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Watch cricket experts Ayaz Memon and Rohan Gavaskar preview the big India vs Pakistan clash in the ICC Champions Trophy today...

Good news folks, covers are coming off. We can expect a start soon.

Okay, forget everything I said before. I have good news. The match will start at 1630 IST and no overs have been lost.

50-run stand comes up between Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan in the 11th over.

FIFTY! Shadab Khan bowls it short and Rohit Sharma rocks back to pull it over mid-wicket. He gets to his 30th ODI half century in the process. He has been slow, but Rohit always begins in that fashion. Expect him to change gears soon.

FIFTY! This over from Wahab Riaz has been eventful (he was hit for three consecutive boundaries). First the 100-run stand came up between Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan. Then the southpaw drove one through covers for a brace to bring up his 18th half century.

OUT ! Would you believe it? The disciplined bowling didn't give the wickets. Amir's swing couldn't. Wahab's pace didn't too. Shadab bowled good leg breaks, but nah, a full toss which slipped from the leggie's hand does the job. Dhawan hits it straight to Azhar Ali at mid-wicket. He departs for a well-made 68. S Dhawan c Azhar Ali b Shadab Khan 68

50-run stand comes up between Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli after Rohit slams a four and six off Wahab Riaz's consecutive deliveries.

OUT! A wicket out of nowhere and it is partly due to Kohli's habit of stealing quick singles. The Indian captain often forgets that his partners don't run as fast as him. Kohli taps one to point and asks Rohit to come across, he does. The point fielder hurls a throw at striker's end and Sarfraz whips the bails off. Replays suggest that Rohit's bat was in air even if his bat was past the crease. He walks back dejected. Perhaps a blessing in disguise for India because Rohit had slowed down a bit. Yuvraj Singh is the new man in.

FIFTY! Kohli backs away and slap bats one over long on for a six. He's pumped up after that shot. This is 40th half century.

FIFTY ! Now Yuvraj Singh gets to the milestone with a top edged boundary over short fine leg. This is his 52nd fifty.

OUT! Successful review for Pakistan. Hasan bowls a yorker and Yuvraj tries to flick it only to miss it. The bowler goes up but the umpire doesn't think its out. Sarfraz takes a review and the replays show that there was no bat involved. It pitched in the line of the stumps too. Yuvraj has to depart.

Pakistan's target will be 324 runs in 48 overs (adjusted according to D/L method).

The rain has stopped and news is coming in that the play will resume at 1655 local time and 2125 IST. Will update the target and number of overs shortly. Stay tuned. Pakistan's target is 289 in 41 overs. It has started raining again. A day that promised so much is ending up to be so frustrating.

Phew! This has been a long, long day. The rain has stopped is what I am hearing now. Pakistan's target indeed would be 289 runs from 41 overs.

The D/L par scores, if there is no further rain till the 20th over, which is bare minimum to constitute a result, are 109/0, 116/1, 125/2, 137/3, 152/4

OUT! Bhuvi draws first blood. He angles in a length ball, around middle as Shehzad tries to flick it away. But the Pakistan opener fails to connect and the ball raps him on the pads. The Indian players start appealing and up comes the dreaded finger. Shehzad has a brief chat with Azhar and decides to not opt for the review. Babar Azam is the new man in.

OUT! A huge blow to Pakistan. Babar Azam is Pakistan's most ODI batsman. Umesh gives the breakthrough. He bowls a shortish delivery and keeps it outside off, Babar gets greedy and cuts it, albeit to Jadeja at point, who reverse cups it safely. Babar departs for 8. Mohammad Hafeez is the new man in.

FIFTY! Azhar Ali gets to the milestone with a single. It is his 10th half century.

OUT! Pakistan finally go for a shot and a wicket falls. Azhar Ali sweeps but only manages a top edge towards square leg and Hardik Pandya takes it easily. Jadeja gets his first wicket. Shoaib Malik is the new man in.

OUT! Sensational bit of fielding from Ravindra Jadeja. Malik taps a Umesh length delivery towards point and looks for a single. However Hafeez refused the run. Jadeja rushed towards the ball, collected the ball and scored a direct hit at the striker's end - all in one motion. Malik is miles outside the crease and the Indian players huddle around Jadeja to celebrate.

OUT! Jadeja seems to be everywhere today. Hafeez looks to sweep him over mid-wicket but fails. He gets the elevation but the connection wasn't there. Bhuvneshwar catches him in the deep.

OUT! Pakistan falling apart and the result is quite evident now. India will win this unless something dramatic happens. Imad drives Hardik straight to covers. Kedar Jadhav catches it and Imad walks back for a golden duck.

OUT! Hardik gets a second reward for his disciplined bowling. Sarfraz looks to guide one to third man but edges it to Dhoni. The Pakistan captain falls for 15. Pakistan need 138 runs off 69 balls.

OUT! Umesh Yadav takes his second wicket. Amir drives one straight to Kedar Jadhav at covers.

OUT! Umesh strikes twice in one over. Hasan flicks it uppishly towards mid-wicket and Dhawan takes an easy catch.

India defeat Pakistan by 124 runs as Pakistan's No 11 Wahab Riaz doesn't come out to bat. He injured his foot in the first innings and went off the field during the first innings itself.

Yuvraj Singh has been adjudged the Man of the Match for a blistering fifty late in the innings.

Yuvraj Singh has been adjudged the Man of the Match for a blistering fifty late in the innings.

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Seems a bit anal to be talking of run rates, but with the way rain has played spoilsport, there is always the possibility of a game or two being rained out and run rates entering the final calculations.

For India, two points on the board, and equally importantly, a run rate of +3.02 putting them, for the moment, right on top of the table ahead of South Africa, which also has two points but a run rate of +1.92.

After all those rain interruptions and uncertainties, India complete a thoroughly professional win, dominating with both bat and ball. With the bat, India went deep, a 72-run massacre in the last four overs getting the side well over where they wanted to be. With the ball, every one of the five regular bowlers bowled to their strengths and, barring Bumrah, the other four picked up wickets regularly to ensure that the word 'chase' was always a misnomer when used to describe the Pakistan innings. After the first Pakistan wicket fell, the match was pretty much a damp squib, with none of the electricity associated with India-Pak games.

Virat Kohli, India captain: We are right up there with the bat and the ball but not in the field. It was complete performance and took the momentum from the practice matches. We need tighten up our fielding though. All batsmen chipped in with runs. Shikhar and Rohit, last time we won here, the opening partnership was crucial. Rohit took some time going, but he's coming back from an injury, and international cricket is different to IPL and domestic cricket.Yuvi was outstanding and I was feeling a club cricketer in front of him. And Hardik, 18 off five balls, was outstanding. (On the decision to play only one spinner) They play spin really well, and most of them are right handers. In pressure situations, to have mid-on, mid-off up and hit hard lengths, gives us an advantage. Against other sides, we might use two spinners, depending on their strengths.

Pakistan captain, Sarfraz Ahmed: We were not upto the mark. We were in control upto 40 overs but we lost our way in the last few overs. I think we should try to control our bowling rate in the death overs.

Unless Pak cricket structure is totally revamped/reformed, despite an abundance of talent the gap between Pak & India will keep increasing

So, that brings an end to our coverage. Hope you enjoyed it as much as we did to bring it to you. The match wasn't that exciting but it had its moments. Anyways, the Champions Trophy coverage will continue. Tomorrow Australia take on Bangladesh. Do join us for that match. For now its good bye and take care.

Preview Saddled by off-field distractions, defending champions India will look to start their 2017 ICC Champions Trophy campaign on a high when they take on arch-rivals Pakistan in a Group B encounter at the Edgbaston Cricket Ground in Edgbaston on Sunday.

The Indian team have brought with themselves a cloud of discontent within the dressing room to English shores, as news of skipper Virat Kohli and a few other senior players not being on the same page with head coach Anil Kumble spread like wildfire.

Speculation had been rife ever since the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) chose not to automatically extend the tenure of Kumble, choosing instead to advertise the position on their website on 25 May.

As it has emerged now, the decision was made following feedback from Kohli about Kumble's coaching method, which he is said to have described as "intimidating".

The legendary Indian leg-spinner, who has not put a foot wrong since being appointed as the coach, will see out his contract at the end of the eight-team tournament.

But what takes the attention away from the field where India have looked so good in the two warm-up matches against New Zealand and Bangladesh, is the fact that the Cricket Advisory Committee (CAC) comprising Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly and VVS. Laxman will start looking for new names in London itself.

Though acting BCCI secretary Amitabh Choudhary has tried hard to bury the hatchet by saying that there is no conflict between captain and coach, and Kumble giving Kohli throwdowns at nets on Friday in front of media persons, the hornet's nest has surely been stirred.

The Supreme Court-appointed Committee of Administrators (CoA) member Ramachandra Guha resigned from his post virtually confirming the frosty relations between Kumble and Kohli.

To make matters worse, in a letter to CoA head Vinod Rai, renowned historian Guha resigned from the four-member panel further highlighting the rift between CoA and the BCCI.

Coming to the much-awaited cricket match, millions of supporters are expected to tune in and watch the teams fight for national pride at Edgbaston on Sunday.

Due to diplomatic tensions between India and Pakistan, the two teams rarely lock horns against each other barring an International Cricket Council (ICC) event, and the hotly fought battle has over the years drawn a wide range of audience.

For almost 18 years, wars stood in between the two outfits playing each other in a bilateral series until the ice was broken in 1978, but even today matches are few and far between.

The two sides have not played a bilateral series since 2012-2013, and India have refused to juggle with the idea without an end to "cross border terrorism", which essentially means militant incursions along the disputed Kashmir border.

Not only will a victory for either side mean taking a huge step towards the semi-finals in a four-team group which also has Sri Lanka and South Africa, it will also be a diplomatic point-scoring in terms of the stand-off between the two parties.

On the pitch, India would go into the tie as favourites, as former Pakistan skipper Shahid Afridi has also said -- not only because of their emphatic 45 and 240 -run wins in the two warm-up games, but because the opposition doesn't smell the same anymore.

Pakistan just made it to the Champions Trophy as the eighth and final nation ahead of the West Indies, who missed the bus.

Newly-appointed skipper Sarfraz Ahmed will face his stiffest test yet, leading an unfancied Pakistan who have to overcome serious batting deficiencies to be competitive following their struggles in the one-day format in recent years.

Missing the services of explosive opener Sharjeel Khan, who is currently facing a tribunal for spot-fixing and could face a life ban if found guilty, and Umar Akmal, booted out of the squad and sent home for failing two fitness tests; Pakistan will depend heavily on veteran Shoaib Malik and all-rounder Imad Wasim.

For India, it remains to be seen whether seasoned campaigner Yuvraj Singh, who has just recovered from viral fever, is pencilled in the playing XI.

Kohli can depend on his bowling to fire, as the likes of fit-again Mohammed Shami, Umesh Yadav, Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Jasprit Bumrah look in great shape.

Squads:

India: Virat Kohli (Captain), Mahendra singh Dhoni (WK), Rohit Sharma, Ajinkya Rahane, Shikhar Dhawan, Kedar Jadhav, Yuvraj Singh, Mohammed Shami, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Jasprit Bumrah, Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Umesh Yadav, Dinesh Karthik (WK), Hardik Pandya.

Pakistan: Sarfraz Ahmed (Captain & WK), Ahmed Shehzad, Azhar Ali, Babar Azam, Faheem Ashraf, Fakhar Zaman, Haris Sohail, Hasan Ali, Imad Wasim, Junaid Khan, Mohammad Amir, Mohammad Hafeez, Shadab Khan, Shoaib Malik, Wahab Riaz.

With inputs from IANS