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India vs Pakistan, 19th Match, Group A - LiveToday 2024
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When: India vs Pakistan, June 09, 10:30 AM Local, 8 PM IST
Where: Nassau County International Cricket Stadium, New York
What to expect:
A high-octane contest with passions running high on the field and in
the stands. While India - with a better batting line-up - are the
favourites, but in an India-Pakistan match, reputation, form and track
record has little meaning. With the pitch assisting the fast bowlers, it
is unlikely to be a high-scoring game but will nevertheless be a keenly
contested one.
Head to Head: India lead 6-1 in their
seven T20 World Cup meetings against Pakistan. Each of the last five T20
WC games between the two have been won by chasing teams.
Team Watch
India
Injuries/unavailability:
The Rohit Sharma-Rahul Dravid duo is not expected to go in for any
change in the four-pronged pace attack. One change that can cross their
mind is bringing in Kuldeep Yadav, who has an impressive record against
Pakistan, in place of Axar Patel. But then that is a long shot.
Tactics & Matchups:
Rizwan and Babar's vulnerability against left-arm spin is no secret.
The duo strikes at only 116 and 107.2 against the ilk, respectively, and
have lost their wickets to left-arm spinners 7 and 6 times,
respectively, in all T20Is. India could be tempted to throw the new ball
to Axar Patel for an over to two for an early breakthrough.
Probable XI:
Rohit Sharma (c), Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant, Suryakumar Yadav, Shivam
Dube, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Jasprit Bumrah,
Arshdeep Singh and Mohammed Siraj
Pakistan
Injuries/Unavailability:
Coach Gary Kirsten, in India till recently, knows the Indian cricketers
inside out and he may draw a plan on how to break the Indian hegemony
over their arch-rivals. He is well known to inspire teams and Pakistan,
at a low after losing to minnows US in the first game, will look to him
for inspiration. Although an important member of the side, Shadab Khan's
spot might be under scrutiny as there is not much assistance for the
spinners in the wicket. If they are to strengthen their batting, then
top order bat Saim Ayub may be an option.
Tactics & Matchups:
Indian openers Rohit (SR: 121.21) and Kohli (SR: 103.10) have been
dismissed 13 and 4 times, respectively, by left-arm seamers in the
PowerPlays in T20Is since 2016, making their match-up against Afridi and
Amir one to watch-out for.
Probable XI: Babar Azam (C),
Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Usman Khan, Fakhar Zaman, Azam Khan, Iftikhar
Ahmed, Shadab Khan/Saim Ayub, Shaheen Afridi, Naseem Shah, Mohammad
Amir, Haris Rauf
Did you know?
-Kohli has won four POTM awards in India vs Pakistan T20Is - the most by any player. No other players has more than one
- Mohammad Rizwan will be playing his 100th T20I
- Iftikhar Ahmed needs 7 runs to complete 1000 in the shortest format
- Haris Rauf is 4 away from completing 100 T20I wickets Squads:
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India
Squad: Rohit Sharma(c), Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant(w), Suryakumar Yadav,
Shivam Dube, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Jasprit
Bumrah, Arshdeep Singh, Mohammed Siraj, Yuzvendra Chahal, Sanju Samson,
Kuldeep Yadav, Yashasvi Jaiswal
Pakistan
Squad: Mohammad Rizwan(w), Babar Azam(c), Usman Khan, Fakhar Zaman,
Shadab Khan, Azam Khan, Iftikhar Ahmed, Shaheen Afridi, Haris Rauf,
Naseem Shah, Mohammad Amir, Imad Wasim, Abrar Ahmed, Saim Ayub, Abbas
Afridi
Where: Nassau County International Cricket Stadium, New York
What to expect:
A high-octane contest with passions running high on the field and in
the stands. While India - with a better batting line-up - are the
favourites, but in an India-Pakistan match, reputation, form and track
record has little meaning. With the pitch assisting the fast bowlers, it
is unlikely to be a high-scoring game but will nevertheless be a keenly
contested one.
Team Watch
India
Pakistan
Tactics & Matchups: Indian openers Rohit (SR: 121.21) and Kohli (SR: 103.10) have been dismissed 13 and 4 times, respectively, by left-arm seamers in the PowerPlays in T20Is since 2016, making their match-up against Afridi and Amir one to watch-out for.
Probable XI: Babar Azam (C), Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Usman Khan, Fakhar Zaman, Azam Khan, Iftikhar Ahmed, Shadab Khan/Saim Ayub, Shaheen Afridi, Naseem Shah, Mohammad Amir, Haris Rauf
Did you know?
-Kohli has won four POTM awards in India vs Pakistan T20Is - the most by any player. No other players has more than one
- Mohammad Rizwan will be playing his 100th T20I
- Iftikhar Ahmed needs 7 runs to complete 1000 in the shortest format
- Haris Rauf is 4 away from completing 100 T20I wickets
Squads:
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India Squad: Rohit Sharma(c), Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant(w), Suryakumar Yadav, Shivam Dube, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Jasprit Bumrah, Arshdeep Singh, Mohammed Siraj, Yuzvendra Chahal, Sanju Samson, Kuldeep Yadav, Yashasvi Jaiswal
Pakistan Squad: Mohammad Rizwan(w), Babar Azam(c), Usman Khan, Fakhar Zaman, Shadab Khan, Azam Khan, Iftikhar Ahmed, Shaheen Afridi, Haris Rauf, Naseem Shah, Mohammad Amir, Imad Wasim, Abrar Ahmed, Saim Ayub, Abbas Afridi
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