India’s destiny is not in their hand alone, but they had to put their fingers crossed and win against Scotland with a big margin to uplift their net run-rate, and then hope for a few other things to go their way.

Scotland can’t qualify for sure, but they are improving day by day as an associate side.

India should be aware of this, and they do not want to take any risk with them. The match is going to be crucial for sure, and Scotland will definitely give a good fight to India and wants to go toe to toe with the big boys.

India vs Scotland – T20 World Cup 2021

Scotland fights well against New Zealand while chasing a big total. Scotland can surprise India, one strong partnership, one big death over, one small push – that’s what they need to upset Indian fans.

If they sustain their momentum and run India close, it will be a massive leap for them – though it might not help with Indian fans much. In the recent past, Scotland has shown quite a few glimpses of what they can do, and a good result against India can do wonders for them in the future.

A big win is a non-negotiable for India; they do not want to leave a stone unturned so that they had to cover much against Namibia; the last league match for India on the 07^th of this month.

Pitch report conditions

It’s going to be a night game in Dubai, where heavy dew is very much possible in the second half of the game. Meaning, the captain who wins the toss likes to field first and wants to chase on this track.

Virat Kohli, the captain of India wants luck on this since he lost 13 out of the last 14 tosses for India. Will he be the lucky captain today, as far as the toss is concerned? A lot might depend on what the surface in Dubai is like.

Indian Squad

Ashwin’s good performance against Afghanistan gives more time for Varun Chakravarthy to recover from his injury.

Indian side might be like, K.L. Rahul, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli (Captain), Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant (Wicket Keeper), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, R Ashwin, Mohammed Shami, and Jasprit Bumrah.

Scotland Squad

Due to groin injury, fast bowler Josh Davey has been ruled out of Scotland’s final two games, and he will be replaced with batter Michael Jones who will be added to the squad for the rest of the two matches.

Scotland’s side will be like, George Munsey, Kyle Coetzer (Captain), Calum MacLeod, Richie Berrington, Michael Leask, Matthew Cross (Wicket Keeper), Chris Greaves, Mark Watt, Safyaan Sharif, Alasdair Evans, and Brad Wheal.

Some interesting stats

• India is yet to play Scotland in a completed T20 International. They were scheduled to open their campaign against Scotland in the opening edition of the T20 World Cup in the year 2007; but unfortunately, that game was washed out without a ball bowled.

 

• India has never lost a T20 International when Rohit Sharma has made a half-century or more since 2017.

 

• Jasprit Bumrah is one wicket away to join R. Ashwin as the highest wicket-taker in T20 International for India.

 

• Munsey is set to play his 50^th T20 International.

Group Table

Group 1

 

TEAM     M           W           L             PT           NRR

ENG        4             4             0             8             3.183

AUS        4             3             1             6             1.031

SA           4             3             1             6             0.742

SL           5             2             3             4             -0.269

WI          4             1             3             2             -1.558

BAN        5             0             5             0             -2.383

 

Group 2

 

TEAM     M           W           L             PT           NRR

PAK        4             4             0             8             1.065

AFG        4             2             2             4             1.481

NZ          3             2             1             4             0.816

INDIA     3             1             2             2             0.073

NAM      3             1             2             2             -1.600

SCOT      3             0             3             0             -2.645

 

Last five recent completed matches (Most recent first)

 

India – W,L,L,L,L

Scotland – L,L,L,W,W

 

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