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The only threat both Indian and Pakistani fans are fearing is the rain during the mega encounter of the 20-20 World Cup 2022. Both teams are set to face each other in the Group 2 match on the 23rd of October at the MCG in Melbourne. Meanwhile, there have been predictions of rain playing the villain during this much-anticipated clash of the marquee tournament.
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Although, in a relieving piece of news, there is a new prediction of the weather just a day before the match between two South Asian Giants. As per the predictions by AccuWeather, the weather has improved amazingly with no rain throughout the entire day. Notably, just a few days ago, the MET dept. of Australia predicted the chances of rain to be 60% on the match day.
Speaking of the current weather in Melbourne, then it is a hundred percent cloud-covering now. The wind is supposed to blow at a pace of 30 km/h. But still, the rain hasn’t made an entry at the venue of the match.
The third T20I encounter between both teams during the calendar year of 2022
Talking about the match, then it is the third T20I clash between India and Pakistan during the calendar year of 2022. Prior to this upcoming World Cup clash, both teams locked horns in the Asia Cup 2022 where India won the group match by five wickets and subsequently, the men in green outplayed Rohit’s men in the super-4 round of the tournament by five wickets.
Predicted Playing XI of both teams :
India
Rohit Sharma (C), KL Rahul, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Dinesh Karthik, Axar Patel, Ravichandran Ashwin, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Arshdeep Singh, and Mohammed Shami.
Pakistan
Babar Azam, Mohammad Rizwan, Shan Masood, Haider Ali, Iftikhar Ahmed, Asif Ali, Shadab Khan, Mohammad Nawaz, Naseem Shah, Haris Rauf, and Shaheen Shah Afridi.