Number-1 team Pakistan has two major weaknesses, if Team India gets injured then the win is over.

New Delhi. Pakistan will take on India in their second match of the Asia Cup with the status of No.1 ODI team. Pakistan has also started the Asia Cup with a great win. Babar Azam’s army defeated Nepal by a huge margin of 238 runs in the first match. Babar and Iftikhar Ahmed scored centuries in this match. Shaheen Afridi and Shadab Khan also shone in bowling. Perhaps this is the reason why Pakistan announced their playing XI for the match against India 24 hours before.

Even though Pakistan team has become number-1 in ODIs, their recent ODI record is also excellent. Pakistan have won 8 of the last 9 ODIs. But when it comes to facing India, the game changes. India have beaten Pakistan in 4 out of the last five ODIs and even though Pakistan is the best ODI team, there are two weaknesses in this team which Team India can attack to maintain their winning streak.

Pakistan’s batting is dependent on Babar.
Pakistan’s first weakness is that its batting is completely dependent on Babar Azam. Babar’s bat better speak, otherwise the Pakistan team will stumble. The same was seen against Nepal. Both Fakhar Zaman and Imam-ul-Haq were flops. Pakistan scored more than 300 runs based on Babar’s century. It means that Team India will have to hurt Babar as well. If Pakistan’s captain gets out early, the match could be in hand. As Fakhar Zaman is out of form and Mohammad Rizwan will face India for the first time in ODIs. His recent form has not been very good.

Pakistan’s middle order is weak
The condition of Pakistan’s middle order is also similar to that of India. Iftikhar Ahmed may have scored a century against Nepal but it will not be easy for him to score runs against a good bowling team. Pakistan’s middle order was seen struggling in the ODI series against Afghanistan last month. That means, if India include batsmen like Babar and Imam cheaply, Pakistan’s batting can fall apart.

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Pakistan’s bowling is also a weak link.
Pakistan currently has the best bowling line-up in the world. The team has three strong fast bowlers in the form of Shaheen Afridi, Naseem Shah and Haris Rauf. If we talk about the spinner, Shadab Khan is also great. Taking 4 wickets against Nepal, he has shown what he can do if given a little help from the pitch. But the fifth bowler is Pakistan’s weakness and India will have to attack this.

A decision should not fall heavily on Team India, Pakistan is not the ‘biggest predator’, how will it give water to its neighbour?

Team India can attack Nawaz
Left arm spinner Mohammad Nawaz will play as the 5th bowler. It was Mohammad Nawaz who bowled the last over against India in the T20 World Cup last year and Virat Kohli put him under pressure with a six. Due to this pressure, he also bowled 2 wides in the final over. That is the weakness of Nawaz’s bowling, which Team India can attack and make the match.

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