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Once again the time has come for the biggest show of world cricket. India and Pakistan will face each other for the 8th time today in the T-20 World Cup.
On one side, the heroes of Indian fans on the field will be Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Rishabh Pant and Jasprit Bumrah.
On the other hand, Babar Azam, Mohammad Rizwan and Shaheen Shah Afridi, who led Pakistan to its first win against India in the 2021 World Cup, also.
The question in everyone’s mind is who will win? Will Kohli then play a huge innings like Melbourne and hit a six which will become the greatest shot in the history of cricket?
Which player can become a game changer in India and Pakistan and what will be the role of the toss?
Before all these questions, exclusive pitch report of Bhaskar- Today the India-Pakistan match will be held on the same pitch on which Netherlands batted first and gave a target of only 103 runs. South Africa chased even this small score in the 19th over in terms of a T-20 match. That too after losing 6 wickets.
Now match details…
Tournament: T20 Men’s World Cup
Match No. 19: India Vs Pakistan
date: June 9th
Time: Toss- 7:30 PM, Match Start- 8:00 PM.
Place: Nassau County Stadium, New York
Now the answers to the questions related to 6 important factors of the match…
1. Now the role is of opening, will Kohli become the X factor?
Team India has changed the role of Virat Kohli in the T-20 World Cup. Chase master Virat Kohli came to open against Ireland. Could score only 1 run. But, looking at Kohli’s performance in IPL, Kohli is expected to open once again. But the Nassau pitch is continuously favoring the bowlers.
Still, most eyes will be on Virat Kohli in this match, because he has never failed against this opponent in this tournament. Kohli has been that player in front of whom Pakistan has no problem. In the T20 World Cup against Pakistan, he has scored runs at an average of 308 in 5 matches. Was out only once in 5 matches. That too after scoring half a century. Was player of the match three times.
That means Kohli is almost a guarantee of India’s victory against Pakistan.
Fact- If Virat is unbeaten then victory is certain: Virat came to bat 5 times in 7 World Cup matches against Pakistan. Virat remained unbeaten 4 times and India won every match. Once Kohli was out, India lost.
Great innings against Pakistan
October 2022: Diwali money 2 times in India
Indians celebrated Diwali twice in 2022. The first on 12th October and the second on the night of 23rd October. On October 23, India defeated Pakistan by 4 wickets in the T-20 World Cup. There were a lot of firecrackers burst in celebration, because King Kohli had snatched the victory from Pakistan. Chasing 160, India’s top 4 batsmen had returned to the pavilion on 31 runs, but Kohli was adamant. Played an inning of 82 runs. Made a partnership of 113 runs with Hardik Pandya and snatched victory from Pakistan.
September 2012: Chase Master’s Fifty
Pakistan and India faced each other in the group stage of the World Cup played in Sri Lanka. Pakistan won the toss and chose to bat and the team was all out for 152 runs in the 20th over. For India, chase master Virat Kohli played an inning of 78 runs and India won.
March 2014: Kohli made 36 not out
India won the toss and chose to bowl at the Mirpur Stadium in Bangladesh. Pakistan scored 130 runs in this group stage match. This time also Kohli remained not out and made the team win by playing an inning of 36 runs.
March 2016: Kohli’s Fifty
Both the teams were face to face again in the group stage of the T-20 World Cup being played in India. India once again won the toss and chose to bowl. Pakistan could score only 118 runs in 18 overs. India chased the target in the 16th over. Kohli once again remained unbeaten and led the team to victory by scoring 55 runs.
2. Can these Indians also become game changers?
Rohit: In form but highest 30 runs against Pakistan
Played a half-century of 52 runs in the World Cup match against Ireland. Rohit hit 4 fours and 3 sixes in 37 balls and batted at a strike rate of 140.54. But, Rohit played 6 matches against Pakistan in the T-20 World Cup. Came to bat in 5 innings, but could only play innings of 4, 10, 24 and 30 runs. In 2021 he could not even open an account.
Jasprit Bumrah: Player of the match against Ireland
Was the hero of the last victory against Ireland. Bumrah spent only 6 runs in 3 overs with an economy of 2.00 and also took 2 wickets. Bumrah’s magic can be seen once again on the difficult pitch of Nassau. Bumrah has played 2 matches against Pakistan in the T-20 World Cup and has taken 1 wicket. The economy has been close to 8.
3. India’s best batsman and Pakistan’s best bowler in T-20?
Virat Kohli has scored the most runs for India in the T-20 World Cup. Kohli has scored 1142 runs in 28 matches. His name is 14 Fifty. Highest score is 89 runs.
Shahid Afridi has taken the maximum 39 wickets for Pakistan in the T-20 World Cup. In the current team, Shadab Khan has taken the most wickets in the T20 World Cup. His best is 4 wickets for 26 runs. Both Kohli and Shadab will be seen in the match today.
4. Will Pakistan’s Pace battery do wonders?
Pakistan team had entered the last match with Shaheen Shah Afridi, Mohammad Amir, Haris Rauf and Naseem Shah. Pakistan lost this match against America. Then there was the Dallas pitch, which was not much help for the bowlers.
Now the match is being played at Nassau International Cricket Ground. Which is helpful for the bowlers. On the other hand, the record of the current Indian team’s top order against left-arm pacers in the T-20 format is not very good. Pakistan team has 2 world class left arm pacers like Shaheen and Aamir. Both of them have put the Indian team in trouble before.
Overall records of T-20 International matches.
Important performance of Pakistani pacers against India
2017: Aamir sent Rohit-Dhawan and Kohli to the pavilion, Pakistan won
The final of the 2017 Champions Trophy was played between India and Pakistan at The Oval, London. During this ODI match, India lost the wickets of Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan and Virat Kohli for 33 runs. All three were dismissed by Pakistan’s left arm pacer Mohammad Amir. Pakistan also won the final by a huge margin of 180 runs.
2021: Shaheen dismissed Rohit-Rahul and Kohli, India lost
During the T20 World Cup, India and Pakistan were once again face to face on the ground of Dubai. In this match also, Pakistan’s lefty pacer showed wonders and the Indian top order was shattered. Shaheen Shah Afridi dismissed Rohit Sharma 0, KL Rahul 3 and Virat Kohli on the score of 57 runs. Pakistan got the target of 152, Babar and Rizwan made the team win by scoring fifties.
5. Will the toss become the boss of the India-Pakistan match?
For the first time, a T-20 match was played between India and Pakistan in the 2007 World Cup. This match held in Durban was tied, but India won the match through bowl out. After this, both the teams faced each other in the final and India, who batted first, won the match.
There was no match between the two in 2009 and 2010. India-Pakistan match has taken place in every World Cup since 2012. Only the team batting second all five times won. In 2021, Pakistan defeated India in its only World Cup match while batting second. In the World Cup between the two, the team batting second won 71% of the matches.
Both the teams have played a total of 12 T20s against each other. In these also, only the team batting second won 9 times, the team batting first won 3 matches. That means the concept of bowling first led to success in a total of 75% of the matches.
6. How important is the toss on the Nassau pitch?
The match between India and Pakistan will be held at Nassau County Stadium in New York. So far 4 matches have been played here and the team batting later has won 3 times. The highest score here is 137 runs. In two matches the first innings score was below 100.
Drop-in pitches have been installed here after getting them from Australia. The pitch started being heavily criticized after the initial matches. Uneven bounce, too much swing and a poor outfield were seen here. ICC also said on the behavior of the pitch that they are trying to improve it.
In the matches played so far, batting later has been beneficial here too. In America, since the matches start in the morning, there is moisture on the pitch, which helps the bowlers. As the sun rises, the pitch is becoming more conducive for batting than it was in the first innings.
Possible Playing-India: Rohit Sharma (Captain), Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper), Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dubey, Ravindra Jadeja, Jasprit Bumrah, Arshdeep Singh, Mohd. Siraj and Kuldeep Yadav.
Pakistan: Babar Azam (Captain)Mohammad Rizwan (wicketkeeper), Usman Khan, Fakhar Zaman, Shadab Khan, Iftikhar Ahmed, Imad Wasim, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Naseem Shah, Mohammad Amir, Haris Raus.
