India Vs Pakistan: Group stage match between India and PakistanImage Credit source: PTI
India vs Pakistan T20 World Cup 2026 Match Toss Update: The T20 World Cup 2026 match between India and Pakistan has started at the R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo. After a lot of controversy, the match finally reached its conclusion, where both the teams took to the field. However, the toss was once again not good for Team India and for the third consecutive match, captain Suryakumar Yadav lost the toss and Team India came to bat first. As per expectations, the Indian team made 2 changes, one of which is Abhishek Sharma.
Group A match on Sunday evening of 15th February India and Pakistan As soon as the captains came face to face for the toss, as expected, this time too neither of them shook hands. But as much as there was eagerness to know this, there was equal curiosity about the changes in the playing-11. Pakistani captain Salman Aga, after winning the toss, decided to bowl first and then told that he is not making any changes in his team.
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This bowler got a place with Abhishek
But Indian captain Suryakumar definitely told that Team India has made 2 changes and both these changes were the ones whose possibility was already predicted. The biggest news was the return of Abhishek Sharma, who could not play in the last match against Namibia due to illness. For them, Sanju Samson had to find a way out, who could not leave much impact in his only match.
The second change made by Team India was in the bowling. Considering the spin friendly pitch of Colombo, Team India dropped left arm fast bowler Arshdeep Singh from the match. In his place, left arm spinner Kuldeep Yadav has got a chance for the first time in this World Cup. This decision has also been taken in view of Kuldeep’s good record against Pakistan.
IND vs PAK: Today’s playing-11
India: Suryakumar Yadav (captain), Ishan Kishan, Abhishek Sharma, Tilak Verma, Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dubey, Rinku Singh, Akshar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Varun Chakraborty and Jasprit Bumrah.
Pakistan: Salman Aga (captain), Sahibzada Farhan, Sam Ayub, Babar Azam, Usman Khan (wicketkeeper), Shadab Khan, Mohammad Nawaz, Faheem Ashraf, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Usman Tariq and Abrar Ahmed.
