Australia will win the ODI, and why Pakistan is fine with that.
Australia seems to have caught the black plague, suffering one of its longest ODI losing streaks, stretching all the way back to its last ODI win in January of 2017 against Pakistan, obviously. And in their current Indian tour, seem to be on the losing side of 2-0. But streaks are meant to be broken.
Pakistan on the other hand is betting on Australia maintaining its plague; not only are its star players tired out right after PSL, as put by Inzamam-ul-Haq, “I don’t think players should play for that long. So, I am resting those who are under a lot of stress from the last five months and playing in all three formats. If you enter in any event, I have a strong belief that you should go in with fresh legs, fresh minds, instead of having injuries like stiff backs, shoulder injury, elbow problem or hamstring injury. I don’t think we should enter such a big tournament like this. We must enter in the tournament with players who are 100 percent fit and fresh both physically and mentally. Within two months of time, starting from England series, we have to play around 20 to 21 games and it will be a hectic outing to England including practice matches.”
The team also seems to be focusing on the world cup series, resting players: Sarfaraz Ahmed, Fakhar Zaman, Shadab Khan, Hasan Ali, Babar Azam and Shaheen Shah Afridi. Mohammed Hafeez can also be seen on the sidelines, on account of the thumb injury that was afflicted during the PSL tournament. The Pakistan cricket team seem hopeful in his recovery within an eight-week period. His replacement, Umar Akmal along with his great form in this year’s PSL could reach for a comeback, even though their up against a heavy weight in the ODI’s but as per statistical data is showing their bound to win or at the very least provide a pump up match for Shoaib Malik and many of the comebacks in these matches. You would think that….
Enters Australia, turning the tables, 3-2 against India, breaking their streak with morale boosting sky high. With monsters such as Ashton Turner, chasing more than 350 runs in the 4th ODI against India, Adam Zampa, Jhye Richardson and Pat Cummins.
In light of this new information, Iqbal kei Shaheens are still placing al their bets on the current team they have and still resting their star players. Sufficed to say, it would be safe to bet on Australia winning. But then again, Hasan Ali is a record breaker, may be he can be a Qantas breaker as well.
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