India vs Pakistan 2024 Which Team has a Better Squad Overall

India vs Pakistan 2024: Which Team has a Better Squad Overall?

June 7, 2024 Abhay Kothari Cricgasm, Cricket, Cricket News, Hardik Pandya, India Cricket Team, India vs Pakistan, Jasprit Bumrah, Kuldeep Yadav, Ravindra Jadeja, Rishabh Pant, Rohit Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav, T20 Cricket, T20 World Cup, Team India, Virat Kohli 4 min read

Captain Rohit Sharma and Babar Azam face-off as we look at the rating of the India vs Pakistan squad and players list for the T20 World Cup 2024.

Ever since the squad for the T20 World Cup 2024 was announced by India and Pakistan, the talk of the town has been the gigantic India vs Pakistan match scheduled on June 9. Both teams have selected a contrasting squad if you look at the composition. While India are spin-heavy with 4 quality spinners in the side, Pakistan are pace-heavy with 5 quality pacers in the squad.

Interestingly, both teams have had a contrasting start to their World Cup 2024 campaign. India started their campaign by registering a solid 8-wickets victory over Ireland. Whereas Pakistan suffered a heart attack as they lost to the host USA by 7 wickets. Pakistan’s defeat against the USA could actually be called the first upset, or is it actually an upset?

On paper, both India and Pakistan have some really good names. But which team has a better squad on paper for T20 World Cup 2024? Well, let’s look at the detailed squad list comparison for India vs Pakistan for the T20 World Cup 2024 across five different categories, viz., Batters, Wicket-keepers, All-rounders, Spinners, and Pacers.

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T20 World Cup Squad List Rating for India vs Pakistan 2024

Batters

India: Rohit Sharma (c), Suryakumar Yadav, Virat Kohli & Yashasvi Jaiswal

Pakistan: Babar Azam (c), Iftikhar Ahmed, Fakhar Zaman, Saim Ayub & Usman Khan

Starting with Batters, India are far ahead of Pakistan with all four batters full of quality. The quartet of Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav, and Yashasvi Jaiswal get a rating of 9.3. Barring Yashasvi, who is a newbie, the other three players are established names. For Pakistan, Babar Azam and Fakhar Zaman are solid batters, but overall they get a rating of only 7.9.

Wicket-keepers

India: Rishabh Pant & Sanju Samson

Pakistan: Azam Khan & Mohammad Rizwan

If we talk about wicket-keepers, Pakistan seem to have an edge over here. Mohammad Rizwan is among the best batters in the T20 format. But for India, neither Rishabh Pant nor Sanju have had a successful T20I career so far. Overall, the Pakistan duo of Rizwan and Azam get a rating of 8.25. Whereas the Indian duo of Pant and Samson get a rating of 7.75.

All-rounders

India: Axar Patel, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja & Shivam Dube

Pakistan: Imad Wasim & Shadab Khan

Coming to all-rounders, there is only one name in the Pakistan team, and that is Imad Waseem. Imad is a proper all-rounder, but Shadab is more of a make-shift all-rounder for Pakistan. But overall, the trio of Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, and Ravindra Jadeja easily outperform Pakistan with a rating of 9.33 as compared to Pakistan’s 8.75.

Spinners

India: Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Ravindra Jadeja & Yuzvendra Chahal

Pakistan: Abrar Ahmed, Iftikhar Ahmad, Imad Waseem & Shadab Khan

Talking about spinners, India once again seem to have a solid edge here with the likes of Kuldeep Yadav and Yuzvendra Chahal leading the charge with a rating of 8.9. With these two wrist spinners in place, India also have Axar Patel and Ravindra Jadeja among the two solid backups. Whereas for Pakistan, there is only Shadab Khan as a good spinner, and Abrar Ahmed, Imad Waseem, and Iftikhar Ahmad as good backups with a rating of 7.5.

Pacers

India: Arshdeep Singh, Hardik Pandya, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj & Shivam Dube

Pakistan: Abbas Afridi, Haris Rauf, Mohammad Amir, Naseem Shah, & Shaheen Afridi

Finally, talking about the pacers, this is an area where Pakistan have an edge over India. With the likes of Shaheen Afridi, Naseem Shah, Mohammad Amir, and Haris Rauf, Pakistan have among the best pace attacks in the competition with a rating of 8.45. But for India, Jasprit Bumrah is the only solid name on paper, and the likes of Arshdeep and Siraj are yet to make a big impact in T20s; thus India have a rating of 8.1.

So, that’s about the detailed squad comparison for India vs Pakistan for T20 World Cup 2024. As we can see India lead the charge against England in the batting, all-rounder, and spin department. Whereas Pakistan edge India in the wicket-keeping and pace department. Overall, though, India a better team on paper as compared to Pakistan.