Former cricketer Sanjay Manjrekar has warned Pakistan before the T20 World Cup clash between India and Pakistan. Manjrekar added that considering the tricky pitch in New York, India have a much better batting attack than Pakistan to dominate the conditions as well. He believes that the pitch is tailor-made for players like Virat Kohli, who can rotate the strike with ease.

He said, “If the pitch stays the same like Sri Lanka vs South Africa, it would benefit India more. They can easily beat Pakistan because Indian batters have the technique to survive. Ones and twos are Virat Kohli’s game. In such conditions, Pakistani batters struggle a bit.”

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However, Pakistan recently lost a T20I series 0-2 in England. Before the England tour, Pakistan lost a T20I in Ireland, who are also part of Group A in the T20 World Cup as well. They also lost the T20I series in New Zealand 1-4 (under Shaheen Afridi’s captaincy in January) also. They, however, finished as runners-up in the 2022 T20 World Cup. Sanjay Manjrekar also explained why India are favourite against them as well.

“Pakistan’s bowling is also not like – hit the deck, good length. Haris Rauf might do that otherwise pace and swing as Arshdeep does, similarly, Shaheen Afridi will bowl. If there’s the same pitch, India’s work will only get easier because batting will counter that challenge much better,” Sanjay Manjrekar concluded.