Indian legendary batter Sachin Tendulkar has reached the United States of America to witness the iconic India vs Pakistan in T20 World Cup 2024 clash which will be played at Nassau County International Cricket Stadium in New York on June 9. This will be the 19th match of the tournament and the second match for both teams.
A video of Sachin Tendulkar is going viral where fans gathered around to meet their favourite.
Sachin Tendulkar meeting fans in USA
Earlier, Tendulkar was seen playing baseball with former India head coach Ravi Shastri where the batting great was on the strike with a black baseball bat in hand while Shastri with a ball and a glove in the other hand was ready to throw balls to him.
Sachin Tendulkar playing baseball
Coming back to the match, Both India and Pakistan come into this match with contrasting fortunes - India registering a convincing win in their opening fixture, while Pakistan suffered a surprising upset.
India versus Pakistan head-to-head
This is the eighth time India and Pakistan will face each other in a T20 World Cup match. If we take a look at the head-to-head of both teams Men in Blue hold the edge by winning six out of seven outings against arch-rivals in a T20 World Cup match. Pakistan registered their historic 10 wickets win against India in 2021.
India versus Pakistan's last T20 World Cup outing
India versus Pakistan's last T20 World Cup match was played in 2022 at Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne, Australia. Pakistan were confident after beating India for the first time and they scored 159/8 where Iftikhar Ahmed and Shan Masood scored half-centuries. India were off to a shaky start and Virat Kohli anchored the innings by scoring an unbeaten 82 runs knock and India won that match by four wickets.
Squads
India: Rohit Sharma (c), Hardik Pandya, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant, Sanju Samson, Shivam Dube, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Arshdeep Singh, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj.
Pakistan: Babar Azam (c), Abrar Ahmed, Azam Khan, Fakhar Zaman, Haris Rauf, Iftikhar Ahmed, Imad Wasim, Mohammad Abbas Afridi, Mohammad Amir, Mohammad Rizwan, Naseem Shah, Saim Ayub, Shadab Khan, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Usman Khan.
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