Ind vs Pak 2019: Take a look at these memes by various Celebrities

Lucknow: One of the most awaited match in the history, India vs Pakistan, is just about to begin within few hours and the fans from all around the globe have gripped into cricket fervor.

Tickets were sold out for the match within minutes of the opening of ticket window. Some of them are reportedly being resold at a cost of upto Rs 60,000. There is arguably no bigger event in world cricket at the moment than a meeting between the arch-rivals and neighbours.

India-Pakistan World Cup clashes are among the most-watched cricket games in the history of the sport. The 2011 World Cup semi-final still is the second most watched cricket game with a reported 495 million viewers only behind the Mumbai final between India and Sri Lanka (558 million).

Weather prediction for Sunday in Manchester might have given travelling fans a sleepless night. Back home, even the most optimistic fans would have worked on a few back-up plans for Sunday evening.

Light showers are predicted in the second half of the match but the main concern is over the condition of the Old Trafford turf due to the rainfall in the days leading up to the India-Pakistan match.

Former Pakistan pacer Shoaib Akhtar expects rain to play spoilsport in the much-anticipated clash of ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 between India and Pakistan in Manchester on Sunday. Akhtar took to social media to crack a rain joke even as millions of fans across the globe are hoping the Manchester rain gods show some mercy on the big day.

Akhtar tweeted an edited image of Virat Kohli and Sarfaraz Ahmed swimming their way back to the pavilion after the toss at a flooded Old Trafford on Sunday. The match officials, in the photo that has gone viral on social media, can be seen standing on a boat.

https://twitter.com/shoaib100mph/status/1139488182150582273

Rishi Kapoor, known for his witty take on events and is currently stationed in New York, on Friday, posted a re-imagined version of the ICC World Cup trophy, keeping in mind how the tournament is progressing, amidst rain and fury of fans. Kapoor shared an image of a gold-plated, inverted umbrella and wrote on his Twitter handle, "The new ICC Cricket World Cup design".

https://twitter.com/chintskap/status/1139515428898856961

Actor and music artist Ali Zafar also posted an image from one of his films that shows him looking up in the sky. He used this to poke fun at ICC and the World Cup enthusiasts.

https://twitter.com/AliZafarsays/status/1139968546937724928

https://twitter.com/ashwanikumarp12/status/1139859856678981632

https://twitter.com/newshungree/status/1139874298418479105

https://twitter.com/kartikeyapareek/status/1139821089167568897

https://twitter.com/kartikeyapareek/status/1139816233245614080

https://twitter.com/iamjagriti_/status/1140093117561024512

While India holds a dominant 6-0 win-loss record against Pakistan in World Cup history, Pakistan are still way ahead of India with 73 victories to India's 54.