Pakistan openers Sameer Minhas and Hamza Zahoor have their task cut out as they walk out to open the batting.
Pakistan won't take anything less than a big victory to qualify for the semi-final. A consolation victory against India won't mean anything to them.
For India, the key focus will be to keep boundaries down in the Powerplay.
R S Ambrish opens the bowling for India. Zahoor gets off the mark with a single off the second ball before Minhas slashes the next ball past point for a four to get off the mark in style.
Ambrish gets closer to the stumps as Minhas can only keep out the last three balls.
Pacer Henil Patel from the other end. Zahoor plays a confident pull shot easily clearing the fielder at midwicket for a four.
Two balls later, he plays a nice flick through square leg for another boundary followed by a wide.
He is lucky off the fifth ball as the thick inside edge narrowly misses the stumps and goes past the wicketkeeper for the third four of the over.
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