Rain stops play in Indo-Pak tie

Rain interrupted play in the Champions Trophy match between India and Pakistan at Birmingham on Saturday.

At the break, Pakistan batting first, had scored 70 for three wickets.

Earlier, Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoti said with rain forecasted, he was happier chasing.

Misbah said he expected the wicket gets slower, which could work in Pakistan's favour.

Indian side remained unchanged but Pakistan have made one change as out-of-form Imran Farhat for promising Asad Shafiq.

Tickets for the match were sold out in 30 minutes in April this year.

Birmingham is the second most populous city outside of London. The city is home to a chunky mass of Asian expats whose voracious appetite for cricket has always seen Edgbaston wearing its prettiest frock when India and Pakistan play.

Teams (from):

India: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (capt), Ravichandran Ashwin, Shikhar Dhawan, Ravindra Jadeja, Dinesh Karthik, Virat Kohli, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Amit Mishra, Irfan Pathan, Suresh Raina, Ishant Sharma, Rohit Sharma, Murali Vijay, Vinay Kumar, Umesh Yadav.

Pakistan: Misbah-ul-Haq (capt), Nasir Jamshed, Mohammad Hafeez, Imran Farhat, Kamran Akmal, Shoaib Malik, Asad Shafiq, Saeed Ajmal, Junaid Khan, M. Irfan, Asad Ali, Wahab Riaz, Umer Amin, Abdul Rehman, Ehsan Adil.

Match starts 3pm (IST).