Pakistan vs India Asia Cup 2016 T20 Live Streaming and Live Score, Pakistan vs India Asia Cup 2016 T20 Live Streaming and Live Score.India are a far better T20 team than Pakistan even though they have a good bowling attack. Pakistan were good in 1980's but in last 15 years, India have been too good in all formats," Kapil told Aaj Tak in an exclusive interview.
India have won six of their seven T20s this year and have won five of their six T20s against Pakistan since 2007.Kapil agreed with Waqar Younis that Pakistan might have an advantage as India are not very familiar with some of their new players. However, the former India skipper said that the inexperience in the Pakistani ranks could be their downfall.Form and history are also on India's side. India have met Pakistan six times in the shortest format where the Men in Blue have defeated their neighbours five times, including the 2007 World T20 final in Johannesburg which India won by five runs in the last over.
The two teams last met in T20I at the same ground in the 2014 World Twenty20, where India won by seven wickets.
With back-to-back T20 series victories against Australia and Sri Lanka, India are in superb form and can beat any team on a given day. The five-time Asia Cup winners are also the No. 1 in T20I rankings.
For India, there hasn't been much scope for experiments in the playing XI with the same set of players churning out 6 wins in the last seven matches.
In-form openers Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan are expected to give India the early momentum, followed by a flamboyant No. 3 Virat Kohli. But both Dhawan and Kohli failed to deliver in the opening match against Bangladesh, so will like to make amends against Pakistan.Over the years, Kohli has developed into a nemesis for Pakistan and has been a match-winner on more than one occasion.
The presence of experienced Suresh Raina, Yuvraj Singh, hard-hitting newcomer Hardik Pandya followed by captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni make the Indian batting look indestructible and one that can murder any bowling attack.
But Yuvraj is yet to play an impact innings since returning to India colours. Dhoni faces a similar pressure with the bat in hand. But the inclusion of Pandya has brought the spark India sought before the back-to-back Asia Cup and World T20. Dhoni likes to promote Pandya up the order, and the two times the captain has done so far in Pandya's nascent career, the Baroda man has delivered the goods.
Pandya may appear innocuous delivering the ball, but for Dhoni, even if he can bowl 2 good overs on a T20 game, it makes his job easier. And Pandya has done exactly that, paying his captain's trust back.On field, the Indian team, under Dhoni, is peaking at the right time with all the departments coming together. The emergence of Hardik Pandya as a batting all-rounder, who can bowl seam-up, has lent the side requisite balance that Dhoni had long been craving for.
On paper, Indians are way ahead in each and every department of the game but the beauty of this game is Pakistan’s unpredictability.Over the years, one has been a witness to Pakistan teams hitting the zenith and nadir in a space of few matches.
