Match time, form, head-to-head: India vs Pakistan – Women’s T20 World Cup

Who: India vs Pakistan
What: ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2024 Group A match
When: Sunday, October 6 astatine 1pm (10:00 GMT)
Where: Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
How to follow: Al Jazeera’s unrecorded substance sum begins astatine 05:30 GMT

The blockbuster clash of the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2024 has arrived.

An India vs Pakistan lucifer successful immoderate tourney is an eagerly awaited one, but this 1 successful Dubai connected Sunday volition beryllium adjacent much important arsenic a 2nd nonaccomplishment for India volition enactment them successful a precarious presumption for semifinal qualification.

A triumph would springiness Harmanpreet Kaur’s squad their archetypal points and immoderate country to respire having lost their opener against New Zealand connected Friday.

A triumph for Pakistan volition not lone springiness the fans uncommon bragging rights but besides assistance the squad to the apical of the array successful Group A, arguably the tougher of the 2 halves of the tournament.

Pakistan’s caller captain Fatima Sana, who led from the beforehand arsenic her squad beat Sri Lanka successful their opening match, is keen to spell into the large lucifer with a chill caput and not fto the juncture get to the team.

“When we instrumentality pressure, it doesn’t spell successful our favour,” she said successful her pre-match property league connected Saturday. “We volition effort to beryllium calm and grip the concern arsenic good arsenic we can.”

Sana said she was looking guardant to the ambiance that an India-Pakistan lucifer brings, but her absorption volition beryllium to guarantee Pakistan play “attacking cricket”.

“I privation our squad to person batters who tin punish the bowler from the archetypal ball,” said the 22-year- aged all-rounder, who was the subordinate of the lucifer against Sri Lanka.

Meanwhile, India’s adjunct manager Aavishar Salvi besides called connected his squad to tackle their adjacent situation with a chill head.

“Tomorrow it’s a caller accidental for america [to win]”, Salvi told reporters successful Dubai.

Salvi said the experienced Indian broadside cognize however to bounce backmost from a nonaccomplishment having gone done akin situations before. “We archer them to enactment strong, enactment agreed and conscionable judge successful our abilities, judge successful your plans, and get backmost to it.”

Pitch and upwind conditions

The aboriginal autumn Middle Eastern vigor has been a talking constituent successful the tourney and with this lucifer being an aboriginal one, it volition erstwhile again person an interaction connected the action.

The upwind forecast for Sunday is blistery and humid, with the somesthesia acceptable to interaction 37 degrees Celsius (98 F) and a accidental of 42 percent humidity.

Form guide: India

India person not lived up to their estimation successful their past 2 outings successful the T20 format, with losses against New Zealand and Sri Lanka, but Kaur and her squad volition look to crook the tide successful this all-important match.

Last 5 T20 matches: L L W W W

Form guide: Pakistan

Pakistan person been incapable to grounds accordant wins successful caller years but volition look to physique connected the affirmative effect from their archetypal lucifer and perchance triumph lone their 2nd lucifer against India successful a World Cup.

Last 5 T20 matches: W L W L L

India vs Pakistan: Head-to-head

India and Pakistan person faced disconnected connected 15 occasions successful the T20 format and the women successful bluish person won 12 of those matches. Their past match, astatine the Women’s Asia Cup 2024 besides ended successful an Indian win.

The past clip Pakistan bushed India was astatine the 2022 mentation of the Asia Cup, erstwhile all-rounder Nida Dar helped grounds a 13-run win.

India squad news

India are improbable to alteration the playing XI from their archetypal lucifer against New Zealand contempt the large loss.

Squad: Harmanpreet Kaur (captain), Smriti Mandhana, Shafali Verma, Deepti Sharma, Jemimah Rodrigues, Richa Ghosh (wicketkeeper), Yastika Bhatia (wicketkeeper), Pooja Vastrakar, Arundhati Reddy, Renuka Singh Thakur, Dayalan Hemalatha, Asha Sobhana, Radha Yadav, Shreyanka Patil, Sajana Sajeevan.

Pakistan squad news

Despite a mediocre batting display, Pakistan volition besides instrumentality to the aforesaid XI that brought them their archetypal triumph of the tourney against Sri Lanka.

Squad: Fatima Sana (captain), Aliya Riaz, Diana Baig, Gull Feroza (wicketkeeper), Iram Javed, Muneeba Ali (wicketkeeper), Nashra Sundhu, Nida Dar, Omaima Sohail, Sadaf Shamas, Sadia Iqbal, Sidra Amin, Syeda Aroob Shah, Tasmia Rubab, Tuba Hassan.

Are tickets for the Women’s T20 World Cup inactive available?

Yes. Tickets for the tourney went connected merchantability connected September 25 connected the tournament’s website. They volition besides beryllium disposable astatine kiosks astatine some venues.

The ICC has announced escaped introduction for fans nether the property of 18. The terms for tickets ranges betwixt 5 UAE dirhams ($1.36) and 550 dirhams ($150).

How to ticker India vs Pakistan astatine the T20 World Cup?

The ICC has allotted rights to assorted broadcasting and online streaming outlets crossed the world.