Colombo , Feb 15 (TNT): Pakistan captain Salman Ali won the toss and chose to bowl first in the ICC T20 World Cup match against India in their Group A clash at R. Premadasa Stadium here on Sunday.
Key Highlights : both captains did not shake hands at the toss.
Defending champions India have brought back fit-again Abhishek Sharma and Kuldeep Yadav in place of Sanju Samson and Arshdeep Singh for the crunch clash.
Abhishek had been hospitalised in New Delhi due to stomach infection and missed the clash against Namibia due to his recovery from it.
Pakistan, meanwhile, are fielding an unchanged playing eleven.
India have won seven of their eight Men’s T20 World Cup meetings against Pakistan, whose sole victory came in 2021 when openers Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan powered them to a 10-wicket triumph in Dubai.
All three matches in the World Cup at this venue have been won by the side batting first.
Recent matches at the venue have favoured the bowlers, with Blessing Muzarabani and Nathan Ellis both claiming four-wicket hauls as batters struggled against deliveries banged into the pitch.
Playing XIs
India (Defending Champions)
Ishan Kishan (wk), Abhishek Sharma, Tilak Varma, Suryakumar Yadav (captain), Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dube, Rinku Singh, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Varun Chakaravarthy, Jasprit Bumrah
Pakistan
Sahibzada Farhan (wk), Saim Ayub, Salman Agha (captain), Babar Azam, Shadab Khan, Usman Khan (wk), Mohammad Nawaz, Faheem Ashraf, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Usman Tariq, Abrar Ahmed
TNT XR
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