Dubai: After losing their opening match in the ongoing T20 World Cup, Harmanpreet Kaur-led Indian team will take on arch rivals Pakistan at Dubai International Stadium in their second Group A match on Sunday.
Indian need to win each match to make it to the semi-finals of the T20 World Cup.
India lost to NZ by 58 runs
While India suffered a crushing 58-run defeat against New Zealand, Pakistan defeated Sri Lanka by 31 runs in their opening clash of the tournament.
India need to improve their batting performance after playing a bad game against Kiwis. In the first match, India changed the batting slots of skipper Harmanpreet to No. 3, Jemimah Rodrigues to No, 4 and Richa Ghosh to No.5, which is not the usual slots for these batters.
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Now, India will be looking to get the batting combination right.
Head-to-head
India have a better record against Pakistan in T20Is, registering 12 wins out of 15 matches so far.
Pakistan have some experienced bowlers such as Nida Dhar, captain Fatima Sana and Sadia Iqbal who are expected to put some tough challange to Indian batters.
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The match will start at 3:30 pm IST.
Indian Team: Harmanpreet Kaur (C), Smriti Mandhana (VC), Shafali Verma, Deepti Sharma, Jemimah Rodrigues, Richa Ghosh (WK), Yastika Bhatia (WK), Pooja Vastrakar, Arundhati Reddy, Renuka Singh, Dayalan Hemalatha, Asha Sobhana, Radha Yadav, Shreyanka Patil, Sajana Sajeevan.
Pakistan Team: Fatima Sana (c), Aliya Riaz, Diana Baig, Gull Feroza, Iram Javed, Muneeba Ali, Nashra Sundhu, Nida Dar, Omaima Sohail, Sadaf Shamas, Sadia Iqbal (subject to fitness), Sidra Amin, Syeda Aroob Shah, Tasmia Rubab, Tuba Hassan.
