(Info4now, October 24, 2021)- UAE is witnessing many games and Dubai International Stadium is a busy venue as India vs Pakistan contest to take place today. If IPL is very competitive even at the league stage, an international game always lacks that excellence. You have to go with your limited numbers and play your best. Every team tries their best to reach that level of cricket only with their stocks. In a T20 World Cup, it’s more a game of emotion than a game of cricket itself.
Australia vs South Africa opener and the England vs West Indies in the second half speak enough of that competition. No doubt, it’s the very start of the game and things might change in days to come. But throughout the tournament there mustn’t be any huge change. Only the eliminators at the final stage will probably bring that competition.
In head to head games, it’s only in the ICC Champions Trophy, Pakistan won a few games and slightly ahead in the statistics. But it’s in the world cup, either 50 over or the shortest one, Pakistan still to open their account. So every time they play against India, they offer a slight edge to India.
Preview: India vs Pakistan, T20 World Cup 2021
India and Pakistan are the champions of the first two consecutive events and they, therefore, are among the tough competitors throughout the last decade. But they slipped always and couldn’t make it twice in recent times.
Just keep aside the technology for one minute and concentrate on two teams. There are so many changes in two years and the maximum players are unknown to each other. They have no chance to play any mind game. So what they must look forward to is just to concentrate on the mathematics of cricket. It’s only the movement of the ball or the reading of the wicket only. In the batting department, while India are ahead, in bowling, Pakistan are rich in variety.
To Conclude
Being used for so many games, Dubai pitch doesn’t promise huge runs. Still Chennai Super Kings managed to get 190+ in the final. But it’s a pressure game and the average first innings score to decline, I think. With so many T20 specialists, both India and Pakistan will enjoy spinning the white ball on a slow pitch.