India Vs Pakistan in T20 World cup warm-up match 2009

India VS Pakistan - T20 World Cup 2009 - warm up t20 match
Date:Wednesday, June 3 2009 Time: 5.30-8.30pm(local) Venue:Oval

The ICC World twenty20 or the T20 World cup 2009 is will begin from 5th June but before it we have some of the exciting warm-up matches. After a long interval we will be seeing the great cricket rivals- India and Pakistan head to head in an warm up Twenty20 match on June 3. India and Pakistan are expected to make a great show in ICC World t20 2009 as they were the finalists of previous edition which India won in an exciting manner.

Preview: In my view, both the teams are at great heights. With Sohail Tanvir and Umar Gul along with Shahid Afridi Pakistan seems to be one of the best bowling sides today. Though batting is relatively weaker Misbah-ul-Haq, Younus Khan and Shoaib Malik are always great. India on other hand has superb batting side with some of the players best suited for T20 format. Gambhir, Raina, Rohit Sharma have emerged has specialist T20 players. Bowling is relatively weaker but RP Singh and Ishant Sharma are really emerging these days.

Watch out for:

i) Shahid Afridi: Afridi was superb in recent series against Australia. His style of cricket is best suited for t20 matches. He was the man of the series of ICC World Twenty20 2008. And remember he has special liking towards Indian bowlers.

ii) Gautam Gambhir: The opening batsman is one of the best T20 players. He can open in a very destructive manner and continue his innings. He was one of the best players in the ICC World T20 2007, specially the final.

Watch India Vs Pakistan Warm-up match live: Star Cricket is broadcasting the series live in India. It will broadcast this warm-up match along with 9 other warm-up matches.. Though this list shows the broadcasters of T20 World cup in different countries, it is not clear on weather the TV Channels will broadcast the warm-up matches.