Former India batsman Suresh Raina believes that the recently concluded Indian Premier League (IPL) will help Team India in UAE 2021 when they take on Pakistan t20 world cup 2021 Super 12 match on Sunday in Dubai.
The arch-rivals are ready to lock horns in a much-anticipated clash and familiarity with the circumstances is likely to be of some use. Indian players have recently played a lot of matches here during the second phase of IPL 2021. Whereas for Pakistani players, UAE is considered as their second home ground.
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As India prepare to play Pakistan for the sixth time in the T20I World Cup, they will enter the competition with an unbeaten streak against the Men in Green. Raina mentioned in his latest column for the ICC that India has a great mix of young and experienced players that will enable the team to win games.
“Thanks to the IPL, our team has a lot of experience playing in the UAE and dealing with the conditions there which should put them in good shape. The good thing from the Indian point of view is that there is a really strong line-up of experienced players with Rohit Sharma and Ravindra Jadeja as the team leaders with Virat,” Raina wrote in a column for the ICC.
Raina knows that both skipper Virat Kohli and Babar Azam are very emotional and like to lead from the front.
“This year, it will be exciting because both Virat Kohli and Babar Azam are great leaders, and knowing how important the game is, both teams will have so much passion on show. You know the captain will set the example on that front, and that passion carries over into the rest of the team,” he said.
“Babar is one of the leading T20I batsmen in the world. Like Virat Kohli, he is proof that good batting and good captaincy go hand in hand.
Pakistan would be looking to prove their point after failing to secure a win against India in previous attempts.
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“The fact that Babar has senior players like Shoaib Malik and Mohammad Hafeez will help him as this is still the first major tournament in which he is captaining the team. It is going to be a very good fight with Virat in one corner and Babar in the other. They are both really competitive people who know what a rivalry is,” said Raina.
(with PTI inputs)
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