5 points that give hope to Pakistan in David-versus-Goliath clash with India
There is no new way of doing this. The situation is as it ever was. The details are so clear they barely qualify as details.
On one hand is India, a true Goliath, a juggernaut, the tormentor in chief and led by arguably the greatest player of this generation. They have won two of their three games and would have won the one they didn't as well, had weather been more facilitating.
On the other hand is Pakistan, a feeble, creaking side with just one win in their last three of the World Cup and last 12 ODIs overall. The only side below them on points table are the winless Afghanistan.
Then there is the World Cup specific head-to-head history. There is no point revisiting how India have won all six. That's been discussed to death.
So how do you analyse this scenario and how do you do it in a way so there appears a glimmer of hope for our beloved? Chew on this: