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India vs Pakistan Predictions & Tips - Kohli to lead India to victory

Ralph Staniforth

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Last updated: 09 Jun 2024

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India vs Pakistan predictions for Sunday’s T20 Cricket World Cup group clash
Kohli was the leading run scorer at the recent IPL
Can Pakistan beat India to put their first points on the board?

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Virat Kohli pushes a single against the Rajasthan Royals. (credit: Punit Paranjpe / Getty Images))

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While Pakistan have a superb team on paper, their form coming into this tournament has been poor. They also lost to the USA in their opening game so they are under huge pressure to get a result.

Considering India's current form, I can't see Pakistan pulling this one out of the bag. The value is with the in-form Virat Kohli.

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Head-to-Head
India Form
India Team News
Pakistan Form
Pakistan Team News

India’s Virat Kohli has scored 51, 70*, 42, 92, 27, 47 & 33 in his last 8 innings.
India’s Yashasvi Jaiswal has scored 104*, 24, 67, 24, 45 & 42, 23 & 52* in his last 8 innings.
Pakistan’s Babar Azam has scored 75, 32, 36 & 44 in his last 4 innings.
Pakistan’s Fakhar Zaman has scored 78 & 45 in his last 4 innings.

Head-to-Head

India have won three of their last five T20I games against Pakistan.

India Form

India were on fire in their World Cup opener against Ireland, winning by eight wickets.

India bowled Ireland out for 96 off 16 overs, Hardik Pandya (3/27) returning the best figures with the ball.

India raced to the win for the loss of just two wickets after a great start from Rohit Sharma, who retired hurt after scoring 52 off 37 balls. Rishabh Pant (36 off 26 balls) took India home with 46 balls in hand.

India Team News

India will be without Rohit Sharma who retired hurt on 52 against Ireland and was hit on the thumb during Friday’s practice

Pakistan Form

Pakistan came into the World Cup on the back of a 2-0 series loss against England and lost their opening match on a Super Over against the USA.

Pakistan scored a decent 159/7 off their 20 overs on a tricky wicket in Dallas. Babar Azam scored 44 and Shadab Khan added a swift 40 off 25 balls, but the rest of the top order failed to fire.

The USA chased well and forced a Super Over with a four off the last ball of their 20 overs, reaching 159 for the loss of three wickets. Mohammad Amir was the pick of the Pakistan bowlers (1/25).

The USA scored 18/0 in their Super Over, to which Pakistan could only reply with 13/1 as the USA picked up a historic win.

Pakistan Team News

Pakistan’s top-order needs to support Babar Azam, who is batting superbly. Their bowlers are dangerous but have been lacking the final bit of control needed to knock sides over.

Verdict

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I am backing India to win. I am also backing Virat Kohli to top score for India.

Babar Azam is a good bet to top score for the Pakistan.

India Win

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