It is true that Team India will play their first match in the T20 World Cup (T20 World Cup 2023) against Ireland on June 5, but the talk among fans is already about the June 9 match between India and Pakistan. Mega matches are to be held. You can understand how big this match has become by the fact that recently the price of a ticket for a black-in-match had reached around Rs 1.25 crore. All in all, this match is going to be very exciting not only for the Asian continent but for the entire cricketing world. A lot of such fights are being seen in the mega match, which is not less than a boxing match. Let us tell you about this big match.
Shaheen Afridi’s opening spell in the match played between India and Pakistan during the 2021 T20 World Cup is still etched in the minds of millions of Indians. It was Afridi’s opening “punch” that reduced India’s score to 6 for 2 in just 2.1 overs, after which Team India could not recover throughout the match. Pakistan won this match by ten wickets. And Afridi was the player of the match. Now again on June 9, the biggest competition will be between the Indian opener and Afridi. It will be Rohit-Jaiswal’s. And whoever lands the opening punch, the match will almost certainly be his.
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2. Babar-Rizwan V/S Bumrah
Certainly, this is the second biggest mega-rivalry between the arch-rivals. In 2021, Babar-Rizwan nullified every shot of Bumrah and gave Pakistan a ten-wicket victory. But today, two years later, Bumrah’s rhythm is on a different level, so something can be said about Babar and Rizwan. Both have dipped in form, but the match-specific rivalry renders yesterday’s form meaningless. Now it’s another big clash on June 9, which will set the course for the mega match.
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3. Iftikhar-Shadab V/S Kuldeep
However, Pakistan all-rounder Shadab Khan has been struggling to regain his form of late, but the India-Pakistan special day match turns the worst form into a hero. Along with Shadab in the lower order, is Iftikhar Ahmed, who is known for playing big shots. But this time the duo will be pitted against Kuldeep Yadav, who bowls brilliantly with more maturity in the IPL. This is the second match, which will define the India-Pakistan rivalry.
4. Virat Kohli vs Harris Rauf
As the mega match approaches, crores of Indians have fond memories of the match played between India and Pakistan in Melbourne in 2022. This was the match when Pakistan seemed to be winning the match, Virat snatched the victory from their clutches. In the last two overs, India needed 31 runs to win. And when Harris Rauf brought in the 19th over of the innings, Virat hit sixes off the last two balls and bowled Pakistan for 15 runs in the over in such a way that India did not face much trouble in scoring the remaining runs in the last over. And this time Harris Rauf is also on the rise, so fire is raining from Kohli’s bat as well. Apparently, this is another big match in the mega competition, which is giving height to the competition.