Pakistan's star batter Ahmed Shehzad suggested the national cricket team to play fearlessly against the arch-foes India as the neighbours' match is set to take place at Nassau County International Cricket Stadium in New York Sunday.
The cricket match between Pakistan and India is always tense as former player Rashid Latif also suggested the captain of Men in Green days earlier to learn how to manage the stress because The Blues invite much more pressure than the World Cup.
India and Pakistan are set to face off each other today in history's biggest T20 World Cup 2024 tournament at 7:30pm (PST).
The 32-year-old while speaking at a Geo News show "Haarna Mana Hay" said: "Babar Azam should step on the field with a fearless attitude and the entire team should follow him. There is pressure on both teams during an India-Pakistan match and it doesn’t matter what happened in the past."
The righthand-batter added: "I’m hopeful that Pakistan will win against India in a one-sided match."
Pakistan desperately need a win after their shocking loss to the United States Thursday in their first match of the tournament.
Meanwhile, India will have one foot in the Super 8 if they win against Pakistan since they have already beaten Ireland in their opening match.
India and Pakistan have met seven times in T20 World Cups where India won five matches while Pakistan won only one. The remaining T20I resulted in a tie with India winning via bowl out.
The only T20I Pakistan has won against India in a T20 World Cup was back in 2021 when Babar Azam XI played against Virat Kohli-led Men in Blue.
Pakistan: Babar Azam (c), Saim Ayub, Mohammad Rizwan, Azam Khan, Shadab Khan, Fakhar Zaman, Usman Khan, Iftikhar Ahmed, Imad Wasim, Abrar Ahmed, Mohammad Abbas Afridi, Mohammad Amir, Naseem Shah, Shaheen Shah Afridi and Haris Rauf.
India: Rohit Sharma (c), Hardik Pandya (vc), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant (wk), Sanju Samson (wk), Shivam Dube, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Arshdeep Singh, Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Siraj.
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