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India captain Rohit Sharma is hoping Melbourne's notoriously unpredictable weather will hold off long enough to battle Pakistan in a monster Twenty20 World Cup ...

India are desperate to make amends for their disappointing exit in last year's T20 World Cup when they failed to qualify for the knockout stage. Up to 8mm of rain is predicted, with a high chance of showers forecast in the evening when the game is scheduled. The record crowd figure for a cricket match at the MCG – 93,013 at the 2015 ODI World Cup final – is every chance to be broken.

The ICC T20 World Cup 2022 match between India and Pakistan at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne is easily one of the most anticipated tournaments in ...

There is a rain threat in the match between India vs Pakistan, and it is safe to say that drainage at the MCG is one of the best in the World. So, it is safe to say that weather will not play a kind of spoilsport at the Docklands Stadium. To get the result, a minimum of a 5-over contest has to be played at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.

After Australian captain Aaron Finch won the toss and elected to field first in Sydney, Black Caps opener Finn Allen got the Kiwis off to a flyer by smacking a ...

We still back ourselves to win four and you need a bit of luck along the way." It was also the first time New Zealand had scored 200+ in a Men's T20 World Cup. We were just totally outplayed in all three facets,” Finch told reporters in the post-match press conference. But you’ve still got to be positive. “That’s a big loss in the context of the tournament. The Black Caps outclassed Australia in every facet of the game - their batting was entertaining, their bowling was relentless and their fielding was, at times, extraordinary.

SYDNEY -Devon Conway scored a brilliant unbeaten 92 as New Zealand thrashed champions Australia by 89 runs in a rematch of last year's final, ...

"It was an outstanding day," said captain Kane Williamson. We know how good this Aussie side is but the boys showed a lot of ticker and took their catches. Advertisement

The opening macth of super 12 stage of T20 World Cup 2022 has attracted a near capacity crowd at Sydney Cricket Ground despite lingering rain forecast.

In case of no play, both teams will be given one point each. Shane Warne's tweets will be missed this time but last year Aussie legend tweeted about the figure of one billion viewers across the globe watching India Pakistan match in T20 worldcup 2021. Standby Players: Usman Qadir, Mohammad Haris, Shahnawaz Dahani. Opening match has avoided any interruption by rain but now all eyes are on MCG where arch rivals India and Pakistan are going face to face. The opening macth of super 12 stage of T20 World Cup 2022 has attracted a near capacity crowd at Sydney Cricket Ground despite lingering rain forecast. LISTEN TO

Sydney Cricket Ground average score in T20: The SportsRush brings you the details of the highest run-chase at the SCG.

Although, in the last BBL season, the average 1st innings score was 174 runs. This is one of the driest pitches in Australia where spinners can get some turn. Sydney Cricket Ground is hosting the Super-12 ICC T20 World Cup match between Australia and New Zealand.

MELBOURNE : Arch-rivals India and Pakistan are set to renew cricket's most adrenalin-fuelled rivalry in Sunday's T20 World Cup match in Melbourne but the ...

We'll be ready for that. But again, I've been hearing about the Melbourne weather for a while now and it keeps changing," Rohit said. Advertisement

Inspired by Conway's 92, New Zealand got their revenge for last year's T20 WC final loss to Australia.

The 23-year-old Finn Allen hit the second ball of the match for a boundary and the third for a six over mid-on, and then drove a boundary straight down the ground as New Zealand took 14 off the first over from paceman Mitchell Starc. The match at a sold-out Sydney Cricket Ground was a repeat of the 2021 final in Dubai when Australia powered to an eight-wicket win and their maiden T20 World Cup crown. Devon Conway carried his bat on Saturday with a majestic unbeaten 92 to help New Zealand post 200-3 before Australia were skittled for 111 in Sydney to make a nightmare start to their title defence.

By Nick Mulvenney SYDNEY (Reuters) -Devon Conway scored a brilliant unbeaten 92 as New Zealand thrashed champions Australia by 89 runs in a rematch of last ...

We know how good this Aussie side is but the boys showed a lot of ticker and took their catches. “It was a very good total on that surface and I thought the bowling and fielding was outstanding. “It was an outstanding day,” said captain Kane Williamson.

New Zealand's Glenn Phillips produced a moment of brilliance in the outfield to dismiss Australia's Marcus Stoinis in the T20 World Cup clash at Sydney Cricket Ground. He ran across from the deep, threw himself at the ball with rapacious zeal, ...

Twitterati hailed Phillips as the 'Superman of New Zealand' after the sensational acrobatic effort. The gem of a catch has to go down as an early contender for the catch of the tournament. New Zealand's Glenn Phillips produced a moment of brilliance in the outfield to dismiss Australia's Marcus Stoinis in the T20 World Cup clash at Sydney Cricket Ground.

Melbourne weather forecast: Will rain play spoilsport in the blockbuster India vs Pakistan clash in T20 World Cup at the iconic Melbourne Cricket Ground?

Also get [T20 World Cup 2022 Schedule](https://www.hindustantimes.com/cricket/t20-world-cup/schedule), [Points Table](https://www.hindustantimes.com/cricket/t20-world-cup/point-table)and [Cricket Live Score](https://www.hindustantimes.com/topic/live-score)of ongoing matches. According to Australian Government's Bureau of Meteorology, there are 70 percent chances of rain in the city on October 23 -- the date of the clash. But again, I've been hearing about the Melbourne weather for a while now and it keeps changing You don't really know what is going to happen tomorrow. Ahead of the T20 World Cup clash, however, things turned rather gloomy in Melbourne earlier this week when it rained heavily in the city on Wednesday and Thursday. While India had defeated [Babar Azam](https://www.hindustantimes.com/topic/babar-azam)'s men in the group game, Pakistan made a brilliant comeback to beat the [Rohit Sharma](https://www.hindustantimes.com/topic/rohit-sharma)-led side in the Super 4 stage. Both sides will meet in men's cricket for the third time this year; India and Pakistan took on each other twice in the Asia Cup last month.

Melbourne Cricket Ground pitch report: The SportsRush brings you the pitch report of India vs Pakistan T20 World Cup match.

The spinners can use the bigger boundaries to their strength, and they can be deadly in the middle-overs. Under the lights, the pacers will be able to swing in the ball in the initial overs of the match. A drop-in pitch will be used in Melbourne, and it will have a good amount of bounce which will encourage the bowlers to play their shots.

SYDNEY : Captain Aaron Finch admitted Australia's fate at the Twenty20 World Cup had probably been taken out of their owns hands by Saturday's heavy loss to ...

We're still confident in the 15 we've got, no doubt." We need to get better quickly. "We've taken the fate out of our own hands, I think to a point.

Here are five of the T20 matches between the two sides that have produced some iconic moments over the years.

This was when Virat Kohli took over the job of rebuilding India’s chase and saw out Amir. Apart from Khurram Manzoor’s 10 and Sarfaraz Ahmed’s 25, none of the Pakistan batters reached double figures. While the final took the limelight, India and Pakistan played another closely fought match in the group stages. This time around Afridi was injured and Babar was facing a dip in form. India’s bowlers hit the stumps on their first three attempts while Pakistan missed all three, handing India a rare bowl-out win of 3-0. Pakistan’s batting boasted the top T20-opening pair of Babar and Mohammad Rizwan.

It means Australia must beat England or risk missing the knockout stages unless an upset is pulled off by the likes of Afghanistan, who boast the brilliant ...

Australia is fresh from losing 2-0 to England in a three-match series. you’re still confident but if you haven’t got that type of player in your team, you’re sitting back wondering if you can still win,” he responded to Clarke on the Big Sports Breakfast. Things won’t get much better from here either. And fair enough. South Africa lost just one pool match but because of their poor net run rate missed the knockout stages. Australia had just played series against Zimbabwe, New Zealand and the West Indies, as well as going on a tour of India in the space of little over a month. New to Kayo? “The schedule has been so packed over the last six to eight weeks that we identified a couple of months ago that we wanted to make sure that we’re in a position to be peaking at the right time of the World Cup and not beforehand. Every T20 Live & Exclusive to Fox Sports on Kayo. In truth, that’s an awfully tall order considering the form the team is in and the calibre of opponent that is to come. Team dynamics are funny things, and the axing of one of the most popular members of the side seemed perplexing and proved to be a poor one after the dust was settled. In the lead-in matches against England, Aaron Finch won the toss and sent the opposition in to bat purely on the basis of wanting to practice their run-chases.

ICC T20 World Cup 2022 Match 16 will be among the rare cricket matches whose build-up was more about the weather and perhaps less about players, pitch or venue.

In fact, the second-highest T20I run-chase at this venue also belongs to Sri Lanka. Highest T20I wicket-takers at this venue are Kane Richardson (9), Shaun Tait (6), Nathan Bracken (5), Lahiru Kumara (5), Josh Hazlewood (4) and Pat Cummins (4). Highest T20I run-scorers at the Melbourne Cricket Ground are Aaron Finch (334), David Warner (217), Glenn Maxwell (146), JP Duminy (127) and Kusal Mendis (109).

Aussies have slammed 'woke' Pat Cummins after Australia's T20 World Cup loss as cricket fans blame the Test Captain's poor bowling figures on his off-field ...

'(The loss) serves them right (to be honest). I’m sick of whinging sportspeople taking the dollars and then bagging the sponsors. 'I think the most obvious, front-of-mind things you can see is who we partner with. The fast bowler was the second highest scorer (21) in Australia's disastrous innings (111) on Saturday but was costly with the ball in hand, allowing the New Zealanders to hit 46 runs from his four overs. 'Australian cricket is not what it used to be. Pat Cummins (pictured at the SCG on Saturday night) was the worst bowler on the Australian with fans quick to blame his dismal bowling figures for his off-field activism

All cricketing roads will lead to Melbourne tomorrow for a showpiece contest between India and Pakistan. Not just any other match, two neighboring countries who ...

Home team Victoria’s efforts remain the only 200+ T20 run-chase at this venue even after so many years. Melbourne, which has hosted a total of 98 Men’s T20s since hosting its first one in 2007, will be hosting its first-ever India-Pakistan T20I. It is due to these economical numbers that Pakistan captain Babar Azam has been vocal about Rauf sharing experience and aiding in building tactics ahead of this match. Since hosting Sri Lanka for a couple of T20Is earlier this year, the sports capital of Australia hasn’t hosted any match in the shortest format. Victoria Melbourne Cricket Ground highest score chase in T20: Highest successful T20 run chase at the MCG