Published on: Oct 23, 2022 11:00 am IST|Updated on: Oct 23, 2022 1:12 pm IST
IND vs PAK Dream 11 Prediction: The biggest cricketing clash of the ICC T20 World Cup 2022 is scheduled to be played between arch-rivals India and Pakistan on 23 October, 2022 (Sunday) at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne. After a poor Asia Cup 2022 campaign, the Rohit Sharma-led Indian team managed to win both of their previous two T20I series at home against Australia and South Africa. On the other hand, Pakistan will surely be feeling very much confident as they are coming off from a brilliant T20I tri-series win over New Zealand and Bangladesh.
Fixture Name: Match 16, India vs Pakistan
Competition: ICC T20 World Cup 2022
Date: 23 October, 2022
Time: 1:30 PM IST
Ground: Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
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The pitch and the conditions at the Melbourne Cricket Ground are expected to offer enough help for the batters and bowlers throughout the entire match. There will be good amount of bounce available on the wicket that will surely help the fast bowlers as MCG normally offers a balanced track especially with the overcast weather around and things will be favourable for the batters as well. Therefore, picking more of batters and bowlers in your respective dream fantasy teams will be a good option.
IND (recent last): L W W W W PAK (recent last): W W L W W
1. KL Rahul 2. Rohit Sharma (C) 3. Virat Kohli 4. Suryakumar Yadav 5. Hardik Pandya 6. Dinesh Karthik (wk) 7. Axar Patel 8. Ravichandran Ashwin 9. Bhuvneshwar Kumar 10. Mohammed Shami 11. Arshdeep Singh
For India, Virat Kohli has always been a top-notch performer in any ICC T20 World Cup tournaments as seen over the years. Virat Kohli also scored a brilliant half-century in the last T20I encounter against Pakistan.
India’s Suryakumar Yadav has been in an outstanding form off late during the recent while especially in the shorter format of the game. Suryakumar Yadav has notched up more than 1000 runs from as many as 34 T20I matches at a strike-rate of 176.82.
1. Babar Azam (C) 2. Mohammad Rizwan (wk) 3. Shan Masood 4. Iftikhar Ahmed 5. Haider Ali 6. Asif Ali 7. Mohammad Nawaz 8. Shadab Khan 9. Shaheen Afridi 10. Naseem Shah 11. Haris Rauf
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For Pakistan, wicket-keeper batsman Mohammad Rizwan has been the most consistent batsman in the T20I format over the last couple of years. Mohammad Rizwan also scored an incredible half-century during the last T20I win over India.
Pakistan’s premier left-arm pacer Shaheen Afridi will be a key player to watch out for in this important game against India. Shaheen Afridi dismissed India’s star top-order trio of Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul and Virat Kohli during ICC T20 World Cup 2021 match.
According to the India vs Pakistan today match prediction, India are the favourites to win this match.
WICKET-KEEPERS: Mohammad Rizwan BATTERS: Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, KL Rahul, Babar Azam ALL-ROUNDERS: Hardik Pandya, Mohammad Nawaz BOWLERS: Shaheen Afridi, Haris Rauf, Mohammed Shami, Arshdeep Singh
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For Small League, Head-to-Head contests: Virat Kohli, Mohammad Rizwan.
For Grand League: Hardik Pandya, Babar Azam.
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