India v Pakistan: 5 Battles to watch out for at Edgbaston

#2 Virat Kohli vs Hasan Ali

In 24 balls, Kohli has scored just 6 runs against Junaid Khan the Pakistani left-hand fast bowler. The Indian skipper has gotten out thrice to Junaid and now the numbers start looking alarming. Kohli had no answer to the pace and movement of Junaid during the winter of 2012. It comes as a strange decision that Junaid won’t be playing this encounter as he did not feature in the squad of 12 announced by Pakistan ahead of the game.

Hasan Ali who comes in for Junaid on Sunday. Hasan isn’t the conventional Pakistan bowler who relies more on pace but has very good variations which he has brought to effective use in his brief international career. Pakistan would want to surprise India with the 23-year-old since they have the tendency to be kind towards the newcomers.