Secondly, it wouldn't be fun going to the next stage of the competition without Pakistan and hence ICC would want too that Pakistan can beat India and remain in the competition.
Since you say that there is possibility that ICC match fixed this Pak vs USA match to promote cricket in USA, and it definitely seems to have worked looking at social media. /s
You cannot be sure if that match was fixed or not because Pakistan has the habit for unpredictability so even if the match was fixed, everyone will keep the focus on that they are unpredictable and can perform worse against any team on any day.
I think the result of todays match will tell us the exact story as of what is going on. If Pakistan loses today (they are out of the competition) and it will proof that the match with USA was not fixed.
However, if Pakistan won today's match, this would mean Pakistan will remain in the competition, India may meet Pakistan again in the next stage of the competition and then India will trash Pakistan later (making it a perfect scenario for the ICC)
India, with the form they are in, they could not lose today, if they loses, then you can understand whats going on
I was being sarcastic, as the '/s' at end of sentence implied, but you never know
NGL this WC schedule makes it very hard to follow any match and they fixed 4 matches today, blame the timezone I guess.
Yeah, I dislike the schedule too, they could have run tournament bit longer with 2 matches max a day. People who are passionate will watch the match anyway, irrespective of the time of broadcast. This hectic schedule also makes matches harder to discuss, and some low tier matches get completely overshadowed by hyped clash of the day, as in Australia vs England yesterday and India vs Pakistan today.