India vs Pakistan LIVE: 5 superstars who are out of form– The highly-anticipated India vs Pakistan is all set to take place on October 24. Both Virat Kohli & Co as well as Babar Azam-led Pakistan will be looking to start their T20 World Cup campaign on a high. India have stats in their favour ahead of facing arch-rivals Pakistan in a tense match. On the other hand, the neighbours await history as they have never defeated India in a World Cup match. Here we focus on 5 key players are out of form and need to deliver in the crucial contest— SuryaKumar Yadav, Mohd Rizwan, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Shoaib Malik, Mohd Hafeez. Follow T20 World Cup live updates on insidesport.in
India vs Pakistan LIVE: 5 superstars who are out of form ahead of T20 World Cup
SuryaKumar Yadav
- India will hope SuryaKumar Yadav fires with the bat from game 1. He has gone through a lean patch.
- Even though he managed to score an unbeaten 38 against Australia, he had scored just 8 runs off 9 balls against England.
- He had a forgetful UAE leg of IPL 2021 where he managed just 164 runs across 7 innings which featured 82 in the last game.
- He is expected to continue playing against Pakistan as he did against Australia.
Mohd Rizwan
- Pakistan’s opener Mohd Rizwan, who is key to success for Babar Azam and Co, has failed to perform in the warmup matches.
- He managed scores of just 19 and 13 in the last two matches against South Africa and West Indies respectively.
- He was also in poor form during the later stages of the National T20 league in Pakistan.
- His partnership with Babar Azam is one of the key reasons behind Pakistan’s success in the last couple of years.
However, He has slammed 752 runs in 17 matches at an average of 94 and a strike rate of 140 in 2021. He needs to quickly return to form if Pakistan wants to beat India for the first time ever in T20 World Cup.
Bhuvneshwar Kumar
- India’s pace spearhead and part of Big 3 with Jasprit Bumrah and Mohd Shami, Bhuvneshwar Kumar has been going through a tough time with the ball for quite some time.
- While he was slammed for 54 runs against England, he returned with just 1/27 against Australia.
- He managed to scalp just a couple of wickets in the entire UAE leg of IPL 2021.
- He is key for India had taken most wickets (5) against Pakistan in T20Is among current players.
Shoaib Malik and Mohd Hafeez
- Former Pakistan captain Shoaib Malik and Mohd Hafeez are out of form.
- While Hafeez managed just 106 runs in 14 T20Is at an average of 11.78 in 2021, Shoaib Malik is yet to feature in a T20Is for Pakistan this year.
- He managed just 67 runs in 11 matches during the recently-concluded Caribbean Premier League (CPL 2021).
- Against India, Hafeez has scored just 156 runs in 7 matches, Malik has managed to rake up only 164 runs in 8 games.
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