ICC T20 World Cup 2022: India vs Pakistan match preview

India vs Pakistan has always been one of the most anticipated matches. The two teams meet each other only at global forms and fans of both sides always remain excited. Tomorrow, on October 23, India’s set to clash against Pakistan in T20 World Cup 2022. Sadly, there’s no confirmation, if the match will take place due to the chances of rain in Melbourne.

India and Pakistan have played a total of 11 T20Is where the men in blue have won eight. Two out of three wins have happened in the past year. Pakistan has won the Tri-Series against New Zealand and Bangladesh. India on the other hand has won a few T20I series victories at home and was the winner in the practice and warmup matches.

Pitch Conditions

It’s well known that the Melbourne pitch favours both the batter and bowler. it’s expected that the bowlers will get a strong bounce initially but the spinners won’t have many bites. India has played four times, winning two times and losing once. Pakistan played once and got defeated. Whichever team bowls first, will be benefitted.

The Indian team is strong enough to beat Pakistan. The team has a lot of youngsters who are talented and full of potential. If India uses the right strategies with the best combination, they’ll rule the match.

Shaheen Afridi will be making a return to the team which will be boosting the confidence of the team. Last year during the India-Pakistan clash, Shaheen Shah gave an impactful performance that made him worthy of remembrance.

ICC T20 World Cup 2022: India vs Pakistan possible XI

India Playing XI

Rohit Sharma (c), KL Rahul, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Axar Patel, Yuzvendra Chahal, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mohammed Shami, Arshdeep Singh.

Pakistan Playing XI

Babar Azam (C), Mohammad Rizwan (WK), Fakhar Zaman, Iftikhar Ahmed, Haider Ali, Asif Ali, Mohammad Nawaz, Shadab Khan, Haris Rauf, Shaheen Afridi, Naseem Shah

Babar Azam at a strike rate of 114.28 and Mohammad Rizwan at a strike rate of 112.32 haven’t scored quickly against offspinners. Virat Kohli got back his form and everyone has their eyes laid on him. This is the first time, Dinesh Karthik will be featured in T20 World Cup in 12 years. Karthik and Skipper Rohit Sharma were a part of the inaugural season in 2007.

The match will take place at 1:30 PM on Star Sports and digitally stream on Disney+ Hotstar.

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