In the eagerly anticipated India vs Pakistan, in preparation for their title defense at the Asia Cup 2022, Team India, captained by Rohit Sharma, will play Pakistan on Sunday in Dubai. (28 August). This time, tensions between the parties will be very high. In order to exact revenge on Pakistan, led by Babar Azam, for their loss in their previous match at the ICC T20 World Cup 2021, India will be eager to start their title defense off strong.
By defeating Team India once more, Pakistan would like to maintain its lead over India from its previous performance. In past international 20-over games, India has consistently outperformed Pakistan. The two teams have faced off nine times since their first T20 International match at the ICC T20 World Cup in 2007.
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India has won seven of these games, compared to Pakistan’s two victories. The last time these two met was during the ICC T20 World Cup in October 2021, when Team India lost to their arch-rivals in a rare setback.
Left-arm bowler Shaheen Afridi struck the Indian top order twice in quick succession. Despite contributions from then-skipper Virat Kohli (57) and Rishabh Pant, the Men in Blue were trounced by ten wickets thanks to the efforts of Pakistani captain Babar Azam (68 not out) and Mohammed Rizwan (79 not out) (39).
India defeats Pakistan under the leadership of Hardik Pandya. Since the first ball of the second innings, India has been under intense pressure, but Hardik Pandya and Ravindra Jadeja have maintained composure. Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma continued the Indian innings after KL Rahul was dismissed in the opening over, but subsequently, Ravindra Jadeja and Hardik Pandya maintained their composure.
Last over: Pakistan vs. India
India must score 7 runs in the final 6 balls. India has comfortably sailed into the last over thanks to Jadeja and Pandya.
19 Overs, 141/4 for India, Jadeja 35 (28) and Pandya 27 (15)
A close match between India and Pakistan
India needs 21 runs in 12 balls, thus Ravindra Jadeja and Hardik Pandya are in the middle. The final two deliveries of that over were bowled by Naseem Shah, who gave everything he had.
The Men in Blue require 32 runs in 18 balls, therefore India’s middle order consists of Hardik Pandya and Ravindra Jadeja. Pakistan’s middle-over bowling has been excellent.
IND: 83/3 (13 Overs), with Jadeja (16) and Suryakumar (16). (14)
Kohli NOW! – Pakistan vs. India
Oh no! Although he appeared to be in good form, Virat Kohli 35 (34) was caught by Ahmed off the bowling of Mohammad Nawaz. He chipped that shot over to the guy at long-on. After a reliable partnership between Rohit and Virat, India let us down. Now there is pressure on Suryakumar Yadav and Jadeja.
IND: 83/3 (13 Overs), with Jadeja (16) and Suryakumar (16). (14)
Kohli NOW! – Pakistan vs. India
Oh no! Although he appeared to be in good form, Virat Kohli 35 (34) was caught by Ahmed off the bowling of Mohammad Nawaz. He chipped that shot over to the guy at long-on. After a reliable partnership between Rohit and Virat, India let us down. Now there is pressure on Suryakumar Yadav and Jadeja.
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Jadeja 8 (5), Suryakumar 2, and IND’s 62/3 (10 Overs) (2)
Rohit IS DEAD! – The IND vs. PAK game
Rohit Sharma’s 12 (17) was caught by Ahmed off Nawaz’s bowling. With Ravindra Jadeja replacing Suryakumar Yadav, India gets a big wicket and changes the batting order. Still in the middle, Kohli appears to be in good form.
50/2 (6.5 Overs), Rizwan 21 (21), and Ahmed 7 for Pakistan (5)
BIG WICKET! – Pakistan vs. India
Bhuvaneshwar Kumar’s bowling of 10 (9) Babar Azam was caught by Arshdeep Singh. Huge victory for India as Pakistan’s captain attempts to play a pull shot but fails and is caught at fine-leg.
Rizwan 3 (7), Zaman 4, and PAK’s score of 19/1 (2.5 Overs) (1)
CLOSE! – Live updates and score for the IND vs. PAK match
Pakistan survives a devastating blow! Mohammad Rizwan 0 (2) was handed the LBW penalty, but the review spared him. Babar Azam starts the game immediately by hitting a stunning straight shot off Bhuvaneshwar Kumar. Bhuvi asked for a caught behind later on the very last ball, and India lost the game.
Rizwan 0 (3), Babar 5, and PAK are 6/0 (1 Over) (2)
Pakistan vs. India Starting XI
India’s lineup includes Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Avesh Khan, Yuzvendra Chahal, Arshdeep Singh, Rohit Sharma (captain), KL Rahul, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, and Dinesh Karthik (w).
In addition to Mohammad Rizwan, Fakhar Zaman, Iftikhar Ahmed, Khushdil Shah, Asif Ali, Shadab Khan, Mohammad Nawaz, Naseem Shah, Haris Rauf, and Shahnawaz Dahani, there are players from Pakistan as well.
