It is India vs Pakistan in the finals of Champions Trophy Finals. The former World Cup winning captain, Imran Khan said Pakistan cricket team has got a golden opportunity in the ICC Champions Trophy final to avenge its humiliating defeat to Indian cricket team in their first match of the tournament.

“I think we have got a great chance to restore our pride in the final because of the way we lost the first match to India,” he said.

“It was humiliating how badly we lost that match and we can turn things around now,” he added.

Imran cautioned Pakistan captain, Sarfraz Ahmed to not put India into bat first if he wins the toss in the final.

“India has a very good batting line-up and if they put up a big total it will bring pressure on us. The strategy of fielding first against other teams has worked well for Sarfraz against other teams as the spinners throttled the opposition in the middle overs and Hassan Ali bowled really impressively,” he said.

But he warned against India in the big final, Pakistan needed to bat first.

“India has a strong batting and if they put up a big total it will mean double pressure for us. I mean the pressure on our bowlers and the pressure of keeping up with the run-rate on the scoreboard.Our real strength is our bowling and we must bat first if we win the toss. Our batting is not that good our bowling is better,” he said.

Imran also praised the captaincy of Sarfraz Ahmed.”I am really impressed to see that Sarfraz has turned out to be such a bold captain,” Imran said.