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Following a setback and surprise defeat at the hands of New Zealand, India cannot afford another slip up here against arch-rivals Pakistan, who beat Sri Lanka last time out.
DATE & TIME: Sunday 6th October, 2024: UAE – 2:00pm / USA (PST) – 3:00am / USA (EST) - 6:00am / UK – 11:00am / South Africa - 12:00pm / India – 3:30pm / Pakistan– 3:00pm / Bangladesh – 5:00pm / Australia – 8:00pm
VENUE: Dubai International Stadium, Dubai, UAE
WEATHER: Extremely hot temperatures reaching highs of 26c with bright sunshine throughout.
HOW TO WATCH ON TV: USA – Willow TV / West Indies – ESPN Caribbean / UK – Sky Sports / South Africa – SuperSport / Pakistan – PTV Sports & TEN Sports / India – Star Sports / Bangladesh – Nagorik TV
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PAKISTAN FORM: EXCELLENT DEFENCE OF TARGET GETS THEM OFF TO WINNING START
Batting first in Sharjah, Pakistan accumulated 116 in their opening game vs Sri Lanka. The scored ended up being more than enough as Pakistan’s bowlers dismissed their opponents for just 85/9. An excellent strangulation effort as Sri Lanka just couldn’t score on a tough pitch.
INDIA FORM: BATTING COLLAPSE TAKES EVERYONE BY SURPRISE
Conceding 160 was always going to make it a daunting chase for India against New Zealand and so it proved. In the end, India were bowled out for just 102, a big defeat by 58 runs which really damages India’s net-run-rate and could come back to cost them down the line.
PAKISTAN BETTING ANALYSIS
It was Pakistan’s bowlers who shone in their first group stage fixture of this tournament and Sadia Iqbal in particular hugely impressed, picking up three scalps. Her confidence will be extremely high and assuming India attempt to target Iqbal’s bowling, it could work in her favour as it opens up the prospects of one of them making a mistake which leads to a wicket. Explore backing Iqbal to acquire 2+ wickets here.
INDIA BETTING ANALYSIS
A number of India batters that failed to fire last time out will expect much better on this occasion. Captain Harmanpreet Kaur is one much player, with her ability notorious across the cricketing world. A match of this magnitude may just bring out the best in Harmanpreet, so consider backing her to record over 20.5 match runs assuming she bats at number three.
PAKISTAN VS INDIA EXPERT PREDICTION
This is a massive game from an Indian perspective, who simply cannot contemplate the prospect of not only losing to such big rivals, but also leaving themselves with a qualification mountain to climb. Pakistan have the bowling attack capable of making it difficult for India to score. However, it’s hard to see a batting line-up of India’s quality being kept quiet for two matches running and they should provide the platform needing to overcome Pakistan.
PAKISTAN VS INDIA TOP TIP: INDIA TO WIN