Pakistan’s Sahibzada Farhan (left) and captain Salman Ali Agha (AP Photo) To play or not to play on Sunday has been more than just a question for Pakistan in the last few days. But that’s settled for now and it’s time for the 2009 champions to make sure they’re at their best to face India.Go Beyond The Boundary with our YouTube channel. SIGN UP NOW!The match against the Netherlands last Saturday was a clear indication that Pakistan are not in a very good position at the moment. They were second best for most of this match and it was just a quirk of fate that they got off to a winning start to their campaign.
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They will take on Team USA at the Sinhalese Sports Complex on Tuesday night, who will be high on confidence after a respectable performance against India at the Wankhede Stadium. It was the USA who sent Pakistan home from the group stage at the last World Cup with a Super Over victory in Dallas. Mohammed Mohsin, an American bowler who has roots in Pakistan, commemorated the 2024 match even though he was not part of it.“If anything, we are a stronger team than we were then. And if you look at the ODI World Cup qualification table, we are on top right now. We hope to win tomorrow,” Mohsin said, hinting that the team will not push.For Pakistan, their biggest problem against the Dutch was their faltering middle order. Paceman Salman Mirza said the game was like an “eye opener”. “We will try not to make the same mistakes. We will learn from them and play good cricket,” Salman said.It will be interesting to see if the team persists with senior star Babar Azam in the middle order. Batting at No. 4, he scored an 18-ball 15 and came at a bad time, leaving the team in the doldrums. Babar was brought into the side with the aim of bringing stability to the middle order, which they sorely lacked in the Asia Cup six months ago.STATISTICS:
- 5 – Wickets Shaheen Shah Afridi (129) needs to become Pak’s leading wicket taker in T20Is. Haris Rauf with 133 wickets is the top wicket taker.
- 4 – Wickets required by Mohammad Nawaz (96) to complete a century of wickets in T20Is.
