A 10-point guide to the big clash at Edgbaston as India locks horns with arch-rival Pakistan in their Champions Trophy opener.
- These teams have three wins apiece in their last six ODI encounters, with their last meeting coming at the 2015 World Cup (India won by 76 runs).
- This will be the fourth Champions Trophy game between these two, with Pakistan winning two of the previous three.
- Including this fixture, three of their four Champions Trophy matches have been hosted at Edgbaston.
- India has won its last three matches at Edgbaston, twice against England and once against Pakistan; its last defeat at the Birmingham venue coming in 2007.
- Going into this event, India had a 71 per cent win rate in the Champions Trophy, the best of any side, this despite making it out of the group stage just once in its last four attempts.
- India has won seven of the nine matches played against Pakistan across the World Cup and Champions Trophy (L2).
- Ravichandran Ashwin needs five wickets to reach 150 in ODIs, he will be the 13th man to achieve this for India if he manages it.
- Since the start of 2016, Virat Kohli has hit 924 ODI runs at an average of 84; the best average of anyone to bat in 5+ innings in that timeframe.
- If MS Dhoni bats in this match it will be his 250th ODI innings (246 for India, 3 for Asia XI), he is one of just five players to have scored 5,000 ODI runs and averaged 50+ (de Villiers, Bevan, Kohli, Amla).
- Dhoni has averaged 58.4 across his 29 ODI innings against Pakistan; only one man (AB de Villiers) has a better rate against them (20+ innings).
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