The final of the T20 World Cup 2022 will be played between Pakistan and England on Sunday. Pakistan is the winner of the ICC T20 World Cup in 2009 and England is also the winner of 1 ICC T20 World Cup title in 2010.
Both teams played exciting cricket throwout the tournament. Pakistan beat the table topper of Group A the team New Zealand in the semi-final while England beat the table topper of Group B, one of the contenders for the title the team India in another semi-final.
England has the upper hand
The way England beat India in the semi-finals. Looking at that, even in the final, Jos Buttler’s team seems to have the upper hand. Pakistan’s pace attack is good, but England has Chris Woakes at number 9, who is an all-rounder.
At the same time, Chris Jordan bats at number 10, and Adil Rashid bats at number 11. He can also do both batting and bowling. Therefore, it can be said that England has such a batting that can counter any bowling attack.
On the other hand, the Pakistan team has 7 batsmen. England has 7 different varieties of bowlers to get them out.
Pakistan’s confidence is also high
Team Pakistan experienced many ups and downs in the tournament so far. The team got defeated by Zimbabwe in the group stage. At that time they were even not in contention for reaching to semi-finals. But the victory of the Netherlands over South Africa changed the fortune of the team and gave them the ticket to the semi-finals.
They beat the table topper of Group A, a very consistent team in the ICC tournament the team New Zealand in the semi-final. Their bowling attack has remained the best in the tournament so far.
The story of the 1992 ODI World Cup victory may repeat for Pakistan
The 1992 World Cup was played in Australia. Under the captaincy of Imran Khan, Pakistan played a total of 8 matches in the group stage. In the first match, they lost by 10 wickets against West Indies. After this, the team won over Zimbabwe in the second match. The third match was against England. Pakistan’s team was all out for just 74 runs. The defeat was certain, but then the rain stopped the match. Pakistan got one point in focus.
However, the happiness of this one point did not last long and they lost to India and South Africa in the next two matches. That is, Pakistan had only one win and only 3 points in five matches.
It was assumed that Imran’s team would not reach the semi-finals, but after this Pakistan won 3 matches in a row and surprised everyone. Pakistan had reached the semi-finals with 9 points. Pakistan had the least points among the four teams that reached the semi-finals. PAK defeated title contenders New Zealand in the semi-finals and defeated England in the final to win the ODI World Cup title for the first time.