India, Pakistan players get along well but Gautam Gambhir not the friendliest: Shahid Afridi

The Supreme Court-appointed Committee of Administrators (CoA) has asked the BCCI to select the Indian team for the ICC Champions Trophy after a prolonged standoff with the world governing body over the revenue model.

The CoA has also assured Virat Kohli that India will get to defend the Champions Trophy which they won in 2013 and now it seems like it's a matter of time before the Indian team for the coveted tournament is made public.

With the air finally beginning to clear on India's particiption, the big talking point would be the much-awaited clash against Pakistan to be played at Edgbaston in a month's



time.

Former Pakistan skipper Shahid Afridi, in a column for the ICC, has said he was as excited as millions of fans around the world and looking forward to a "highly entertaining match between the two traditional rivals, who have a rich cricketing history between them."

India are yet to lose to Pakistan in either the World Cup or the World T20 but lost twice to their arch-rivals in the Champions Trophy - 2004 (Edgbaston) and 2009 (Centurion).

There is little doubt the Edgbaston game between India and Pakistan on June would be emotionally charged-up as all matches between the sub-continental powerhouses are.