Who: India vs Pakistan
What: ICC T20 World Cup 2024 Group A match
When: Sunday, June 9, 10:30am native time (14:30 GMT)
The place: Nassau County Worldwide Cricket Stadium, New York, United States
How: Observe Al Jazeera’s dwell textual content and picture protection
Gary Kirsten had his first style of the agony related to being a Pakistan cricket supporter when the brand new head coach of the lads’s facet noticed the staff crumble to an excellent over loss towards USA of their opening match of the ICC Males’s T20 World Cup 2024.
Pakistan’s defeat towards the match debutants and co-hosts was amongst the largest shocks within the recreation’s historical past, however Kirsten believes his gamers have “moved ahead” and at the moment are centered on the problem forward.
The problem, by the way, can’t get any larger than a must-win World Cup match towards historic rivals India.
“There’s no want for me to encourage the staff for this recreation,” Kirsten advised reporters on Saturday.
The South African, who was answerable for the Indian staff once they received their second ICC Cricket World Cup in 2011, stated the environment could possibly be “a little bit bit completely different” as a result of the sport shouldn’t be being performed in India or Pakistan however expects loads of assist for each groups on the New York venue.
Kirsten admitted that the pitch shall be tough to bat on, and bowlers from either side can have a bonus.
“The batters are going to must play with braveness, assess the situations, assess what an excellent rating could possibly be on this wicket [if we bat first] after which ensure we get a aggressive whole.”
India’s captain Rohit Sharma agreed with Kirsten’s evaluation, and stated his staff must assess the wicket “in a short time” and modify accordingly.
Rohit’s facet has the benefit of getting performed two video games on the pitch, one among which was their match opener towards Eire. India accomplished the tough chase because of Rohit’s half-century, however the captain needed to retire damage after being hit on the arm.
The skilled batter stated he’ll play his innings in “a really balanced approach”.
“I don’t wish to be too aggressive or too cautious, however somebody has to place stress on the bowlers to attempt to do one thing completely different. In any other case, it’s a very simple recreation [for the bowlers].”
Pitch and climate situations
The situation of the pitches on the Nassau County Stadium has steadily improved over the previous 4 video games, however it nonetheless has a component of unpredictability. Nevertheless, it’s nonetheless anticipated to favour seam bowlers and either side have loads of these of their lineups.
Following criticism from followers and ex-players, the Worldwide Cricket Council (ICC) admitted the pitches have been lower than commonplace and that floor workers have been engaged on remedying them.
The India-Pakistan match is predicted to be performed on a brand new floor.
Climate may have a say within the match as there’s a forecast for rain within the morning.
Type information
Each groups enter the match with contrasting types.
India have received two of their final three T20I sequence at house and away, and managed to beat Eire of their opening recreation.
Pakistan couldn’t have had a worse begin to their marketing campaign, which additionally comes on the again of a 2-0 sequence loss towards England and 2-1 scrape previous Eire.
India: W W W W W
Pakistan: L L L W W
India staff information
India are unlikely to tinker with the XI that acquired them previous Eire within the opening recreation, however there could possibly be a case for bringing in Kuldeep Yadav rather than Axar Patel given the previous’s success towards Pakistan’s captain.
Squad: Rohit Sharma (captain), Hardik Pandya, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant, Sanju Samson, Shivam Dube, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Arshdeep Singh, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj
Pakistan staff information
Pakistan’s coach Kirsten evaded questions on his facet’s taking part in XI and in addition stopped wanting Wasim’s inclusion within the facet regardless of the all-rounder being declared match.
Azam Khan’s poor run of type may see him drop out in favour of younger opener Saim Ayub, whereas the vastly skilled Wasim may slot in for Iftikhar Ahmed.
Squad: Babar Azam (captain), Mohammad Rizwan, Saim Ayub, Fakhar Zaman, Usman Khan, Azam Khan, Iftikhar Ahmed, Imad Wasim, Shadab Khan, Mohammad Amir, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Naseem Shah, Abbas Afridi, Haris Rauf, Abrar Ahmed
Key match-ups
- Virat Kohli vs Mohammad Amir
- Rohit Sharma vs Shaheen Shah Afridi
- Babar Azam vs Kuldeep Yadav
- Rishabh Pant vs Shadab Khan
- Mohammad Rizwan vs Arshdeep Singh
