Much-awaited India vs Pakistan T20 World Cup encounter is just around the corner as both sides will take each other on tomorrow at the MCG. With tomorrow’s match, both sides will also be starting their T20 World Cup campaigns. The Pitch Report of the Melbourne Cricket Ground for the IND vs PAK game is provided ahead of in the article.
Though there is a lot of hype around the highly-anticipated match between the two arch-rivals, there is also a possibility of an upset as the weather in Melbourne is quite unpredictive. A few days ago, a 90% chance of rain was forecasted for Sunday which later came down to an 80% chance. As of now, there is a 25% chance of rain on the matchday. Hence, cricket enthusiasts all around the world would be expecting that the rain doesn’t play spoilsport in the high-voltage IND vs PAK World Cup game.
MCG Pitch Report for IND vs PAK match
The Pitch at the Melbourne Cricket Ground is a good batting surface. The pacers as well find a good pace and bounce off the surface in the initial overs. The spinners though won’t find much assistance from the MCG pitch. The big dimensions of the ground may however be an advantage for the spinners as well as the pacers.
A total of 15 T20 internationals have been played at the MCG so far, 9 out of those have been won by the sides chasing. Hence, any side after winning the toss would look to bowl first at this venue. A total of around 160-170 would be a challenging total at the MCG.
IND-PAK head-to-head records in T20s
India and Pakistan have faced each other 11 times in the shortest format of the game. India has been on the winning side on 8 occasions while Pakistan has managed to win 3 games. It will be the third time that both these sides will be playing against each other this year. Having played twice in the Asia Cup against each other, both sides managed to win one game each.
| Total Matches | Won by India | Won by Pakistan |
| 11 | 8 | 3 |
Dream11 Prediction for the IND-PAK match
Players like Suryakumar Yadav, Virat Kohli, and Arshdeep Singh would be the must-picks from the Indian side. Shaheen Afridi, Mohammad Rizwan, and Shadab Khan would be the three names in your fantasy team from the Pakistan side.
IND vs PAK Dream11 Prediction
Captain: Suryakumar Yadav
Vice-captain: Shaheen Afridi
Dream11 team: Babar Azam, Mohammad Rizwan, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant, Hardik Pandya, Mohammed Nawaz, Shadab Khan, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Arshdeep Singh, Mohammad Shami.