Asia Cup 2022 Live – IND vs PAK LIVE: India’s stand-in-captain KL Rahul has made it very clear toss plays a vital role in Dubai ahead of the mega clash against Pakistan on Sunday (August 28). In the last 12 matches of the 13 T20 World Cup games in 2021, teams won while chasing. India suffered a crushing defeat against Pakistan by 10 wickets in the showpiece event batting first. No wonder, Rahul admitted that fact and said, the team has challenged itself to bat first in T20Is in 2022. Follow Asia Cup Cricket LIVE and INDIA vs PAKISTAN Live Updates with InsideSport.IN.
“Toss does play a crucial role in big games. After the T20 World Cup, if you look at the tournaments we played, we challenged ourselves to win the toss and bat first,” Rahul said. “That has been our goal and vision. That exercise gives us confidence and it’s always on our mind that if we win the toss and bat, we will give our best. So, yes, toss does play a very big role for sure.
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· India lost two matches against Pakistan and New Zealand while batting first during the T20 World Cup in 2021.
· A total of 75 T20Is have been played in Dubai and teams chasing have won 39 times.
· Batting significantly becomes easier in the second innings as due comes into effect.
· Average first innings score in Dubai is 143. Hence toss plays a decisive role in deciding the outcome of the match in Dubai.
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The Rohit Sharma-led side have won the most number of matches in T20Is batting second. It has won 40-plus matches. India are historically a good chasing side. But they have been batting first of late to get challenge themselves.
“We are all very excited. As players, we always look forward to this India-Pakistan clash in big tournaments. It’s a great challenge for all of us to compete against a good team,” he added. “As we have seen, there is a huge history and rivalry. The games have always been high-intensity.
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