🏏ICC Men's T20I World Cup 2022 - Pakistan vs England: Final🏏

Both teams are past winners of the T20 World Cup. Pakistan won it in 2009 while England in 2010.

This is England’s first final since the 2016 T20 World Cup while for Pakistan this is their first final in 13 years.

Alex Hales and Jos Buttler put on an unbeaten stand of 170 to help England defeat India by 10 wickets in the second semi-final of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup in Adelaide on Thursday.

The Jos Buttler-led side began their ICC T20 World Cup campaign with a win against Afghanistan. They lost their next game against Ireland in one of the upsets of the tournament. Back-to-back wins against New Zealand and Sri Lanka meant they made the semis and from there on advanced to the final.

Pakistan, on the other hand, began its campaign with back-to-back losses against India and Zimbabwe. They won their next two games against the Netherlands and South Africa. South Africa’s loss to the Netherlands meant that Pakistan needed to beat Bangladesh in their final Super 12 game which they did with ease.

They brought out their best game against the Kiwis in the first semi-final and are now dreaming to win their second T20 World Cup title after 2009. Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan struck the fifties to come back into form in the knick of time. After a slow start, Shaheen Shah Afridi now has 10 wickets in the tournament and he took 2/24 against the Kiwis.

England are coming to the game with a deep batting lineup and a spirited bowling attack. There will be no room for errors in Pakistan. The top-order will have to be on their best day if they are to put England under pressure. Mohammad Rizwan and Babar Azam at the top while Mohammad Haris and Shan Masood in the middle order need to step on the gas and hurt England’s bowling attack.

The stage is all set for an exciting T20 World Cup 2022 final at the MCG. Pakistan will be out to repeat their heroics of the 1992 World Cup where they beat England to be crowned champions.

England are eager to win this coveted crown to claim the title -world champions again!

Pakistan and England have played 28 T20Is between themselves with England winning 18 matches while Pakistan nine. The two sides recently met in a bilateral T20I series with England winning the series 4-3. In the last five matches between both teams, England have a head-to-head of 4-1.

Pakistan Predicted Playing XI:

Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Babar Azam (c), Mohammad Haris, Shan Masood, Iftikhar Ahmed, Shadab Khan, Mohammad Nawaz, Mohammad Wasim Jr, Naseem Shah, Haris Rauf, Shaheen Shah Afridi

England Predicted Playing XI:

Jos Buttler (c & wk), Alex Hales, Philip Salt, Ben Stokes, Harry Brook, Liam Livingstone, Moeen Ali, Sam Curran, Chris Woakes, Chris Jordan, Adil Rashid

Both teams have bounced back after suffering a major blow early in their campaign.

For England, it was the loss against Ireland and for Pakistan, the first two games had almost ended their World Cup dream.

Pakistan has seen match-winners rise from every department and that too when their key batters were struggling.

England will be coming to Melbourne with a lot of momentum and confidence from their semi-final victory over mighty India.

Alex Hales has looked in great touch ever since he made his comeback into the national side. Jos Butler has also been consistent as an opener and led the team from the front.

Harry Brook can be a vulnerability in the middle order. His last three scores have been 4 (5), 7 (3), and 18 (21). And these performances have come at 3 and 4.

England have been clinical in their finishes and the opening duo is as good as it gets.

England are ahead in terms of head-to-head count in T20Is but the mercurial Pakistan side have the edge in the contest given the comeback they have made in the tournament.

In a close contest, Pakistan would have the upper hand and will start as favorites.

The MCG is ready to rumble for one last time as England take on Pakistan in the big final. And the news coming out of Melbourne is pretty good as rain has stayed away so far, even as some dark clouds loom above.

But let them not distract from this fascinating clash we have on our hands. A mix of new age T20 with some flashbacks from 1992. Both these teams have survived turbulent group results, smashed their opponents in the semis, and now they're here, ready for the tag of two-time champions. Who will it be?

All I want to see is empty crowd in the stadium 🤣 but sadly it won’t happen. Baki India is not there in the finals. 🤪

Thanks for the tag Madhu!🤗

May the best team win.👍🏼

Cheers..

No problems with the weather so far. "It’s cloudy and windy and the locals believe the wind is good, to blow away those clouds," Kaushik says. Although, he adds that "two mini jeeps with the covers are stationed by the pitch. The groundsmen here have been keeping a very close watch on the weather over the last two days, for obvious reasons"

There is a reserve day allocated for Monday but rain will remain a factor even then. The MCG pitch has offered good bounce and carry but the average first-innings score of 167 this tournament is the second highest among venues in this tournament. So, nothing to worry about weather and sharing points!!!

Thanks for the tag, Madhu 🤗

England should win this match

Playing Conditions:In knockout games, a minimum of 10 overs a side is needed to constitute a match.

The officials will make every effort to complete the game on today.

The overs will be reduced before the need for a reserve day is necessitated.

Should the game begin and stop again thereafter, it will resume from that point at 15:00 local hours on the reserve day.

Should the game need a Monday finish, the officials will have four extra hours to get the game finished. The corresponding figure for Sunday is 30 minutes more than the scheduled close of play.

If there is not enough time to get a result over two days, the trophy will be shared.

T20I Head to Head: England 18 - 9 Pakistan. England have also won both the encounters between the sides in T20 World Cups, the last of them coming in 2010. These two sides only recently played a thrilling seven-match series that England edged 4-3.

39 mins to go baby!!!!!!!!!🥳