IND vs PAK Live: ICC T20 World Cup 2022 – The excitement has reached its peak as there are just two days left for blockbuster India vs Pakistan clash. Over one lakh people will be watching the match live from MCG Stadium in Melbourne on October 23. INDO PAK clashes generate enough hype due to these two meeting only in ICC events and Asia Cup. With stakes so high, all the top players will be eager to strike the first blow. India cannot afford to take Pakistan lightly as they have enough firepower. There are five big threats for India from Pakistan. Follow IND vs PAK Live Updates with InsideSport.IN.
- Mohammed Rizwan
- Shaheen Shah Afridi
- Haris Rauf
- Shadab Khan
- & Mohammad Nawaz are the five big threats to India. If these five players can fire in unison, then it will be tough for India to win the game.
IND vs PAK Live: Five big threats for India from their biggest clash against arch-rivals Pakistan in the T20 World Cup 2022 – Check Out
Over the past year, Rizwan, Rauf, Shaheen, Shadab, and Nawaz have been Pakistan’s pillars. At the top, Rizwan’s grit and determination are unbreakable. Rauf has turned out to be a death-over specialist, while Shadab has started to fire as an all-rounder. Add Nawaz to the list, and Pakistan have five bankable players.
Here at InsideSport, we explain why these five players are big threats for India from Pakistan
1. Mohammad Rizwan
ICC number one ranked T20I batter Rizwan is in the purple patch of his life. While all the spotlight is on Babar Azam, the diminutive wicketkeeper-batter has quietly gone about his business. In T20Is in 2022, Rizwan has scored 821 in 18 T20Is. He has carried the form of 2021 and is Pakistan’s most trusted player at the top. Rizwan has scored eight fifties in the last 14 T20I innings. If the wicketkeeper batter bats till the end, Pakistan believe they can overhaul any target.
Rizwan plays the sheet anchor’s role to perfection, and if India doesn’t remove early, then they could be in for a massive heartbreak.
2. Shaheen Shah Afridi
“He is back” is what was trending after Shaheen destroyed Afghanistan in a fast and furious spell of fast bowling. The left-arm pacer clocked 145kmph and bowled Yorkers at will. Such was Shaheen’s velocity that he injured Rahmanullah Gurbaz with a toe-crushing yorker. The lanky pacer is India’s nemesis as it was his three wickets in the T20 World Cup 2021 which quashed India’s hopes of winning the match. Shaheen seems to be even fitter and more lethal after knee injury.
Left-hand bowling has been India’s biggest threat for the past five years now. Shaheen with that speed and awkward angel will ask questions relentlessly.
IND vs PAK Live: Five big threats for India from their biggest clash against arch-rivals Pakistan in the T20 World Cup 2022 – Check Out
3. Haris Rauf
Haris Rauf, Pakistan’s death-bowler specialist is the team’s most trusted pacer after Shaheen. Rauf’s economy rate at the death since the T20 World Cup 2021 is an impeccable 7.87 runs per over. Rauf has taken 26 wickets in 16 T20Is in 2022. The right-arm pacer is Pakistan’s highest wicket-taker in the shortest format this year. Rauf is very difficult to get away with since his quick as well as accurate with his line and lengths. The right-arm fast bowler also knows the conditions in Australia well as he has played Big Bash League.
It is while playing for Melbourne Stars, that the Pakistani pacer has honed his death bowling skills. Dinesh Karthik & Hardik Pandya will have to tackle death over specialist Rauf in a smart way.
4. Shadab Khan
Pakistan vice-captain Shadab Khan is the team’s crisis man. When skipper Babar needs wickets, he turns to his go-to leg spinner Shadab. When the team needs a pinch hitter, the vice-captain happily chips in with vital contributions. The leg-spinner is also the team’s best fielder. Shadab is very economical as he concedes below 8 runs per over. In T20Is in 2022, Shadab has taken 14 wickets in 13 matches.
IND vs PAK Live: Five big threats for India from their biggest clash against arch-rivals Pakistan in the T20 World Cup 2022 – Check Out
5. Mohammad Nawaz
Pakistan all-rounder Mohammad Nawaz has turned out to be Pakistan’s bankable player in recent times. The southpaw can bat at various roles and that’s what makes him special. In batting, he has been used as a pinch hitter, finisher, and middle-order batter. In all the roles he has excelled. In bowling, Nawaz is the middle-overs enforcer for Pakistan. He has taken 22 wickets and scored 202 runs in T20Is in 2022.
