IND vs PAK: 3 Reasons Why Pakistan Can Beat India In Their First Match Of T20 World Cup 2021

IND vs PAK: 3 Reasons Why Pakistan Can Beat India In Their First Match Of T20 World Cup 2021. India and Pakistan will face each other in the upcoming T20 World Cup 2021 Super 12 stages and it is expected to be a belter of a contest with the history between the sides. India and Pakistan haven’t been playing any bilateral series due to the political issues that have been going between the countries and hence they will be playing against each other in just the big tournaments which makes it more interesting.

India has also never lost to Pakistan in a Worldcup fixture and the scoreline is 12-0 in favour of the Indian side. The last meeting between these two sides happened in the 2019 World Cup and India cruised to victory in the game as well to keep continuing their winning streak against Pakistan in Worldcup. Here are 3 Reasons why Pakistan can beat India in their first match of the T20 World Cup 2021.

IND vs PAK: 3 Reasons Why Pakistan Can Beat India In Their First Match Of T20 World Cup 2021

Strong Bowling Unit:

Pakistan has been always a side that boasts of an excellent fast bowling unit and the left arm seamers have been abundant in the country. The only weak area India has had is the lack of left-arm seamers in the lineup for a long time now and hence they wouldn’t have faced quality left-arm seamers. Despite, India having Lukman Meriwala as a net bowler, it would be a different ball game in the crease.

Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul have had weaknesses against the incoming deliveries and Shaheen Shah Afridi likes to bring it back into the right-handers generally. Imad Wasim has been excellent with the new ball while they have the variety in Hasan Ali and Haris Rauf as the second and third seamer. Shadab Khan can be effective with his leg spinners while Mohammad Hafeez can be a vital spin option. Overall, Pakistan has covered all the bases in the bowling department.

Lack Of Quality 6th Bowling Option For India

Hardik Pandya hasn’t been bowling off late and it has opened up a lot of holes in the Indian side in terms of team combination. India’s top five in the batting order do not bowl much and Hardik Pandya at number six was designated the role of a finisher as well as the seam bowling option who can be very effective with the ball.

Hardik Pandya has been facing fitness issues off late and hence he hasn’t been bowling which affects the combination for India. With just five bowlers in the side, Pakistan needs to target one or two bowlers from the Indian bowling unit. India will not have a quality sixth option in the bank despite Virat Kohli rolling his arm over in the warm-up game and it could come down to affecting India.

Fakhar Zaman’s Impressive Form

Fakhar Zaman was one of the reasons behind Pakistan beating India in the 2017 Champions Trophy and he has been in excellent form of late coming into the T20 World Cup 2021. He has scored an unbeaten 46 off 24 in the first warm-up game and backed it up with another 52 off 28 in the second warm-up game.

He can be a game-changer for the Pakistan side with his ability to take on the spinners in the middle overs and India are unlikely to play R Ashwin in the playing XI as well which makes his case easy. He could be the impact player that Pakistan needs at the top of the order.

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