IND vs PAK: Match Preview – ICC T20 World Cup 2021 Match 16

IND vs PAK: Match Preview – ICC T20 World Cup 2021 Match 16. India and Pakistan will battle against each other in their opening encounter of ICC T20 World Cup 2021. The match will take place at Dubai International Cricket Stadium on October 24. Both the teams are part of group 1 in the tournament.

India and Pakistan have collided against each other 8 times in T20Is. India have won 7 times while Pakistan bagged victory in 1 match. Both the teams have faced each other 5 times in T20 World Cups and India defeated Pakistan every time.

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The India vs Pakistan clash will be part of super 12 round and the 16th match in T20 World Cup 2021. Both the teams have also played two warm-up games before in the tournament. India won both of their warm-up matches against England and Australia. Pakistan won the warm-up game against West Indies but lost to South Africa.

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IND vs PAK: Match Preview – ICC T20 World Cup 2021 Match 16

India

England posted 188-5 against India batting first. Later, India managed to reach the target with 7 wickets in hand. In the 2nd warm-up game, Australia batted first and scored 152-5. However, India chased the target with ease and won the match by 9 wickets.

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India Squad: Virat Kohli (c), Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul, Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant (wk), Ishan Kishan (wk), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Rahul Chahar, Ravichandran Ashwin, Shardul Thakur, Varun Chakravarthy, Jasprit Bumrah, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mohammad Shami

Pakistan

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Pakistan are also part of group 2 in the tournament. India, New Zealand, Afghanistan, Scotland, and Namibia are also part of the group. Pakistan won a warm-up game against West Indies and lost the other to South Africa in T20 World Cup 2021.

Pakistan restricted West Indies to 130-7 in the first innings. With a half-century by Babar Azam and an unbeaten 46 by Fakhar Zaman, the team won the match by 7 wickets. Against South Africa, Pakistan posted a mammoth target of 187 for the opposition. However, South Africa won the match by 6 wickets with Rassie van der Dussen’s unbeaten ton (101*).

Pakistan Squad: Babar Azam (captain), Shadab Khan (vice-captain), Asif Ali, Fakhar Zaman, Haider Ali, Haris Rauf, Hasan Ali, Imad Wasim, Mohammad Hafeez, Mohammad Nawaz, Mohammad Rizwan, Mohammad Wasim Jnr, Sarfaraz Ahmed, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Shoaib Malik.