The Rohit Sharma-led Indian cricket team will kickstart their T20 World Cup 2022 tournament on Sunday against Pakistan at the Melbourne Cricket Ground and the stage is all set for the world’s most awaited sports clash. The high-octane thrilling encounter is taking place today and will be watched by millions of fans across the world.
While the Indian cricket team has been a favorite side against Pakistan at the big stage, the Babar Azam-led Pakistan cricket team threw off the shackles last time they met at a World Cup game as they defeated India by 10 wickets in the 2021 edition of the T20 World Cup.
So far, Team India and Pakistan have faced each other six times in the World Cup, out of which India has won five times and Pakistan just once. In fact, Babar Azam is the first Pakistan captain to register a win against team India in a World Cup match. It will be interesting to see the team combinations for the highly-anticipated match as the rain is expected to play a spoilsport and the team management of both teams might make some last-minute adjustments to their playing XIs.
Meanwhile, several Indian players and experts took to social media and wished good luck to the players to start their campaign on high. Among many, Ravindra Jadeja, who missed the flight to Australia, after sustaining a knee injury, also took to social media to wish the Indian team to put their best foot forward ahead of their opening match in the 2022 T20 World Cup. He wrote:
“Here’s to putting your best foot forward at the T20 World Cup. Goodluck boys. 🇮🇳💪 @BCCI”
Check out the Tweet:
Here’s to putting your best foot forward at the T20 World Cup. Goodluck boys. 🇮🇳💪 @BCCI pic.twitter.com/i7gDzoIkUF
— Ravindrasinh jadeja (@imjadeja) October 23, 2022
Shreyas Iyer, who is part of the standby list, didn’t travel to Australia as the BCCI decided that he will take the flight only in case of any injury to the batters. He also posted a special tweet for the Indian side and wrote: “Get it boys” as he posted an image of the Indian team.
Check out the Tweet:
Get it boys 🇮🇳 pic.twitter.com/hvJeIdE2t0
— Shreyas Iyer (@ShreyasIyer15) October 23, 2022
