Former Pakistan keeper-batter Kamran Akmal has backed India to win against Pakistan in grand style in the upcoming T20 World Cup 2024 tournament. India and Pakistan will clash on June 9 at the Nassau County Cricket Ground in New York.

India had not lost a T20 World Cup game to Pakistan from 2007 to 2021 until Pakistan defeated the Men in Blue in 2021 edition in Dubai. With a 5-1 lead in the showpiece event, Team India eyes another triumphant run against arch-rivals on American soil.

Former Pakistan wicketkeeper Kamran Akmal opined that Rohit Sharma’s Team India will beat Pakistan this time around as well.

“Definitely India!” said Akmal in reply to a fan’s question on Instagram.

Furthermore, Kamran also agreed with Michael Vaughan’s opinion on the England player withdrawing from the IPL to play against Pakistan in a bilateral series. Vaughan had opined that Jos Buttler and other English stars would have prepared better for the World Cup if they had stayed back for the business end of the tournament.

“Over the past few days, I have wondered why a former England captain is commenting and taking Pakistan cricket non-seriously. It has been a painful thought, but I think he was correct in his assessment.

Everybody knows the level of Pakistan cricket. We are losing against smaller teams like Ireland and in that sense, Vaughan said that it is not a tough series. So the fault is ours. Had it been any other team like New Zealand, South Africa, and India then Vaughan would not have said it.

We need to understand that in IPL, the best bowlers and batters are participating with crowds of 40 to 50,000. So it is tough cricket and quality cricket,” Akmal said on his YouTube channel.