ICC World Cup 2019: Match 22, India vs Pakistan — Weather forecast | Hourly temperature and chances of rain

The much anticipated India-Pakistan clash in the 2019 World Cup is all set to be spoiled by the Manchester Weather on Sunday. The last ten days have been extremely tough for the competition with as many as four matches getting called off and the Indo-Pak face-off could also join the list. The forecast of the Old Trafford in Manchester suggests the possibility of showers all the afternoon and also in the late evening. This could be enough for Pakistan to gain their first points in a CWC game against India.

The spotlight will be under Virat Kohli who has an impeccable batting average of 85.4 across the seven Indian victories in the ODI format against Pakistan. The Indian skipper scored 427 runs with two centuries including his highest ODI score of 183 in those seven outings. However, in the five ODI defeats against the arch-rivals, the No.1 ODI batsman has aggregated only 32 runs at an average of 6.4 with four single-digit scores.

Pakistan will once again target India’s main man whose early dismissal would be 50% of the game being in their hands. Kohli did show his domination over the neighbouring nation in the ICC events as well. Across nine innings in the World Cup, T20 WC and Champions Trophy, Kohli aggregated 409 runs with help of a hundred and three fifties. His average reads 102.25 and rises to 194 if only the scores in the wins are considered.

Virat Kohli, till date, is the only Indian to score a century in ICC events against Pakistan. The fact might stay alive given the chances of a full game on Sunday. The scheduled start of the game is 10:30 AM local time but light to heavy showers are predicted between 11 AM and 3 PM. In this case, a game with a maximum of 35 overs-a-side could be possible.

However, the forecast for the evening isn’t promising either. Light showers are expected from 5 PM until 8 PM which is past the cut off time to complete the match. But there is a significant change in the weather forecast by every passing day. The fans on either side of the border would be hoping that the weather gods show some mercy for this anticipated game.