India vs Pakistan, Women’s T20 World Cup: Head-to-head, preview, stats, & squads

It is not a stretch to say India vs Pakistan is sports greatest rivalry given the geopolitics involved between the two warring nations Hamstrung by the absence of bilateral fixtures staunch rivals India and Pakistan have found their cricketing jousts being restricted to only ICC events or continental tournaments like the Asia CupIndia has faced Pakistan six times in total since the inaugural edition in 2009 winning on four occasions to date Both are set to resume their fabled rivalry in what would be an opening contest for both the sides in the current edition of the ICC Womenrsquos T20 World CupIndia has an overall edge over Pakistan winning 10 out of the 13 T20I matches but the Women in Green have slowly turned the tide winning a hyped Asia Cup encounter in 2022 The Harmanpreet Kaurled side will step in without their batting mainstay Smriti Mandhana after she injured her left shoulder during the triseries final against South Africa in East LondonEven though injured Mandhana will be missed the squad has the past to lean on for the feelgood vibe Against an incisive Pakistan attack strengthened by the experienced trio of Aliya Riaz Javeria Khan and Nida Dar India has to bat deepAlso Read India vs Pakistan live streaming How to watch Womens T20 World Cup 2023 liveHeadtohead recordsTotal overall matches played 13India won 10Pakistan won 3In World Cup tournamentsTotal matches played 6India won 4Pakistan won 2India vs Pakistan PreviewIndia will march into the World Cup having lost the recent triseries final to the Proteas a match they narrowly lost Harmanpreet and Co also lost the warmup game to Australia before triumphing over BangladeshThe Women in Blue are expected to advance to the semifinal of the ICC tournament again but need to up the ante if they are to reign over the mighty Aussies Barring Renuka Singh India will have to put in some serious thinking in the next one month as to what exactly will be the course of action in the bowling department Veteran Shikha Pandey who is yet to bag a wicket since her comeback will be expected to provide early breakthroughs in the showpiece eventAfter Mandhana was ruled out of the opener the onus will now be on the experienced skipper Kaur and speedster Shafali Verma to let their bats do the talking Jemimah Rodrigues will look to fend off the pressure with a great allround showing in the tournament Pooja Vastrakarrsquos pace bowling artistry will also be critical to how the team advances in the tournament India will be on the lookout for talented youngster Richa Ghosh who can carry the team forward in the T20 World CupAlso Read Womens T20 World Cup Interesting stats that construe the importance of India vs PakistanKey stats that cannot be missedTo date the highest score in an IndiaPakistan T20I tie remains 137 scored by India in the T20 World Cup in 2018 Indiarsquos then captain Mithali Raj starred with quick 56 runs as Pakistans 1337 was chased with an over to spare as India won by seven wicketsPakistan registered their firstever T20 triumph over the neighbours at the World Cup in 2012 when experienced Nida Dar spun the archrivals to a narrow onerun victory with a remarkable bowling spell of 312India played against archrivals Pakistan in an intriguing battle for the first time in 2009 in the sportrsquos shortest format The Women in Blue registered a comprehensive win over the Pakistan women beating them by 5 wicketsOut of every gruelling contest with India there is one match that Team Pakistan would most likely want to forget As it happened India bundled out Pakistan for only 63 runs in the Asia Cup final at the Guanggong International Cricket Stadium in 2012 which remains the lowest score in the tie thus farIndia star spinner Priyanka Roy changed the outcome of the match in Indiarsquos firstever T20 match against archrivals Pakistan with supreme bowling effort which saw her walk away with figures of 516 and three brilliant catches in the 2009 World CupTeamsIndia Harmanpreet Kaur c Shafali Verma Yastika Bhatia Richa Ghosh Jemimah Rodrigues Harleen Deol Deepti Sharma Devika Vaidya Radha Yadav Renuka Thakur Anjali Sarvani Pooja Vastrakar Rajeshwari Gayakwad Shikha PandeyPakistan Bismah Maroof c Aiman Anwar Aliya Riaz Ayesha Naseem Sadaf Shamas Fatima Sana Javeria Wadood Muneeba Ali Nashra Sundhu Nida Dar Omaima Sohail Sadia Iqbal Sidra Amin Sidra Nawaz Tuba Hassan