Lahore, Sep 24: Indian and Pakistani bookies are favouring Pakistan in the Twenty20 World Cup final match to be played in Johannesburg today.

The total number of bets of over 500 million rupees received by the Mumbai bookmakers by Sunday night favours Pakistan, the Daily Times reported.

Bookies are expected to receive more bets later in the day, it added.

On the other hand, Pakistani bookmakers have received bets worth three billion rupees by Sunday night.

Earlier, the opening bet rate for the Pakistan cricket team was 90 paise, which declined later to 60 paise. (With Inputs from ANI)