India will lock horns with Pakistan in the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2022 on Sunday, October 23, at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Australia. The match will start at 1:30 PM IST (Indian Standard Time).
The Indian cricket team is brimming with confidence ahead of the mega event. Since the disappointing exit from the T20 World Cup last year, they have been in superb form, winning seven of the eight bilateral series since then in the shortest format of the game.
However, following much deliberation over Jasprit Bumrah’s replacement, after he was ruled out due to injury, Mohammad Shami stepped up to take four wickets in as many consecutive balls in the final over of the warm-up game against Australia to win it for his team.
On the other hand, the Pakistan cricket team are also uplifted by the presence of lead pacer Shaheen Afridi after a brief period of uncertainty surrounding his availability. Moreover, they won the tri-series in New Zealand involving Bangladesh and the hosts, which suggests their form leading up to the match has been great.
India vs Pakistan ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2022
Parimatch odds: India: 1.51, Pakistan: 2.50
Betwinner odds: India: 1.52, Pakistan: 2.53
Melbet odds: India: 1.52, Pakistan: 2.53
1xBet odds: India: 1.54, Pakistan: 2.56
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India vs Pakistan head-to-head in T20Is
India and Pakistan have faced each other on 11 occasions in the T20 format, with the Indian Cricket Team winning on eight instances and Pakistan emerging victorious three times.
Out of these 11 encounters, six have been a part of the T20 World Cup since the inception of the tournament. India have won it a staggering five times, with Pakistan’s solitary win coming in the last edition, a 10-wicket win where Shaheen Afridi along with openers Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan starred for their team.
The last clash between the two sides saw Pakistan win by five wickets in the Super Four of the recently concluded Asia Cup 2022. Nonetheless, India won by a similar margin when the two rivals met earlier in the same competition.
India vs Pakistan ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2022 squads
India: Rohit Sharma (captain), KL Rahul, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Deepak Hooda, Rishabh Pant (wicket-keeper), Dinesh Karthik (wicket-keeper), Hardik Pandya, Ravichandran Ashwin, Yuzvendra Chahal, Axar Patel, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Harshal Patel, Arshdeep Singh, Mohammed Shami.
Pakistan: Babar Azam (captain), Shadab Khan, Asif Ali, Haider Ali, Haris Rauf, Iftikhar Ahmed, Khushdil Shah, Mohammad Hasnain, Mohammad Nawaz, Mohammad Rizwan (wicket-keeper), Mohammad Wasim, Naseem Shah, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Shan Masood, Fakhar Zaman.
India vs Pakistan probable playing XI
India: Rohit Sharma (captain), KL Rahul, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Dinesh Karthik (wicket-keeper), Axar Patel, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Yuzvendra Chahal, Mohammad Shami, Arashdeep Singh.
Pakistan: Babar Azam (captain), Mohammed Rizwan (wicket-keeper), Fakhar Zaman, Mohammad Nawaz, Iftikhar Ahmed, Shan Masood, Asif Ali, Shadab Khan, Shaheen Afridi, Naseem Shah, Haris Rauf.
India vs Pakistan in ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2022 combined fantasy XI
Mohammed Rizwan (wicket-keeper), KL Rahul, Babar Azam, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav (captain), Hardik Pandya, Shadab Khan, Shaheen Afridi, Arshdeep Singh, Mohammad Shami, Naseem Shah.
India’s top picks vs Pakistan in ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2022
Suryakumar Yadav: The 32-year-old has been the stand-out batter for India in T20Is this year, scoring 801 runs in 23 matches at an average of 40.05 and strike rate of 184.56. The in-form batter can be backed to make it big once again.
Arshdeep Singh: The pacer has been a regular in the Indian set-up since making his international debut earlier this year, picking up 19 wickets in 13 matches at an economy of 8.14 and best bowling figures of 3/12. He has also been quite decent with his bowling in the death overs, giving away fewer runs as compared to his teammates, which is another reason why he can be punted for good returns in this match.
Pakistan’s top picks vs India in ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2022
Mohammad Rizwan: The 30-year-old wicket-keeper batter has been a key component for Pakistan in the shortest format of the game. Rizwan is the leading run-getter in T20Is this year with 821 runs from 18 matches at an average of 54.73, which includes nine half-centuries.
Shaheen Afridi: Pakistan’s lead fast bowler is back in the team and will be raring to bag wickets against a side that he enjoyed playing last time out. In the group stage match of the T20 World Cup 2022, he sailed through India’s top order which consisted of KL Rahul, Rohit Sharma and then skipper Virat Kohli.
India vs Pakistan in ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2022 prediction
Given India’s dominance over their arch-rivals in this format of the game as mentioned earlier, the Rohit Sharma-led side will be looking for yet another victory to stamp their authority in the blockbuster match-up.
India vs Pakistan playing conditions for ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2022
Maximum Temperature: 18°C
Precipitation: 70%
Humidity: 76%
Wind: 18 km/h
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