World Cup: Pakistan win toss, opt to field first against India
Manchester, June 16 (IBNS): Pakistan won the toss and opted to field first against India in the high-voltage World Cup encounter between the two sides here on Sunday.
This is one of the most crucial match of the tournament where the arch-rivals are playing against each other for the first time since the Asia Cup.
KL Rahul opened the batting for India in place of injured Shikhar Dhawan.
India's last match against New Zealand was washed out due to rain.
The two teams are given below:
India: 1 Rohit Sharma, 2 KL Rahul, 3 Virat Kohli (capt), 4 Vijay Shankar, 5 MS Dhoni (wk), 6 Kedhar Jadhav, 7 Hardik Pandya, 8 Bhuvneshwar Kumar, 9 Kuldeep Yadav, 10 Yuzvendra Chahal, 11 Jasprit Bumrah
Pakistan: 1 Imam-ul-Haq, 2 Fakhar Zaman, 3 Babar Azam, 4 Mohammad Hafeez, 5 Sarfaraz Ahmed (capt & wk), 6 Shoaib Malik, 7 Imad Wasim, 8 Shadab Khan, 9 Wahab Riaz, 10 Hasan Ali 11 Mohammad Amir
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