Pakistan asked to bat against India
Sports desk: India have won the toss and choose to field in their highly-anticipated clash against Pakistan in the 12th match of the ICC ODI World Cup-2023 at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on Saturday.
India made one change in the playing XI as Shubman Gill, who missed out on the first two matches due to dengue, is back in the team, replacing Ishan Kishan.
Pakistan, meanwhile, are unchanged.
Both teams have won their first two games of the competition, India beating Australia and Afghanistan, and Pakistan beating Netherlands and Sri Lanka.
India captain Rohit Sharma said,”We will bowl first, cannot get bigger than this, fantastic atmosphere. Sure lot of us are going to experience something really extraordinary. It’s a good track, not going to change much, dew could be a big factor and keeping that in mind, we want to bowl first. We want to keep striving for the best, we want to come out there and give our best in every game. Keeping the atmosphere in the team relaxed is the most important thing in a tournament like this.”
On the other hand, Pakistan skipper Babar Azam said,” We also wanted to bowl first. We have had good two wins, momentum and confidence is high. Jam-packed stadium, we will enjoy it. We want to be good in the field, we had a couple of good practice sessions.”
Palying XI’s:
India: Rohit Sharma(c), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul(w), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj.
Pakistan: Abdullah Shafique, Imam-ul-Haq, Babar Azam(c), Mohammad Rizwan(w), Saud Shakeel, Iftikhar Ahmed, Shadab Khan, Mohammad Nawaz, Hasan Ali, Shaheen Afridi, Haris Rauf.
