India Vs SriLanka ... ICC World Cup Final on 2nd April

[Sohaib]

Re: India Vs SriLanka … ICC World Cup Final on 2nd April

@GoldenAsif

Not just batting but chasing esp. is Pakistan’s biggest problem. Had Sri Lanka batted first in that game (against Pakistan), it w’d have been a different ball game altogether. They would have made 260-280 and we would have lost the game for sure. Mind you they (266) still almost beat us chasing a formidable 277. So Sri Lanka still the better team than Pakistan for me.

Chasing anything over 270 is never easy esp. in the ultimate pressure game, a world cup final and india got there comfortably in the end winning by 6 wickets and despite the early loss of Sehwag and Sachin. Not many teams can do that

You are presenting a hypothetical situation. Pakistan have been notorious chasers but they have improved a lot. (chasing against Saffies, NZL, England). And by the same token, India may well have struggled badly chasing against a more potent attack in pakistan than they did against mediocre SL and Australians attacks.