Pakistan vs India – Live Updates: Pakistan look to end India losing streak in T20 World Cup blockbuster

DUBAI: India and Pakistan renew their high-profile but one-sided cricket rivalry on Sunday in a T20 World Cup blockbuster watched by hundreds of millions of fans across the globe. Virat Kohli’s India has beaten Pakistan in all of their 12 matches at the T20 and 50-over World Cups. Pakistan, however, go into the contest with 10 wins in a row in the United Arab Emirates, their home away from home for most of the last decade. It will be the…

As Babar Azam and his men get ready to take on arch-rivals India, in a rare sight politicians from across the spectrum wished the Pakistan team good luck against Virat Kohli and co. Pakistan and India will kick off their T20 World Cup campaign tonight at the Dubai International Stadium. Since 2013 both teams have faced each other in ICC tournaments only. The arch-rivals had met each other last time in 2019 during the ODI World Cup and India had…

DUBAI: As the cricketing world gears for the big clash between arch-rivals India and Pakistan, Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry said that everyone wants Babar Azam and his men to defeat Virat Kohli’s team. “We all want Pakistan to defeat India and give [something] to celebrate,” said Fawad in a press conference at the Pakistani consulate in Dubai. The minister said that tomorrow is a big match and shared that cricket unites everyone in the country. “The whole country’s hearts are…

DUBAI: India skipper Virat Kohli on Saturday said they will take on a “very strong” Pakistan team in their Twenty20 World Cup opener and downplayed their unbeaten record against their opponents. India has beaten Pakistan in all of their 12 matches at the T20 and 50-over World Cups. “We never discussed these things, about our record and past performance,” Kohli told reporters on the eve of the much-anticipated clash in Dubai on Sunday. “These things create distractions. What matters is…

DUBAI: Skipper Babar Azam vowed his team will not think about Pakistan’s poor record against arch-rivals India when they meet in a high-octane Twenty20 World Cup match in Dubai on Sunday. Pakistan have lost all seven World Cup (50 over) clashes against India as well as five games in the Twenty20 World Cup and start as ‘underdogs’. Exuding confidence, Babar stressed that the past is irrelevant to his players. “To be honest, what has passed is beyond us,” Babar told a virtual media conference on Saturday,…

Pakistan skipper Babar Azam announced on Saturday the 12-member squad for the crucial game against India, which will be played on Sunday in Dubai. Former captain Sarfraz Ahmed, Mohammad Wasim Jr and Mohammad Nawaz could not make into the 12 probable players that will take on the arch-rivals. The squad includes batters, Babar Azam, Mohammad Rizwan, Fakhar Zaman and senior batsmen Mohammad Hafeez and Shoaib Malik. Moreover, Haider Ali and Asif Ali have also been named in the squad, but…

Pakistan will face India in the fourth match of the Super 12s round of the International Cricket Council (ICC) T20 World Cup 2021 in Dubai on Sunday. Ahead of the match, the Men-in-Green’s new batting consultant Mathew Hayden was quoted by ESPNCricinfo as saying: “Nothing else that I’ve ever seen throughout various elements of the game that I’ve been a part of ever matches the rivalry between India and Pakistan.” Those words were unique, not because they were something no…