The Green-shirts defeated the hosts in the first T20 on December 25 in Bangalore’s M Chinnaswamy Stadium by five wickets with all-rounders Muhammad Hafeez and Shoaib Malik playing key role in the victory.India vs Pakistan 2nd T20 Live Score
While India's batsmen have failed to fire in unison, on the bowling front they may have made a mistake by leaving out R Ashwin for the Bangalore game. With the pitch at the Motera generally on the slower side, it's likely that the spinner will be included in the scheme of things this time around. Ashwin's batting too is a plus.
Pakistan, on the other hand, are on a definite high. Skipper Hafeez said: "It's a huge opportunity to wrap up the series here and we all are ready to grab it. Not just the T20, but we are very positive and ready for the entire tour here. We all are very united and we hope to give our best. Morale is very high.
"I am not very disappointed with the failure of the youngsters at the top of the order because everybody can't perform every day," Hafeez added.
"We all know that they are very good players and we have the belief in that they will come good tomorrow. But as a team, the good thing for us was that we came back from difficult situations both while batting and bowling. That's a huge positive for us."
India (probable): Gautam Gambhir, Ajinkya Rahane, Virat Kohli, Yuvraj Singh, Suresh Raina, Rohit Sharma, MS Dhoni (c & wk), Ishant Sharma, Piyush Chawla, Ashok Dinda, Buvneshwar Kumar
Pakistan (probable): Mohammad Hafeez (c), Nasir Jamshed, Kamran Akmal (wk), Shahid Afridi, Shoaib Malik, Umar Akmal, Umar Gul, Saeed Ajmal, Sohail Tanvir, Junaid Khan, Mohammad Irfan.India vs Pakistan 2012 2nd T20 Live Score Today
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