Pakistan announced a starting lineup for Saturday's match against India in Pallekele.
After a great win against Nepal. Pakistan Announced our playing XI for the biggest clash in cricket history of PAK vs. IND. After a massive win in the starting match of the Asia Cup 2023 ODI, Pakistan heads to Pallekele to meet India on Saturday.
Babar Azam's team is unchanged, with a three-pronged speed attack supported by three spin-bowling all-rounders.
Iftikhar Ahmed's position was certainly up for change recently, but his incredible century against Nepal confirmed his place in the XI.
Pakistan is the No.1 ranked team in the MRF Tyres ICC Men's ODI team Rankings made a good start to their effort against Nepal, and raced to a 238-run victory, but will face a difficult challenge from an Indian team that is almost at full strength.
For the crucial match, India will have to make a few difficult decisions, particularly over Ishan Kishan's position at the point of attack. KL Rahul is not expected to play in the first few games, so the wicketkeeper batter is expected to start.
Shardul Thakur or Axar Patel were likely to be selected for the No. 8 position in order to extend the batting, or they might go for a bowling strong lineup and play Mohammed Siraj, Jasprit Bumrah, and Mohammed Shami alongside Kuldeep Yadav.
PAKISTAN XI:
Fakhar Zaman, Imam Ul Haq, Babar Azam, Mohammad Rizwan, Agha Salman, Iftikhar Ahmed, Shadab Khan, Mohammad Nawaz, Shaheen Afridi, Naseem Shah, Haris Rauf.
