Well done Vishnu.
I thought it would be hard to win today after the match started but anyway, England bowlers specially Jofra Archer was incredible.
Proteas batsmen gave up easily against English bowlers, like royse mentioned "Jofra Archer is the X-factor of English team" I was rooting for English team to win comfortably but didn't expected South African batsmen to perform that bad on good pitch and against very par score.
Within last 3 ODI, Pakistan won 2 while West Indies 1. Although stats are only act as record, I believe, on world cup, history most of the time repeats itself. From that case, I think West Indies will win.
Pak team not looking good tbh. They lost too many matches in recent time despite crossing 300 runs. So here bowling department causing trouble for them in English wickets.
In the bowling department would love to see Mohammad Amir in the squad and it would be interesting to see coach and captain's choice for the opening match.
Amir+ Wahab Riaz = experience or
Shaheen Afridi with Amir= young gun + experience, it's my choice for today
Hasan Ali spot is fixed in the squad
Shadab khan can handle spin department with Imad Wasim or (Hafiz, if he makes into a team)
Pakistan top 3 are performing good so far, Babar Azam is playing exceptionally well. he's a backbone in this batting line up.
On the other side, Windies will rely on their explosive batting line up ( enough said ), if they click then its Chaos in Nottingham if not then watch out for average performance.
Both teams are unpredictable, Windies is with their batting, and well Pakistan earned this tag for a reason. It looks like We can expect another 300+ runs score here. Its seems norm and average score now
I chose Pakistan today only because of hope and wishing that the bowling department will win the day for Pakistan.