Rohit Sharma-led Indian team will head into the ICC T20I World Cup 2022 starting later this month with an aim to win their first title since the inaugural triumph under MS Dhoni back in 2007. T20I World Cup 2022: Rishabh Pant out, best playing XI for IND vs PAK.
After a disappointing showing in the T20I World Cup 2021 where they failed to reach the semifinals, the Rohit Sharma-led Men in Blue will look for a much better showing down under in Australia. The big match is here. This is the first time both the teams are playing a T20I against each other in Australia.
Pakistan doesn’t have a great record in Australian conditions whereas India has been pretty dominant in this part of the world compared to Pakistan. But the past records won’t count for anything as whoever plays well on 23rd of October 2022, will take all the glory and the past will be forgotten. Pakistan destroyed India in the previous edition of the T20 world cup.
There are high chances of rain playing a spoilsport in this game. In the two warm-up games India played against Western Australia XI, Pant returned with 9 runs each. He was then benched for Dinesh Karthik against Australia in the warm-up match. With India’s warm-up against New Zealand washed out, Pant didn’t get a chance to prove himself.
While Karthik did not fare better either in the two practice games and warm-up against Australia, he has done enough to keep Pant out of the Playing XI. DK scored 19, 10 and 20 in the three games. As per Team India sources in Australia, Rishabh Pant has already lost the team’s trust and won’t be in the Playing XI for the Pakistan match.
In 2022 alone, Dinesh Karthik has scored 273 runs off just 181 deliveries he has faced in 19 innings. For Pant, he has scored 338 runs in 17 innings but it’s not the role Team India wants. Karthik has excelled in the finisher’s role, scoring at a strike rate of 150.82. For Pant, although he scores at 136.84, his role at No 5 isn’t something that the team management wants.
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India probable playing XI T20I World Cup 2022 India vs Pakistan match:
Rohit Sharma (C), KL Rahul (VC), Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Dinesh Karthik, Axar Patel, Harshal Patel, Yuzvendra Chahal/Ravichandran Ashwin, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Arshdeep Singh/Mohammad Shami
India squad for T20I World Cup 2022:
Rohit Sharma (c), KL Rahul, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Deepak Hooda, Rishabh Pant, Dinesh Karthik, Hardik Pandya, R Ashwin, Yuzvendra Chahal, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Arshdeep Singh, Mohammad Shami, Harshal Patel, Axar Patel.
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