T20 World Cup 2022: Earlier Pakistan Had No Chance Of Beating India In World Cup For Long Time And It Will Be Different Challenge For Us - Parthiv Patel

India didn’t perform well in the recently concluded Asia Cup as they lost to Pakistan and Sri Lanka in the Super 4 phase and failed to reach the final.

The biggest positive for India in the tournament is Virat Kohli’s return to form. The former Indian captain scored 276 runs at an average of 92, becoming India’s highest run-scorer in the series.

India will kick off the T20 World Cup campaign 2022 against arch rivals Pakistan like Asia Cup and T20 World Cup 2021. While the last three T20 World Cup matches have been played in Dubai, this year’s opening match will be played at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, which is expected to be packed with fans.

India were knocked out of the T20 World Cup at the Super 12 stage. Men in Blue suffered a 10-wicket defeat against Pakistan in the opening encounter of the tournament last year. It was Pakistan’s first World Cup victory over India. The two teams played two high-intensity matches in the recently concluded Asia Cup 2022, with India winning one and Pakistan winning the other.

Earlier They Had No Chance Of Beating India In World Cups – Parthiv Patel

Former India wicketkeeper Parthiv Patel believes that Pakistan’s recent success, especially in the 2021 T20 World Cup match, has given Rohit Sharma’s team a different challenge.

“It is very important to start a tournament on a high. These are not long tournaments. In the 50-over World Cup, there is still time to make up for one defeat,” said Parthiv on Cricbuzz.

“But in the T20 World Cup you lose one and you start doubting your whole method and everything comes into play. The chances of coming back in the tournament becomes very less. We talk about teams coming back in the IPL and that is because they are playing about 14 games. Here we have to beat at least one of Pakistan or South Africa.”

“It is the same for Pakistan as well. They will come out with a different mindset. They were not expecting to beat India by 10 wickets in the last World Cup.

“Now, that they have beaten India once in the Asia Cup and before that in the T20 World Cup, they would be thinking differently. They would be thinking that they can beat this side. Before that, they had no chance of beating India in World Cup games for a long time. So that will be a different challenge for India,” he said.

Before leaving for Australia, India will host defending champions Australia and South Africa in Twenty20 Internationals. Rohit Sharma and Rahul Dravid will try to finalize the settled XI.

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