2024-06-09 03:37:43
New York: The Indian staff, filled with confidence and having tailored to the situations, will tackle its arch-rival Pakistan in a a lot talked about match of the T20 World Cup on the difficult pitch of Nassau County as we speak. The morale of the Pakistan staff has been shattered by the surprising defeat within the first match itself. The intention of the Indian staff might be to depart America behind by successful this match simply. At current, the US staff is on high in Group A by successful each its matches.
America, which is internet hosting this mega occasion for the primary time, may also be beneath strain to conduct this nice match with none controversy. After the terrorist menace from ISIS at first of the match, tight safety measures have been taken for the match. Nassau County Police Commissioner Patrick Rider lately gave details about the safety preparations. He stated, ‘The safety preparations for the India-Pakistan match are much like these made just a few years in the past to welcome the then US President Barack Obama.’
Drop-in pitch is beneath dialogue
The match that may entice probably the most crowd within the match might be performed on the 34000 capability Nassau County Worldwide Stadium. The pitch of this floor has been a subject of fixed dialogue. After heavy criticism, the ICC formally accepted it. To date, within the six innings of the three matches performed at this stadium, solely twice have the groups been capable of cross the hundred runs mark. The Pakistan staff has not but performed on the Nassau Stadium. The Pakistani staff, which misplaced to the USA within the first match, reached right here solely on Thursday evening. They haven’t obtained an opportunity to regulate to the situations, which can hurt them. In the event that they lose to India, their path to enter the Tremendous-8 stage will develop into virtually inconceivable.
Rohit Sharma stands agency regardless of harm
Rohit Sharma was hit on the thumb by a throw-down in the course of the nets, nonetheless, he nonetheless practiced additional with different Indian batsmen. Whereas dealing with throwdown specialist Nuwan Seneviratne, Rohit was hit on his left thumb. He seemed uncomfortable however stored batting. After this, he went to the opposite finish of the pitch to face the throw-down. Rohit, Virat Kohli and the others confronted the balls of Jaspreet Bumrah, Arshdeep Singh, Khalil Ahmed and Mohammad Siraj within the three-hour observe session.
Accountability on Virat
Virat, who has received the Participant of the Match award 3 times within the T20 World Cup in opposition to Pakistan, might really feel the strain on this match. Virat has obtained the brand new accountability of giving a quick begin, the strain of which was seen on him within the final match. He performed a dangerous shot with out testing the pitch. Right here, left-arm pacer Mohammad Aamir, who has returned from retirement, can create issues for him with the brand new ball. Aamir has not been capable of dismiss Virat Kohli but, however Kohli has additionally not been capable of overpower Aamir. To date, Aamir has bowled 19 balls to Virat in two innings of T20, out of which Virat has performed 12 dot balls. Now the strain of taking part in huge photographs with the brand new ball in opposition to Aamir on a puzzle-like pitch might show to be an excessive amount of for Virat.
head to head
Complete matches 12
India received 9
Pakistan received 3
Numbers Sport
- There might be 3 batsmen on this match who’re included within the top-3 listing of batsmen scoring most runs in T20 Worldwide.
- Within the final 4 T20 format clashes, India has received two matches whereas Pakistan has misplaced two.
- Hardik Pandya has taken 11 wickets in six T20 matches in opposition to Pakistan. That is the best variety of wickets taken by any bowler among the many present gamers of each the groups.
- Virat Kohli has scored 308 runs in opposition to Pakistan within the T20 World Cup. That is the best variety of runs scored by an Indian participant in opposition to a single staff.
Pitch and climate
The pitch of Nassau County Worldwide Stadium is consistently within the information attributable to its uneven bounce and sluggish tempo. ICC has additionally expressed concern over this, however the nature of the pitch will not be going to vary so quickly. Other than this, there’s additionally a shadow of rain on the match. There’s a 51 % likelihood of rain in the course of the match.
Possible Taking part in XI
India: Rohit Sharma (captain), Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dube, Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Siraj, Jasprit Bumrah, Arshdeep Singh.
Pakistan: Babar Azam (captain), Mohammad Rizwan, Usman Khan, Fakhar Zaman, Shadab Khan, Azam Khan (wicketkeeper), Iftikhar Ahmed, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Haris Rauf, Naseem Shah, Mohammad Amir.
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