Team India will play against their biggest rival Pakistan on June 9, 2024, at the New Nassau County Stadium (New York) at 08:00 PM IST & 02:30 PM GMT.
Pakistan won the toss and opted to field first against India. The match will now start at 8:50 PM India time.
The toss delayed a bit due to the wet outfield.
Playing XIs
Pakistan: B. Azam (C), M. Rizwan (wk), U. Khan, F. Zaman, I. Wasim, I. Ahmed, S. Khan, S. Afridi, N. Shah, M. Amir and H. Rauf.
India: R. Sharma (c), V. Kohli, R. Pant (wk), S. Yadav, S. Dube, H. Pandya, R. Jadeja, A. Patel, M. Siraj, J. Bumrah, A. Singh.
This match is considered the biggest clash in the cricketing world; hence, many things would be at stake for both sides.
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Pakistan lost their first match against the USA; therefore, it is a must-win game for them, whereas the Indian side won against Ireland comprehensively.
India vs Pakistan Live Streaming Info.
This match will be broadcast on Star Sports & and streamed by Disney plus Hotstar in the Indian sub-continent. PTV will be broadcasting this match live on their channel in Pakistan.
For the USA and Canada, Willow TV will broadcast the game. For England & Australia, Sky Sports and Amazon Prime would do the same respectively.
Pakistan’s team report, past performances and the way forward
Since the World Cup started, the Pakistani cricket team has not been up to the mark regarding their performances, especially since their batting unit has been failing consistently.
We can analyse their past bilateral series where they lost to England and New Zealand to understand the same. An average batting unit cannot survive this sort of tournament, and this side needs to understand this.
There are many questions about Babar Azam’s batting, he played with a strike rate of 103, scoring 44 (43), and this format requires more than what Pakistan’s captain has been playing. From the middle-order batsmen, any team would balance, but the same has not been the case for the Pakistani unit.
To understand their bowling performances as they have performed in their previous matches, especially against the USA.
The bowling team has seen struggling against the American batting unit. Players like Haris Rauf and Shaheen Afridi are considered world-class bowlers, but the performance they consistently provide is very questionable.
This match would be a must-win game for this team to survive through this tournament and every player has to perform with regards to what they have been selected for.
Head to Head IND VS PAK
In the T20 World Cup matches, Pakistan won only one match out of seven of the teams that had played. This also shows the domination from the Indian side, but Pakistan should not care about the past performances much if they want to win this game.
Pitch & weather report
The pitch in New York doesn’t seem nice for the batting side, whereas the bowling unit from both sides would get great help from the pitch.
Outfield is a bit slow as compared to other grounds. This pitch will be very suitable for Pakistan’s bowling unit as compared to the Indian bowling side.
The weather seems pleasant till now, but it is said that there could be a chance of a shower in New York later today.
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