All eyes will be on the Indian team as they are set to face Pakistan in their opening match of the T20 World Cup Super 12 stage on Sunday in Melbourne. As of now, the Men in Blue have played a few warm-up games to decode the conditions down under.
The BCCI posted a video of the team’s journey from Brisbane to Melbourne.
"Perth. Brisbane. Preparations. We are now in Melbourne for our first game!" the BCCI captioned.
Ever since the schedule was announced for the T20 World Cup, the craziness started building for the India-Pakistan clash. Rain will play a huge role as there are chances that it might rain on Sunday in Melbourne.
The Indian skipper Rohit Sharma in an interview on the BCCI website said, “Whenever we play Pakistan, we know it’s going to be a blockbuster. People will want to come out and watch the match and feel the atmosphere. They would obviously want to enjoy the cricket as well but at the same time, the atmosphere in the stadium for the fans and the spectators, even people who are watching from home is pretty exciting. For us as players, of course, it is a big game, the staring of our campaign but at the same time, we want to keep ourselves relaxed and focus on what we need to do as individuals because that is going to be the key for us. If individuals can keep themselves calm and composed in the game, we’ll get the results we are looking for”.
India squad: Rohit Sharma (Captain), KL Rahul (vice-captain), Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Deepak Hooda, Rishabh Pant (wicket-keeper), Dinesh Karthik (wicket-keeper), Hardik Pandya, R. Ashwin, Yuzvendra Chahal, Axar Patel, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Harshal Patel, Arshdeep Singh, Mohammed Shami.
Pakistan squad: Babar Azam (c), Shadab Khan (vc), Asif Ali, Haider Ali, Haris Rauf, Iftikhar Ahmed, Khushdil Shah, Mohammad Hasnain, Mohammad Nawaz, Mohammad Rizwan, Mohammad Wasim, Naseem Shah, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Shan Masood, Usman Qadir.