India vs Pakistan LIVE – Babar Azam Birthday: The Pakistani team enroute Dubai for the T20 World Cup had planned a very special celebration for someone really special. Pakistan team members gave a surprise party to their captain Babar Azam on his 27th birthday by having a celebration mid-skies i.e in the flight itself – Follow all T20 World Cup LIVE Updates on InsideSport.in
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India vs Pakistan LIVE – Babar Azam Birthday: Team had ordered custom-made cake for the skipper. The champion batsman who is known as LION in Pakistan’s cricket circles got a cake, brilliantly decorated with blue and gold crown and a lion’s picture — indicating that the skipper is a king.
A special birthday celebration of a very special player!@babarazam258 ✈️🎂 pic.twitter.com/yrYTpbHk6o
— Pakistan Cricket (@TheRealPCB) October 15, 2021
“Ladies and gentlemen, en route to Dubai, this is of immense [pleasure] to announce that, at the height of 36,000 feet, we are celebrating the birthday of the captain of the Pakistan team, Babar Azam,” the air hostess announced.
India vs Pakistan LIVE – Babar Azam Birthday: The entire team wished the skipper in their own style. Azam is currently ranked No. 1 in ODI rankings. From 80 ODI matches so far, he has scored an impressive 3,985 runs at an average of 56.92, and from 61 T20Is, scored an equally impressive 2,204 runs at an average of 46.89.
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India vs Pakistan LIVE: Babar Azam super confident of beating India- Azam feels Pakistan have an advantage against India when they face-off Virat Kohli & Co in their opening league match of ICC T20 World Cup.
“Our morale is high and we want to make a positive start to the tournament by winning the opening game against India. Gaining momentum at the start of the tournament will help in improving the confidence of the team,” he said.
“UAE is like our second home and we have won many T20 matches there and also became number one world side. So, yes, this is an added advantage and will give further motivation and confidence to our players,” Azam had stated earlier.
گڈ لک پاکستان ٹیم #T20WorldCup pic.twitter.com/QcNhqVH6Gv
— Sohail Imran (@sohailimrangeo) October 15, 2021
India vs Pakistan LIVE: Javed Miandad advises Azam to be fearless- Meanwhile, Former Pakistan skipper Javed Miandad has advised Azam to adopt a fearless approach as the two arch-rivals are set to clash in an epic encounter.
“The match against India will be crucial to getting momentum in the tournament. They are a strong side and have several top players but if we can play without fear and pressure and everyone does his bit we can beat them,” he said.
India vs Pakistan LIVE: Head-to-Head in ICC tournaments
- Pakistan is yet to beat India in any World Cup fixture.
- India leads Pakistan 6-1 in 8 T20 matches, including a tie.
- The record shows Pakistan will have an uphill task against Virat Kohli & Co. in the upcoming contest.
- The two neighbours had last met each other in the 2019 World Cup in Manchester on October 29.
| Tournament | Matches played | India won | Pakistan won | Draw/Tie/No result |
| World Cup | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| T20 World Cup | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| Champions Trophy | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| Total | 17 | 13 | 3 | 1 |
India vs Pakistan LIVE: Head-to-Head in T20s
| Match results | ||||||
| Team 1 | Team 2 | Winner | Margin | Ground | Match Date | |
| India | Pakistan | tied | Durban | Sep 14, 2007 | ||
| India | Pakistan | India | 5 runs | Johannesburg | Sep 24, 2007 | |
| India | Pakistan | India | 8 wickets | Colombo (RPS) | Sep 30, 2012 | |
| India | Pakistan | Pakistan | 5 wickets | Bengaluru | Dec 25, 2012 | |
| India | Pakistan | India | 11 runs | Ahmedabad | Dec 28, 2012 | |
| India | Pakistan | India | 7 wickets | Dhaka | Mar 21, 2014 | |
| India | Pakistan | India | 5 wickets | Dhaka | Feb 27, 2016 | |
| India | Pakistan | India | 6 wickets | Kolkata | Mar 19, 2016 | |
Pakistan T20 World Cup Squad: Babar Azam (captain), Shadab Khan (vice-captain), Asif Ali, Fakhar Zaman, Haider Ali, Haris Rauf, Hasan Ali, Imad Wasim, Mohammad Hafeez, Mohammad Nawaz, Mohammad Rizwan (wicketkeeper), Mohammad Wasim Jnr, Sarfaraz Ahmed (wicketkeeper), Shaheen Shah Afridi and Shoaib Malik.
India’s squad for ICC T20 World Cup: Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul, Rishabh Pant, Suryakumar Yadav, Ishan Kishan, Ravindra Jadeja, Hardik Pandya, R.Ashwin, Rahul Chahar, Shardul Thakur, Varun Chakravarthy, Jasprit Bumrah, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mohammad Shami
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