"It is always difficult to make predictions on a Indo-Pak game so I will say most of the time it is a 50-50 situation for both sides before a match," former captain Aamir Sohail said.
"No doubt India have a very strong and in-form batting side at the moment, but Pakistan's strength is its in-form bowlers and I think they will enjoy bowling at Edgbaston so it is a even situation," Sohail added.
"I say 50-50 because both teams always play against each other with a special spirit and our players know the big difference of returning home after beating India and returning home after losing to them," he said.
Sohail also praised the batting of Indian opener Shikhar Dhawan saying he was the sort of a player who didn't allow bowlers to dominate.
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Another former captain, Zaheer Abbas, hoped the Pakistani batsmen would rise to the occasion.
"In England you need to bat yourself in you can't just come and start playing your shots straightaway," Abbas, who played for a number of years in English county cricket, said.