race to reach the semi-finals, it will have to win this match against England by more than 280 runs. Achieving this impossible target is not at all easy for the Pakistani team. However, on the other hand, if we look at the performance of defending champions England, it was not at all as expected. In such a situation, the team will try to bid farewell to the mega event with victory and will also ensure its place in the Champions Trophy to be held in the year 2025.
Who will dominate the Eden Gardens pitch?
This important match between Pakistan and England will be played at the Eden Gardens ground in Kolkata. So far, 3 matches have been played here in this World Cup, in which only the Indian team, batting first, was successful in crossing the 300-run mark. Whereas in 2 out of these 3 matches, the team batting first had won. While chasing the target, Pakistan won its match against Bangladesh. Due to the slow pitch here, the dominance of spin bowlers can be seen.
head to head record
If we look at the head to head record between the two teams against each other, 91 ODI matches have been played between Pakistan and England so far, in which England has won 56 matches, while Pakistan team has won only 32 matches. Has been successful in achieving. If we look at the record of both the teams against each other in the World Cup, then out of 10 matches, England has won five while Pakistan has won four matches, while the result of one match could not be achieved.
See here the possible playing eleven of both the teams
Pakistan : Abdullah Shafiq, Fakhar Zaman, Babar Azam (captain), Mohammad Rizwan (wicketkeeper), Saud Shakeel, Iftikhar Ahmed, Salman Ali Aga, Hasan Ali, Shaheen Afridi, Mohammad Wasim Jr., Haris Rauf.
England : Jonny Bairstow, Dawid Malan, Joe Root, Ben Stokes, Harry Brook, Jos Buttler (c, wk), Moeen Ali, Chris Woakes, David Willey, Gus Atkinson, Adil Rashid.
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