Jasprit Bumrah, Virat Kohli
Jasprit Bumrah, Virat Kohli. (Photo: Twitter)

With the IND vs PAK encounter, India will commence their journey in T20 World Cup 2022. The IND vs PAK match will take place on October 23 (Sunday) at Melbourne Cricket Stadium in Australia. Indian team faced a big blow after pacer Jasprit Bumrah was ruled out of T20 World Cup 2022. Mohammad Shami has been named as the replacement for the right-arm pacer.

With the absence of Jasprit Bumrah, India’s strength in the pace department will be slightly affected. Other pacers need to pull up their socks in the bowling department to compensate for Jasprit Bumrah’s absence. Here we take a look at the best India playing XI vs Pakistan without Jasprit Bumrah in T20 World Cup 2022.

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IND vs PAK: Best India Playing XI vs Pakistan Without Jasprit Bumrah In T20 World Cup 2022

Rohit Sharma (C)

Rohit Sharma
Rohit Sharma. (PC- BCCI)

Rohit Sharma is the captain of India in the T20 World Cup 2022. The right-handed batsman should be one of the openers for the team. The Indian skipper played a match-winning knock in the 2nd T20I against Australia last month, for which he also won the man of the match award. Sharma has the ability to provide a strong start to the team.

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KL Rahul

KL Rahul
KL Rahul. Pic Credits: Twitter

KL Rahul should be another opener for India in the IND vs PAK match of the T20 World Cup 2022. The right-handed batsman slammed 2 fifties in 2 games in the previous T20I series against South Africa last month. He owns fabulous form and will be a crucial batter for the team in the match.

Virat Kohli

IND vs PAK: Best India Playing XI vs Pakistan Without Jasprit Bumrah In T20 World Cup 2022

 

Virat Kohli should be the one-down batsman for the team in the IND vs PAK encounter of the T20 World Cup 2022. The right-handed batsman has always performed well in T20Is against Pakistan. In Asia Cup 2022, he scored 35 and 60 in two games against Pakistan.

Kohli also smacked an unbeaten 49-run knock against South Africa and a 63-run knock against Australia last month. Hence, Virat Kohli has found his form and will be a huge asset to the team.

Suryakumar Yadav

Suryakumar Yadav
Suryakumar Yadav. Pic Credits: Twitter

Suryakumar Yadav should be a middle-order batsman for the team in the opening encounter against Pakistan. The right-handed batsman showed good form in the last two T20I series against South Africa and Australia. He also performed well in Asia Cup 2022. In the previous T20I series against South Africa, Yadav won the man of the series award for two match-winning knocks.

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Hardik Pandya

Hardik Pandya (Image Credits: Getty Images)
Hardik Pandya (Image Credits: Getty Images)

Hardik Pandya should be one of the all-rounders for India vs Pakistan in the T20 World Cup 2022. The right-handed batsman performed well in previous tournaments. In the opening encounter against Pakistan in Asia Cup 2022, Hardik Pandya won the man of the match award for picking 3 wickets and scoring unbeaten 33 runs.

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Dinesh Karthik (WK)

Dinesh Karthik,. PC- Screengrab
Dinesh Karthik,. PC- Screengrab

Dinesh Karthik should be the wicketkeeper and a lower-order batsman for the team in the IND vs PAK encounter of Asia Cup 2022. The right-handed batsman has the ability to smash quickfire knocks, which helps the team to raise the run rate in the death overs.

Dinesh Karthik played a superb knock of 46 runs off 21 balls in the previous T20I series against South Africa. He has also played many unbeaten quickfire knocks for the team in the shortest format this year.

Axar Patel

Axar Patel
Axar Patel. (Photo: Getty Images)

Axar Patel might be another all-rounder for the team in the IND vs PAK encounter. The left-arm spinner found a spot in the T20 World Cup squad against Ravindra Jadeja, who got injured ahead of the tournament.

In the T20I series against Australia last month, the left-arm spinner picked 8 wickets across 3 games to win the man of the series award. Patel can also smash runs with the bat as he has the ability to clear ropes with his shots.

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Yuzvendra Chahal

Yuzvendra Chahal India
Yuzvendra Chahal. Image Credits: BCCI

Yuzvendra Chahal should be the primary spinner for the team in the IND vs PAK encounter. The right-arm spinner has shown a spectacular performance in the shortest format this year. The leg spinner has hunted 21 wickets in 19 T20I games in 2022 at an average of 22.61 and an economy of 7.60.

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Bhuvneshwar Kumar

Bhuvneshwar Kumar
Bhuvneshwar Kumar. (Photo: Twitter)

Bhuvneshwar Kumar should be one of the pacers for the team in the IND vs PAK match in the absence of Jasprit Bumrah. The right-arm pacer is a regular pacer for the team in the white-ball format for the last few years. Kumar has shown a decent for this year. He won the man of the series award in the T20I series against South Africa in June 2022 and against England in July 2022.

Mohammed Shami

Mohammed Shami. (Photo: Twitter)
Mohammed Shami. (Photo: Twitter)

Mohammed Shami should be the other pacer for the team in the absence of Jasprit Bumrah. Although Shami has not played a single T20I game this year, he has given consistent performances in ODIs and Tests.

The 32-year-old pacer has grabbed 13 wickets in 5 Tests and 4 wickets in 3 ODIs in 2022. Since Harshal Patel also emerged as too expensive in the previous few T20I series, Shami will be a good option to try in the IND vs PAK encounter.

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Arshdeep Singh

Arshdeep Singh, KL Rahul
Arshdeep Singh, KL Rahul. (Photo: BCCI)

Arshdeep Singh should be another pacer for the team in the IND vs PAK encounter of the T20 World Cup 2022. The left-arm pacer has executed a wonderful performance in T20Is since his debut this year. He has scalped 19 wickets in 13 games so far at an average of 19.78. In the previous T20I series against South Africa, Arshdeep Singh grabbed 5 wickets in 2 games.

 

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