T20 World Cup 2024: Pakistan Cricket Team (PCT), on Saturday, June 1, have released the official team anthem for the upcoming T20 World Cup 2024 and the song has been titled as 'Sadi Vari Oye'. 'Sadi Varo Oye' has been sung by Ali Azmat, Arif Lohar, and Nehaal Naseem, and is written by Zameer, Nehaal Naseem, Tehseen W. Chishty, Arif Lohar, and Khwaja Faheem.
Pakistan have recently concluded the 4-match T20I series with England, where they endured two humiliating defeats to lose the series 2-0 and will staright away play their group stage fixtures starting June 6, against co-hosts United States of America.
Pakistan, for the 6th consecutive time, will be facing India at the T20 World Cups, as the sides are set to clash against each other on Sunday, June 9, at the Nassau County International Cricket Stadium in New York. India are playing their only warm-up at the same venue and are scheduled to play there for their first three group stages and therefore, will carry an advantageous hand over their fierce rivals Pakistan.
Previous Encounters Of India Vs Pakistan At T20 World Cups:
- 2007: Match tied. India won the bowl-out
- 2007 (Final): India won by 5 runs
- 2012: India won by 8 wickets
- 2014: India won by 7 wickets
- 2016: India won by 6 wickets
- 2021: Pakistan won by 10 wickets
- 2022: India won by 4 wickets
India and Pakistan have missed out on playing each other on two separate occasions — 2009 and 2010 T20 World Cups. Interestingly, on previous 5 occasion, team batting second have come out victorious in the fixture and it will be interesting tosee whether the streak stretches to six or not this time around.
Pakistan's Squad For T20 World Cup 2024
Pakistan squad: Babar Azam (captain), 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.