COLOMBO, Sri Lanka: Pakistan warmed up for their blockbuster T20 World Cup clash against India with a 32-run win against the USA on Tuesday then declared they were “confident” of taking down their bitter rivals.
The Group A win was a boost for Pakistan before Sunday’s high-octane clash with the defending champions in Colombo, now back on after the Islamabad government called off a boycott 24 hours previously.
Opener Sahibzada Farhan, who top scored with 73 in the USA win, said: “The match is on and we are in a confident mood.”
Pakistan have a dismal record against India in ICC tournaments, winning only once in eight encounters in T20 World Cups and have lost all eight times that the sides have met in the 50-over World Cup.
In last year’s T20 Asian Cup, India beat Pakistan three times on their way to lifting the trophy in Dubai.
