close 9th over: India 37-0 (Rohit 24, Dhawan 11) Hasan Ali replaces Mohammad Amir, who bowled a fine spell of 4-1-14-0.
close 8th over: India 32-0 (Rohit 20, Dhawan 11) The sky has darkened dramatically in the last ten minutes, so don’t be surprised if rain stops play at some stage.
close Mohammad Amir will bowl the first over to the brilliant pair of Rohit Sharma - whose ODI scores include 264, 209, 171 and 150 - and Shikhar Dhawan, the Player of the Tournament in the last Champions Trophy four years ago.
India Dhawan, Rohit, Kohli (c), Yuvraj, Dhoni (wk), Jadhav, Pandya, Jadeja, Kumar, Yadav, Bumrah.
The defending champions India are strong favourites: they have a spectacular record against Pakistan in global tournaments and are a more modern, accomplished ODI side.
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