Babar Azam’s Pakistan started batting as Rohit Sharma-led India win the toss in their Super 12 match at the iconic Melbourne Cricket Ground on Sunday (Oct 23). 

India-Pakistan games aren’t for the faint-hearted. It is not just the players’ skills but temperament also plays a significant factor in the outcome.

Ravichandran Ashwin and Mohammed Shami are included in the playing XI, while Yuzvendra Chahal and Harshal Patel have been dropped for the high-octane clash.

Pakistan: 1 Mohammad Rizwan, 2 Babar Azam, 3 Shan Masood, 4 Shadab Khan, 5 Haider Ali, 6 Iftikhar Ahmed, 7 Mohammad Nawaz, 8 Asif Ali, 9 Shaheen Shah Afridi, 10 Naseem Shah, 11 Haris Rauf.

India 1 Rohit Sharma, 2 KL Rahul, 3 Virat Kohli, 4 Suryakumar Yadav, 5 Hardik Pandya, 6 Dinesh Karthik, 7 Axar Patel, 8 R Ashwin, 9 Mohammed Shami, 10 Bhuvneshwar Kumar, 11 Arshdeep Singh.

BDST: 1402 HRS, OCT 23, 2022
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