Vaibhav Vs Sameer Ind Vs Pak
There is still doubt whether there will be a clash between India and Pakistan in the T20 World Cup 2026 or not. Cricket fans are eagerly waiting for that match, but before that the junior teams of India and Pakistan are going to clash. India and Pakistan are face to face in the Super-6 round of the ICC Men’s Under-19 World Cup on Sunday, February 1. While Team India is almost certain to play the semi-finals, Pakistan needs a big win. Although this match is very important in itself, the biggest focus will be on the clash between Vaibhav Suryavanshi and Sameer Minhas, which can change the course of the match.
India and Pakistan are going to face each other for the first time in this World Cup in Bulawayo. Both the teams have performed brilliantly in this tournament. In such a situation, this contest is expected to be a close contest. This is going to be the third match between the two teams in the last two months. Earlier in December itself, India and Pakistan had faced each other in the Under-19 Asia Cup, in which Team India had easily won by 90 runs in the group stage match. But Pakistan equalized the score in the final and won the match and title by 191 runs.
Talking about this World Cup, Team India’s performance has been better than Pakistan. The Indian team, captained by Ayush Mhatre, has played 4 matches so far in the tournament and won all four matches. Pakistan also played 4 matches but won only 3 and lost one match against England. Now both are face to face in Super-6, which is their last match in this round. Currently, the Indian team is at second place and Pakistan is at third place in the points table. In such a situation, if Pakistan wants to make it to the semi-finals, it will have to defeat the Indian team by a big margin.
To do this feat, Pakistan’s hopes will rest on its star opener Sameer Minhas, while on behalf of the Indian team, Vaibhav Suryavanshi would like to give a befitting reply. This is going to be the third clash between the two, in which Sameer Minhas currently has the upper hand. Both of them failed in the first match of Asia Cup. Then Vaibhav could score only 5 runs while Minhas was also out for 9 runs. But in the final, Pakistani opener had laid the foundation of victory by playing an explosive inning of 172 runs. Vaibhav was out after scoring only 26 runs in that final.
Both the openers have been stars of their respective teams since the last Asia Cup but have not been able to play any big innings in this World Cup so far. But here also the Pakistani batsman is ahead at the moment. Minhas has so far scored 188 runs in 4 matches at an average of 94, with 2 half-centuries. Whereas Vaibhav has scored 166 runs in 4 innings at an average of 41.50 and he has also scored 2 half-centuries. In such a situation, this time young Vaibhav Suryavanshi will try to overtake this Pakistani batsman and if this happens then the chances of Team India’s victory will increase.