T20 World Cup: No handshake as Pakistan elect to field against India

No handshake as Pakistan elect to field

So as expected there was no handshake at the toss. Pakistan won the toss and elected to field first. Pakistan captain Salman Agha said they are going with the same team.

For Indian captain Suryakumar Yadav he wasn’t disappointed losing the toss as India wanted to bat. Abhishek Sharma and Kuldeep Yadav make it to the team.

Pakistan XI: Sahibzada Farhan (wk), Saim Ayub, Salman Agha (capt), Babar Azam, Shadab Khan, Usman Khan (wk), Mohammad Nawaz, Faheem Ashraf, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Usman Tariq, Abrar Ahmed

India XI: Ishan Kishan (wk), Abhishek Sharma, Tilak Varma, Suryakumar Yadav (capt), Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dube, Rinku Singh, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Varun Chakravarthy, Jasprit Bumrah

‘The energy is unreal’

Head to head record

India and Pakistan have met 16 times in T20 World Cup history. India have won 12 of those matches, while Pakistan have earned three victories. One match ended in a tie.

Ganguly feels India have the edge

Former Indian captain Sourav Ganguly feels India start as the stronger side against Pakistan. “I don’t believe in head-to-head figures. I don’t believe in the favourites tag, especially in T20 cricket. What I believe is that India starts as a much stronger team than Pakistan. India is a very good team. They are very well balanced in batting, bowling, seam bowling, spin bowling, fielding and game sense. They have big match experience. So they start as the stronger side. But whether India wins or not will be decided by the 40 overs in Colombo,” he told JioHotstar.

What the captains say

Heavy security check

Teams

India: Suryakumar Yadav (c), Abhishek Sharma, Tilak Varma, Sanju Samson, Shivam Dube, Ishan Kishan, Hardik Pandya, Arshdeep Singh, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, Varun Chakaravarthy, Kuldeep Yadav, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Rinku Singh

Pakistan: Salman Ali Agha (c), Abrar Ahmed, Babar Azam, Faheem Ashraf, Fakhar Zaman, Khawaja Nafay, Mohammad Nawaz, Mohammad Salman Mirza, Naseem Shah, Sahibzada Farhan, Saim Ayub, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Shadab Khan, Usman Khan, Usman Tariq

No handshakes during India-Pakistan match

Turning to the contest itself, India are expected to maintain their no-handshake stance toward Pakistan. Meanwhile, weather conditions could prove decisive, with rain looming as a potential factor at the R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo. Both the nations have four points from two wins.

Teams arrive at the venue

Fans start gathering at Colombo venue

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