IND vs PAK T20 WC: Ex-player Parthiv Patel dishes out warning to Rohit Sharma and his men, says, ‘Pakistan are thinking they can now beat this Indian side’

IND vs PAK T20 WC: ICC T20 World Cup: Former Indian cricketer Parthiv Patel has dished out a warning to Men in Blue captain Rohit Sharma and his side. Parthiv Patel stated that the current Pakistan team will come with a different mindset when both neighbors will clash with each other in next month’s ICC T20 World Cup. After beating India in the Super 4s of Asia Cup 2022 and previously in the group stage of ICC T20 World Cup 2021, hopes will definitely be high in the Pakistani camp this time around. Follow IND vs PAK and T20 WC LIVE updates on InsideSport.IN

IND vs PAK T20 WC: Ex-player Parthiv Patel dishes out warning to Rohit Sharma and his men, says, ‘Pakistan are thinking they can now beat this Indian side’

India will face Pakistan on October 23 at Australia’s iconic Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG).

Last year’s World Cup began with a shock for India as they were defeated by their arch-rivals Pakistan by comprehensive 10 wickets. This was Pakistan’s first-ever victory against India in a World Cup game. Men in Blue were ultimately eliminated in the Super 12 round of the T20 World Cup.

IND vs PAK T20 WC: Ex-player Parthiv Patel dishes out warning to Rohit Sharma and his men, says, ‘Pakistan are thinking they can now beat this Indian side’

Both teams then competed in two intense matches during the recently concluded Asia Cup, with Pakistan winning the second and India winning the first clash.

Parthiv Patel, the former wicketkeeper for India, now believes that Rohit Sharma’s team has a unique challenge in front of them as a result of Pakistan’s recent success, notably in the 2021 T20 World Cup match.

“It is the same for Pakistan as well. They will come out with a different mindset. They were not expecting to beat India by 10 wickets in the last World Cup. Now that they have beaten India once in the Asia Cup and before that in the T20 World Cup, they would be thinking differently,” said Parthiv Patel on Cricbuzz.

“They would be thinking that they can beat this side. Before that they had no chance of beating India in World Cup games for a long time. So that will be a different challenge for India,” he added.

India squad for T20 WC 2022

Rohit Sharma (c), KL Rahul, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Deepak Hooda, Rishabh Pant (wk), Dinesh Karthik (wk), Hardik Pandya, R Ashwin, Yuzvendra Chahal, Axar Patel, Jasprit Bumrah, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Harshal Patel, Arshdeep Singh.

Reserves: Mohammad Shami, Shreyas Iyer, Ravi Bishnoi, Deepak Chahar

Pakistan squad for T20 WC 2022

Babar Azam, Mohammed Rizwan, Shadab Khan, Shan Masood, Asif Ali, Haider Ali, Haris Rauf, Iftikhar Ahmed, Khushdil Shah, Mohammed Hasnain, Mohammed Nawaz, Mohammed Wasim JR, Naseem Shah, Shaheen Afridi, Usman Qadir.

Reserves: M Haris, Fakhar Zaman, Shahnawaz Dahani

IND vs PAK T20 WC: Ex-player Parthiv Patel dishes out warning to Rohit Sharma and his men, says, ‘Pakistan are thinking they can now beat this Indian side’