When it became clear that India were going to meet Pakistan in the final as Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan and Virat Kohli tonked the ball around in the chase, the focus for the Indian fan would have immediately shifted to that big clash.
And most of that focus would have been gone into imagining how the final would go, and quite a few of them dreading Mohammad Amir, who should be fit to play in the final, Junaid Khan and Hasan Ali tearing the India batting lineup apart.
But then, look at the positive side, and how good a team India are, and things start to look a lot better.
Here is why India should (saying will would be too arrogant won't it, but let's save that for the headline) beat Pakistan in the ICC Champions Trophy 2017 final.
Batting: Look at the players topping the batting charts, and you will see Indians, Indians and more Indians, which just goes to show how dominant India's batting lineup has been.
Pakistan might have reached the final on the back of their bowling, but it should come as no surprise that the only time their bowlers failed was against India. Admittedly, it was their first match of the Champions Trophy, and confidence will make this lineup a different beast, but if there is a batting side capable of making this bowling unit look ordinary, it is India's.
Bowling: Usually, whenever India play Pakistan, the India fans will look at Pakistan's bowling lineup with envy. "Ah, if only we had a bowler remotely as good as Wasim Akram or Waqar Younis. Man, that Shoaib Akhtar can bowl fast and bowl well."
Look at the current bowling lineups, though, and there is very little to choose between them. Indeed, there could be a case made for India's being the more well-rounded unit.
You have Jasprit Bumrah and Bhuvneshwar Kumar with the new ball, as good a partnership as Mohammad Amir and Junaid Khan. And then you have two top-quality spinners in Ravindra Jadeja and R Ashwin, who, if they bowl to their potential, will be better than Imad Wasim and Shadab Khan.
Of course, there is no comparison between Hasan Ali and Hardik Pandya, but if India cope with the Hasan Ali threat well, they should negate this Pakistan bowling attack. The Pakistan batsmen, though, have more weapons to negotiate, and that could prove to be the difference in the end.
Fielding: In the first match between these two sides at Edgbaston, it was almost as if India and Pakistan were competing over who could field worse. At the end, it ended in a tie, but, again, if you look at the overall picture, India are definitely the better fielding side.
Yes, Pakistan have fielded well in their three wins, and yes, they have a lot of youngsters, who can dive around and make the spectacular look ordinary.
But, again, you look at the two fielding sides, and you naturally say India's is better, and in a final, where every single run is liquid gold, that run out, that ridiculous catch, that dive to stop a boundary could prove to be the different between you going up on that large podium and celebrating with the trophy or you ending up, wistfully, looking at all the celebrations around you and wondering, if only.
Captaincy: Sarfraz Ahmed has had a couple of good games as the captain, making the right changes, but Virat Kohli has certainly looked better over a longer period of time.
So, when it comes to the real pressure situations, when you need to make a decision that could make or break your team, you have have to back Kohli.
