New Delhi: India captain Rohit Sharma has won the toss and opted to field against Pakistan. Announcing the most awaited decision of the month, Rohit Sharma chose Mohammad Shami as his pacer.
After winning the toss, Rohit said, “We are going to field first. Looks like a good pitch, it’s always nice to bowl with overcast conditions. Think the ball will swing around a bit, and we need to take its advantage. Preparations have been good. We played a couple of practice games in Brisbane. Time to come out and enjoy ourselves now. We were expecting nothing less than this, hopefully we’ll entertain them (the crowd). We have seven batters, three seamers and two spinners.”
🚨 Toss Update & Team News from MCG 🚨@ImRo45 has won the toss & #TeamIndia have elected to bowl against Pakistan. #T20WorldCup | #INDvPAK
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Mohammad Shami selected in Team
After the ruling out of Jasprit Bumrah due to injury, inclusion Mohammad Shami has been a matter to huge discussion. However, Sharma has shown trust in the pacer and announced him in playing XI.
India vs Pakistan Playing XI
Pakistan (Playing XI): Babar Azam(c), Mohammad Rizwan(w), Shan Masood, Haider Ali, Mohammad Nawaz, Shadab Khan, Iftikhar Ahmed, Asif Ali, Shaheen Afridi, Haris Rauf, Naseem Shah
India (Playing XI): Rohit Sharma(c), KL Rahul, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Dinesh Karthik(w), Axar Patel, Ravichandran Ashwin, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mohammed Shami, Arshdeep Singh
