Pakistan selectors has announced their one day squad for high profile 3 match series against bitter rivals India staring from 30th December. Misbah has returned to lead the team but all rounder Shahid Afridi has been dropped from ODI squad.Younus Khan, Haris Sohail, Wahab Riaz and Zulfiqar Babar found place whileShoaib Malik, Abdur Rehman, Aizaz Cheema and Sohail Tanveer left out.
Find the complete player list of Pakistan team for ODI series against India.
Pakistan ODI Team/Squad:
Misbah-ul-Haq (Cap)
Nasir Jamshed
Mohammad Hafeez
Imran Farhat
Umar Akmal
Azhar Ali
Younis Khan
Haris Sohail
Kamran Akmal
Saeed Ajmal
Wahab Riaz
Junaid Khan
Umar
Gul
Anwar Ali
Zulfiqar Babar
After the gap of 5 years bitter rivals India and Pakistan will play their first bilateral series of 2 T20 nad 3 ODIs starting from 25th December, 2012. Tour will start with T20 followed by 3 ODI's starting from 25th to 6th January, 2013.
Find the complete schedule of 2012/13 Pakistan tour of India.
2012 India vs Pakistan T20 Series:
Tuesday, 25th December, 2012
1st T20: Day/Night
Venue: M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
Timing: 13:30 GMT, 19:00 IST
Friday, 28th December, 2012
2nd T20: Day/Night
Venue: Sardar Patel Stadium, Motera, Ahmedabad
Timing: 13:30 GMT, 19:00 IST
2012/13 India vs Pakistan ODI Series:
Sunday, 30th December, 2012
1st ODI: Day
Venue: MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai
Timing: 3:30 GMT, 9:00 IST
Thursday, 3rd January, 2013
2nd ODI: Day/Night
Venue: Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Timing: 6:30 GMT, 12:00 IST
Sunday, 6th January, 2013
3rd ODI: Day/Night
Venue: Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
Timing: 6:30 GMT, 12:00 IST
Fourth and final test match between host India and England will be played between Thursday, 13th December, 2012 at Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur, starting from 04:00 GMT, 9:30 IST. England leading the 4 match series by 2-1.
India will be under great pressure after back to back loss and they have to win this match to level the series which they planned to win by 4-0 before the start of the series. They have dropped Bhajji, Zaheer and Yuvi. All rounder Jadeja or Chawla may play along with Ajinkya Rahane who can bat at no.6. Entire team need to perform well to clinch a win.
England will be high on confidence after 2 consecutive wins. Alaister Cook is in great form already hit 3 centuries and if he continues with his form they can easily win the series. Swann and Panesar are doing magic with the ball which their counter art was unable to do.
Indian Playing 11 for 4th Test at Nagpur:
Virender Sehwag,
Gautam Gambhir, Sachin Tendulkar, Virat Kohli, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane, MS Dhoni (c/wk), Ashok Dinda, Ravichandran Ashwin,
Pragyan Ojha, Piyush Chawla/Ravinder Jadeja
England Playing 11 for 4th Test at Nagpur:
Alastair Cook
(c), Nick Compton, Kevin Pietersen, Ian Bell, Eoin Morgan, Jonathan
Trott, Matt Prior (wk), Steven Finn, James Anderson, Graeme Swann, Monty Panesar
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India v England 4th Test 2011 Live Score
Third test match between host India and England will be played between Wednesday, 5th December to Sunday, 9th December, 2012 at famous Eden Gardens Kolkata and the game will start from 04:00 GMT, 9:30 IST. Four match series is currently level at 1-1 after 2 games.
India lost the second match by 10 wickets and will be under pressure for this game and responsibility will be big names like Sehwag, Gambhir, Tendulkar who is totally out of form long time and if he will not perform critics will call for his retirement. Indian bowlers specially spinners has to do well to make opposition under pressure.
England will be really on high after crushing win on turning pitch as they played really well to out perform host in all department. Cook and Pietersen are in great form and if they will continue they can repeat the result. Swann and Panesar did which indian spinners couldn't and their performance will be key.
Indian Playing 11 for 3rd Test at Eden Gardens:
Virender Sehwag,
Gautam Gambhir, Sachin Tendulkar, Virat Kohli, Cheteshwar Pujara, Yuvraj
Singh, MS Dhoni (c/wk), Zaheer Khan, Ravichandran Ashwin,
Pragyan Ojha, Harbhajan Singh
England Playing 11 for 3rd Test at Eden Gardens:
Alastair Cook
(c), Nick Compton, Kevin Pietersen, Ian Bell, Eoin Morgan, Jonathan
Trott, Matt Prior (wk), Steven Finn, James Anderson, Graeme Swann, Monty Panesar
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India v England 3rd Test 2011 Live Score