T20 World Cup 2024: India vs Canada – Dafanews Match Preview

India will square off against Canada in the 33rd match of the ongoing T20 World Cup 2024 at the Central Broward Regional Park Stadium Turf Ground, Lauderhill, Florida on Saturday. The Men in Blue have already sealed their place in the Super 8 stage whereas Canada will need a huge win against the potent Indian team to go through to the next round.

We look at the current form, head-to-head, players to look out for, and squads of both teams in our match preview.

Current form of India: W W W W W

Indian bowlers have been able to tick the right boxes in the first three matches and they will look to continue the good show. Rohit Sharma could make a few changes to his spin battery as Kuldeep Yadav is expected to be lethal in these conditions.

Current form of Canada: L W L W L

Canada will definitely have their work cut out against the formidable Indian team. The Saad Bin Zafar-led team will need to come up with a collective effort to challenge the opposition. They could only manage 106 runs against Pakistan and they will look to deliver a better performance with the bat.

Head to Head: India and Canada have not faced each other in T20Is.

Players to look out for: Rohit Sharma, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Kuldeep Yadav, and Jasprit Bumrah will hold the key for India.

Saad Bin Zafar, Aaron Johnson, Ravinderpal Singh, Navneet Dhaliwal, Kaleem Sana, Dillon Heyliger, and Shreyas Movva will be the crucial players for Canada.

Canada: Saad Bin Zafar (c), Aaron Johnson, Ravinderpal Singh, Navneet Dhaliwal, Kaleem Sana, Dillon Heyliger, Jeremy Gordon, Nikhil Dutta, Pargat Singh, Nicholas Kirton, Rayyankhan Pathan, Junaid Siddiqui, Dilpreet Bajwa, Shreyas Movva, Rishiv Joshi. 

India: Rohit Sharma (c), Hardik Pandya, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant, Sanju Samson, Shivam Dube, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Arshdeep Singh, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohd. Siraj.