The first T20I was abandoned due to rain without a ball being bowled. Both teams are heading into the series after losses in the semifinals of the recently-concluded ICC T20 World Cup 2022
After superb performances in Super 12 of the ICC T20 World Cup, Suryakumar Yadav dethroned Pakistan's Mohammad Rizwan to become the top batter. But his rating points declined from 869 to 859 after a poor 14 against England in the semifinal, which Indian lost
MI has retained most of its core players like Rohit Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav, Ishan Kishan, Jofra Archer and Jasprit Bumrah. Also, with the future in their mind, the side has retained some exciting young talent like Tilak Verma, Tim David, Dewald Brevis and Tristan Stubbs.
Kohli kickstarted his campaign with a pivotal 82 not out against arch-rivals Pakistan to anchor his side to a heart-thumping final-ball four-wicket victory.
The star batter ended the 2022 edition of the tournament with 296 runs in six matches at an average of 98.66. He scored four half-centuries in the tournament, with his best being 82* in an instant-classic match against Pakistan at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG)
India exited the tournament after the semifinal. They had finished the group stage at the Group 2 table with eight points under their belt, having won four matches out of five. They had lost their group-stage match against South Africa
Yadav is the third-highest run-scorer in the tournament with 239 runs that came with a strike rate of 189.68, the best in the tournament. He has also scored three half-centuries in six innings
Yadav, who totals 225 runs in the tournament so far, scored 30 against Bangladesh and a match-winning 61 off 25 balls against Zimbabwe to add six rating points to his tally and reach a career-best 869 points, 39 more than Pakistan's Mohammad Rizwan. Devon Conway of New Zealand is 90 points a