T20 World Cup Warm-up: Pakistan beat West Indies: Pakistan cruised to a seven-wicket victory over defending champions West Indies in the first warm-up. Pakistan captain Babar Azam shined with a half-century to send a warning to Virat Kohli’s India. Fakhar Zaman, who smashed a century against India in the ICC Champions Trophy Final, scored 46 – Follow T20 World Cup LIVE Updates on InsideSport.in
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T20 World Cup: Big warning for India, Pakistan beat World Champions West Indies in warm up match
T20 World Cup Warm-up: Pakistan beat West Indies: West Indies captain Kieron Pollard won the toss and opted to bat first but they struggled. With Hasan Ali returning with two wickets for only 21 runs in his four overs, his spell restricted West Indies to a mediocre score. Apart from him, Haris Rauf gave away 32 runs from his 4 overs in return for wickets of Keiron Pollard and Chris Gayle while Shaheen Afridi scalped 2 wickets as Pakistan restricted Kieron Pollard & Co to 130/7 in 20 overs.
While Mohammad Rizwan struggled with 13 off 17, Babar Azam and Fakhar Zaman added 58 runs for the second wicket to take the match away. Hayden Walsh’s 2/41 had no impact as Pakistan registered a 7-wicket victory with Shoaib Malik remaining not out on 14 off 11. Pakistan will next face South Africa on October 20.
T20 World Cup: Big warning for India, Pakistan beat World Champion West Indies in warm up match
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PAKISTAN INNINGS (TARGET: 131 RUNS FROM 20 OVERS)
| BATTING | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||||
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| Mohammad Rizwan † | b Rampaul | 13 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 76.47 | |||
| Babar Azam (c) | st †Pooran b Walsh | 50 | 41 | 6 | 1 | 121.95 | |||
| Fakhar Zaman | not out | 46 | 24 | 4 | 2 | 191.66 | |||
| Mohammad Hafeez | c Hetmyer b Walsh | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| Shoaib Malik | not out | 14 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 127.27 | |||
| Extras | (lb 2, nb 1, w 5) | 8 | |||||||
| TOTAL | (15.3 Ov, RR: 8.45) | 131/3 | |||||||
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Did not bat: Asif Ali, Imad Wasim, Shadab Khan, Hasan Ali, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Haris Rauf, Mohammad Wasim, Sarfaraz Ahmed, Mohammad Nawaz, Haider Ali
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Fall of wickets: 1-36 (Mohammad Rizwan, 5.3 ov), 2-94 (Babar Azam, 11.5 ov), 3-94 (Mohammad Hafeez, 11.6 ov)
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| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ravi Rampaul | 3 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 6.33 | 2 | 0 |
| Obed McCoy | 3 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 6.00 | 1 | 1 |
| Roston Chase | 3 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 8.33 | 0 | 0 |
| Hayden Walsh | 3.3 | 0 | 41 | 2 | 11.71 | 1 | 0 |
| Oshane Thomas | 3 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 8.66 | 1 | 0 |
West Indies Innings: 130/7 (20 ovs)
| BATTING | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lendl Simmons | c Haris Rauf b Shaheen Shah Afridi | 18 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 78.26 | |||
| Andre Fletcher | b Hasan Ali | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 33.33 | |||
| Chris Gayle | b Haris Rauf | 20 | 30 | 2 | 0 | 66.66 | |||
| Roston Chase | c Shaheen Shah Afridi b Imad Wasim | 9 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 69.23 | |||
| Shimron Hetmyer | c Babar Azam b Shaheen Shah Afridi | 28 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 116.66 | |||
| Nicholas Pooran † | c Babar Azam b Hasan Ali | 13 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 100.00 | |||
| Kieron Pollard (c) | b Haris Rauf | 23 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 230.00 | |||
| Hayden Walsh | not out | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| Extras | (b 4, lb 6, w 7) | 17 | |||||||
| TOTAL | (20 Ov, RR: 6.50) | 130/7 | |||||||
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Did not bat: Ravi Rampaul, Obed McCoy, Oshane Thomas, Andre Russell, Evin Lewis, Dwayne Bravo, Fabian Allen
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Fall of wickets: 1-12 (Andre Fletcher, 2.5 ov), 2-30 (Lendl Simmons, 5.6 ov), 3-44 (Roston Chase, 10.2 ov), 4-63 (Chris Gayle, 13.1 ov), 5-93 (Nicholas Pooran, 17.2 ov), 6-108 (Shimron Hetmyer, 18.4 ov), 7-130 (Kieron Pollard, 19.6 ov)
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| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON | WD | NB |
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| Shaheen Shah Afridi | 4 | 0 | 41 | 2 | 10.25 | 6 | 0 |
| Imad Wasim | 3 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2.00 | 0 | 0 |
| Hasan Ali | 4 | 0 | 21 | 2 | 5.25 | 0 | 0 |
| Haris Rauf | 4 | 0 | 32 | 2 | 8.00 | 0 | 0 |
| Shadab Khan | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3.50 | 1 | 0 |
| Mohammad Hafeez | 3 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 4.33 | 0 | 0 |
| Date | Match | Time (IST) | Venue |
| 18-Oct | Afghanistan vs South Africa | 3:30 PM | Abu Dhabi |
| 18-Oct | Pakistan vs West Indies | 3:30 PM | Dubai |
| 18-Oct | New Zealand vs Australia | 7:30 PM | Abu Dhabi |
| 18-Oct | India vs England | 7:30 PM | Dubai |
| 20-Oct | England vs New Zealand | 3:30 PM | Abu Dhabi |
| 20-Oct | India vs Australia | 3:30 PM | Dubai |
| 20-Oct | Pakistan vs South Africa | 7:30 PM | Abu Dhabi |
| 20-Oct | Afghanistan vs West Indies | 7:30 PM | Dubai |
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India vs Pakistan LIVE: Though Pakistan team has never beaten India in the ICC tournament, Babar Azam had earlier declared that Pakistan will have an advantage against India this time. 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.
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 |
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| 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
