The India vs Pakistan match in the ongoing ICC Men’s T20 World Cup to be played on Sunday will be litmus test for the game’s governing body as the sport needs after the mess of poor drop-in pitches and sky-high ticket prices. Rohit Sharma-led India will take on Babar Azam’s Pakistan at the Nassau County International Cricket Stadium, New York. The pregame conversations would be pitched on how and Co.
would negotiate Shaheen Afridi and Mohammad Amir in the powerplay. Shaheen’s first spell in Dubai in the 2021 edition was one for the ages and fashioned Pakistan’s first-ever win over India in any World Cup. But history would mean nothing — and sometimes everything — when thse clash.
The clash between arch-rivals India and Pakistan have a standalone existence, often immune to the standard sporting barometers like recent form, state of mind, and historic outcomes. The teams will be meeting in the T20 World Cup for the eighth time across nine editions, with India conceding defeat only once. The teams first met in the group stage of the 2007 T20 World Cup where the Men in Blue emerged victorious in a nail-biting bowl out after the match ended in a tie.
India proceeded to pip Pakistan by five runs and clinch the maiden title. The unpredictable nature of the drop-in pitches at the Nassau Country Ground in New York was once again the talking point on the eve of the anticipated India versus Pakistan group game on Sunday. India captain Rohit Sharma, who had retired hurt in .
