As per the schedule of WT20 2022 announced by International Cricket Council one of the most anticipated match of WT20 2022 tournament to be held between Rivals Pakistan and India on October 23, 2022 at Melbourne Cricket Ground in Australia. Both teams are part of ICC WT20 winners list as India won the first edition followed by Pakistan who were the second team to win this title.
Match Preview
Pakistan and India both directly qualified in group 2 of super 12 phase. India has dominated Pakistan over the years in T20 format but recently Pakistan have turned the tables and put some fight against the Indians even at the ICC events where India have the unblemished record in all formats.
Pakistan have one of the best pace attacks in T20 world cup with three of their main front line seamers can consistently bowl over 150+ KPH whereas India top order is one the finest amongst all teams playing in mega event this year. If weather permits and we have a full game than it will be feast for cricket fans at MCG,
Strengths and Weakness
Just before the start of the tournament India lost Ravindra Jadeja which provide three dimensional support to Indian team with his bowling, batting and fielding. Things getting worse when Indian pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah also ruled out of the tournamnet,
India’s batting strength is second to none in T20 format. Likes of Rohit, Rahul, Kohli and Surya Kumar at top while finishers in the form of Pant, Dinesh Karthik and Pandya makes them one of the deadliest batting combinations in the world currently.
Pakistan
Pakistan pace bowler Shaheen Shah Afridi who was out because of injury during Asia Cup 2022 is back and his opening spell against Afghanistan practice game suggest that he is back in full rhythm too,
Haris Rauf who has most wickets for Pakistan since his debut in T20I is one of the dark horses of fast bowling with young Naseem Shah who is nippy and can swing the new ball. Shadab Khan will be handling the spin department with Mohammad Nawaz who is Pakistan’s preferred choice because of his batting ability.
World # 1 batter in T20 format Babar Azam will lead the batting forte and his performance will decide the fate of the match for Pakistan. Haider Ali also needs to fire at top with Shadab Khan has been emerged as a finisher for Pakistan in batting department.
Expected Playing 11
Big call for India is to play Mohammad Shami was was brutal in practice game but he went for more than 11 runs per over during the last T20 world cup against the same opposition. Also keeping in mind Australian conditions it is to be seen whether India went in with extra pacer they prefer Chahal.
India: 1 Rohit Sharma (capt), 2 KL Rahul, 3 Virat Kohli, 4 Suryakumar Yadav, 5 Hardik Pandya, 6 Dinesh Karthik (wk), 7 Axar Patel, 8 Harshal Patel/Mohammed Shami, 9 Yuzvendra Chahal/R Ashwin, 10 Bhuvneshwar Kumar, 11 Arshdeep Singh
Pakistan’s Fakhar Zaman is still not fully fit so he will not be available for selection. Shan Masood injury scare is ruled out so he will play tomorrow. Pakistan will play three fast bowlers and two spin bowling all-rounders in Shadab and Nawaz with Iftikhar Ahmed can roll his arm over too if needed.
Pakistan: 1 Mohammad Rizwan (wk), 2 Babar Azam (capt), 3 Shan Masood, 4 Haider Ali, 5 Iftikhar Ahmed, 6 Asif Ali, 7 Mohammad Nawaz, 8 Shadab Khan, 9 Naseem Shah, 10 Shaheen Shah Afridi, 11 Haris Rauf
Pakistan vs India Head to Head Record
Both sides have faced each other in T20 cricket 11 times. India dominated with 08 wins whereas Pakistan only won thrice. In AT20 World Cup India won 5 of the six matches played by both teams.
Pakistan vs India Live Streaming
| Location | Broadcaster |
| India | Star Sports, Disney+Hotstar |
| Pakistan | PTV Sports, Ten Sports |
| Bangladesh | Gazi TV (GTV) |
| Australia | Fox Sports |
| New Zealand | Sky Sports |
| South Africa | SuperSport network |
| USA | Willow TV |
| UK | Sky Sports |
| Middle East | OSN Sports Cricket HD |
| Papua New Guinea | EM TV |
| Afghanistan | Ariana TV |
