And, just like England was outplayed by Pakistan in the first semifinal, Bangladesh was outclassed by India at Edgbaston. Sarfraz Ahmed's team received a shellacking in the group stage - and India are now 4/9 with Bet365 to lift the trophy - but Pakistan are perhaps worth a bob or two at 7/4.
India have beaten Pakistan in all three sudden-death meetings but with Mohammad Amir expected to be available again after the back spasm which ruled him out of the last-four clash against England in Cardiff, Azhar's hopes are high.
"We've got nothing to lose - the pressure is more on them", Azhar told reporters at the Oval on Friday. "We will have to work on it in the next game". "I am really proud of you", Harbhajan said.
It was evident in part-time off-spinner Jadhav effecting twin dismissals of set batsmen like Tamim Iqbal and Mushfiqur Rahim, which played a big role in India's convincing nine- wicket victory.
"It felt like a practice game to be honest".
"May be quality and skill-wise we are not lacking but you need to get mentally tougher as to what needs to be done in big matches like these".
"And there will be days, when you score a zero and you feel great on the day as you have won a game of cricket".
"After the India match, we just motivated the guys", he said.
But, he insisted that his team never takes anything for granted.
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"We played some really good cricket".
"We have repeated these mistakes often in big matches".
Mortaza was the only bowler to take a wicket. "Hopefully the results will be in our favour", he added.
"I've been very impressed", said Kohli. "Credit to him", Kohli had said after the match. Obviously to reach the finals you have to play some good cricket.
Kohli thrilled a largely partisan crowd as he went passed 8,000 ODI runs and wrapped up victory with a little under 10 overs to spare, though he was unfazed at missing out on a ton.
But Kohli's respect for the way Pakistan had hauled themselves off the canvas was evident. So as long as I enjoy it, I'll keep playing. I know I am just asking you considering that this dressing room looks up to you. "So I am pretty happy getting the team across the line, honestly", there was a sense of satisfaction in his voice as he replied to the query. He applied himself really well. Wicket was brilliant. I kept telling myself to bat as much as possible.
Kohli was thrilled to advance to the final, and said: "Another complete game".
The India skipper was all praise for Dhawan. We're taking it as any other game, I know that's boring but that's our mindset.
Team Bangladesh was doing really well in the starting and it was getting hard for fans to predict the winning team but Virat Kohli took a game-changing decision with the help of MS Dhoni.
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