The 19th and the biggest match of World Cup 2024 will be played on 9th June, Sunday in New York. With many fans in the stadium waiting for the Pakistan vs India clash is expected to be a high voltage like always. Following is the preview of Pakistan vs India match of ICC t20 World Cup 2024.
Pakistan vs India Preview
India have the slight advantage with win under their belt whereas Pakistan team is an all time low with losing their opening game of the tournament and many looking for answers in almost all parts of the game. This can be amotivation too for team in green. Pakistan need to play out of their skins to beat team India.
India has beaten Pakistan in last two ICC games. Pakistan will be under the pump to level the score this time. India on the other hand would have the expectations of millions on their back to continue their domination. The question is whether the IndoPak jinx will be broken or not?
India have got everything in their favor as of now, the fans, the pitch and a fully functional and performing spin attack. Pakistan on the other hand will have to deal with crowd pressure and a non-performing spin attack.
Pitch and Conditions
The pitch is still a question mark for this big game. Whoever wins the toss would want to bowl first. India would begin this game as favorites.
India vs Pakistan T20WC 2024 Playing 11
With Imad Wasim still not certain to be part of playing 11 and Shadab is off color in bowling unit Pakistan might give a chance to mystery spinner Abrar Ahmed.
Probable: 1 Mohammed Rizwan (wk), 2 Babar Azam (capt), 3 Usman Khan, 4 Fakhar Zaman, 5 Shadab Khan / Abrar Ahmed 6 Iftikhar Ahmed, 7 Imad Wasim, 8 Shaheen Shah Afridi, 9 Naseem Shah, 10 Mohammad Amir, 11 Haris Rauf
India has a settled unit and will continue to play with it.
Probable XI: Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer/Ishan Kishan, KL Rahul, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, Shardul Thakur, Mohammad Siraj and Jasprit Bumrah.
Pakistan vs India Head to Head Record
Pakistan and India have played 7 games in T20 World Cup history with India winning 5 and Pakistan winning 1 .
Players to watch-out for
Babar Azam and Fakhar Zaman will be the key for Pakistan but Babar needs to step up the scoring rate from ball one. India should come prepare for Mohammad Amir and Shaheen as both have taken wickets in against India before, if they does the same against India as well, thing would become difficult for India then.
From the Indian side, top run getters in ICC T20 World Cup Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli remain the biggest threat. So keeping his stellar record in mind, Pakistan must dismiss him early to have an edge in the game. Kohli on the other hand has a history of smashing Pakistan. He has 2 world cup centuries against Pakistan, so he has that psychological advantage over Pakistan.
Pakistan also need to look out for Kuldeep Yadav. The wrist spinner has been phenomenal against Pakistan but the main threat will be Jasprit Bumrah as he has the variety that Pakistani batters do not have much chance to bat against in the nets to prepare.
Pakistan vs India Toss Prediction
Pakistan is likely to win the toss and they will bowl first.
Indo Pak Match Prediction WT20 2024
India will begin as favorites with 60% chance of winning.
