In a highly anticipated Men’s T20 World Cup Group A encounter at the Nassau County International Cricket Stadium on Sunday, Pakistan won the toss and chose to bowl first against India, replacing batsman Azam Khan with all-rounder Imad Wasim.
The city was experiencing light rain, and the current weather forecast was for clouds and wind, therefore the toss had been postponed by thirty minutes. The surface where Sunday’s match will be played was used to host Saturday’s Netherlands vs. South Africa encounter, which the Proteas won by four wickets.
Imad comes back into Pakistan’s playing eleven after a side strain kept him out of the side’s surprising loss in their tournament opener to co-hosts USA at Dallas earlier this week.” We will bowl first because of the weather and moisture in the pitch.”
“The conditions suit us, we have four fast bowlers. We will try to use it to our best. Past is past, we are looking forward to today’s match, we are ready and will give our 100%. Always a big game, our confidence is always high for India vs Pakistan matches,” said captain Babar Azam.
In their head-to-head games during the Men’s T20 World Cup, India has a 6-1 record against Pakistan. The pursuing team has prevailed in the last five Twenty20 World Cup matches between the two sides. Earlier this week, India defeated Ireland by eight wickets in their first-round encounter in New York.
The captain of India, Rohit Sharma, stated that his playing eleven has not changed even though he would have like to bowl first. “We must evaluate the way conditions operate and determine what constitutes a good score. These games have aided in our evaluation of the situation.
We’ve discussed our batting strategy for achieving a high score, and now it’s time to defend with the bowling unit. In a World Cup, every match matters; you can’t just turn up. He stated, “Anything can happen.”
Playing XIs
India: Rohit Sharma (captain), Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant (wk), Suryakumar Yadav, Shivam Dube, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Jasprit Bumrah, Arshdeep Singh, and Mohammed Siraj
Pakistan: Babar Azam (captain), Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Usman Khan, Fakhar Zaman, Shadab Khan, Iftikhar Ahmed, Imad Wasim, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Haris Rauf, Naseem Shah and Mohammad Amir.