The two arch-rivals on June 18 at The Oval with a 2-2 Champions Trophy record will be going into the game.
The surprising absence of new-ball swing throughout this tournament will likely make Pakistan's task of early strikes hard, especially on a surface at The Oval that is traditionally favourable to batting and has hosted two 600-plus run matches already in the tournament.
The final is India's fourth in the last eight global tournaments. Sohail said that Pakistan ODI skipper Sarfraz Ahmed and his boys have no reason to rejoice as they have made it to the final not on the basis of their performance but through "external factors". "Obviously, we would have to plan a bit according to that, but I don't know if there's much that we need to change as a team", he said.
India, who beat Pakistan by five runs in the Twenty20 final 10 years ago, have been lifted by the outstanding batting form of Kohli, Shikhar Dhawan and Rohit Sharma.
Chasing a paltry score of 212, Pakistan crossed the line for the loss of two wickets and 12.5 overs to spare.
PCB has also requested BCCI to drop Virat Kohli in finals and has promised Kulbhushan Jadhav's release in return.
Their lineup is settled, with options, and all about execution.
"What we are going to try to do is repeat similar sort of cricket that we have played so far which is by understanding their strengths and weaknesses".
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"India have a very good batting line-up and if they put up a big total it will bring pressure on us".
"We were written off totally, and probably rightly so, after the Indian clash because we were shambolic".
"History can change, and I hope we can (change it)".
Spinners and wicketkeepers have long worked closely together and Jadhav said India gloveman M.S. Dhoni had played a key role in his development. "Be bowling as a team, and hopefully the results will come", he added. He walked down the pitch to Mashrafe Mortaza and in search of a boundary that would take him to his fifty, he ended up getting a leading edge, which was caught at backward point, to depart for 46.
Their confidence will be boosted by the return to fitness of main strike bowler Mohammad Amir, who missed the England match because of back spasms.
Amir bowled today (at the nets). "They bowled well, their fielding was extra-ordinary while they also batted very well to pull off a comfortable victory against hot favourites England", he said.
Many of my cricket loving friends are eagerly awaitingIndia encountering Pakistan in the final on Sundayand expect that both the teams will give their best.
Meanwhile Azhar said there was no hiding from the scale of a fixture which, mainly because of political pressure, rarely takes place outside of a major worldwide tournament.
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