New Delhi: The countdown for the much-awaited T20 World Cup has started, Pakistan cricket team is working extremely hard in their pre-T20 World Cup training sessions. During the practice session, a lethal delivery from Pakistan fast bowler Shaheen Afridi struck wicket-keeper batsman Mohammad Rizwan's finger.
As soon as the ball struck Rizwan on the fingers, he ran away from the crease immediately and removed his batting glove. Pakistani team members, including Shaheen were seen inspecting Rizwan's hand for any possible damages. No official update on Rizwan's injury has been given out by PCB but If there's any serious damage then it will be a big setback for the national team.
Mohammad Rizwan is in excellent form at the moment and Pakistan has high hopes from him. India will start its campaign in the T20 World Cup with a match against Pakistan on October 24.
In the T20 World Cup, India and Pakistan have played 5 matches and India has won every time. After 2 years, India and Pakistan will play an international cricket match against one another. In June 2019, the two teams had locked horns during the ODI World Cup. India had then defeated Pakistan by 89 runs.
Pakistan team for ICC T20 World Cup 2021: Babar Azam (c), Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Shadab Khan (vc), Asif Ali, Fakhar Zaman, Haider Ali, Haris Rauf, Hasan Ali, Imad Wasim, Mohammad Hafeez, Mohammad Nawaz, Mohammad Wasim, Sarfaraz Ahmed, Shaheen Shah Afridi and Shoaib Malik.
Indian Squad for T20 World Cup: Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul, Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant, Ishan Kishan, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Rahul Chahar, Ravi Ashwin, Axar Patel, Varun Chakraborty, Jasprit Bumrah, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mohammed Shami.