No change likely in Pakistan playing XI for India clash
Last updated on: 13 October,2023 10:36 pm
The great cricket rivals will lock horns on Oct 14 in Ahmedabad
LAHORE (Dunya News) – Pakistan are expected to make no change to the playing XI for the much-awaited match of World Cup 2023 against India, which will be played on October 14.
Sources said officials mulled over the playing XI after the players attended the practice session and decided not to make any change in the team, which played against Sri Lanka in their second match.
Currently there is no need for any change in the “winning combination,” the participants of the meetings said.
The playing XI of previous match included Babar Azam, Abdullah Shafique, Imamul Haq, Mohammad Rizwan, Saud Shakeel, Iftikhar Ahmed, Shadab Khan, Mohmmad Nawaz, Hasan Ali, Haris Rauf and Shaheen Afridi.
The great rivals, Pakistan and India, play at the biggest cricket stadium, the Narendra Modi Stadium, on Saturday.
The contest will mark the first instance of Pakistan and India playing a One-Day International against each other on Indian soil after 10 years. Their last bilateral meeting resulted in Pakistan defeating the hosts 2-1.
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Both the sides enter this contest after wins in their opening matches. India beat Australia in Chennai and Afghanistan in Delhi and Pakistan signed off their memorable trip to Hyderabad by recording the highest-ever chase in the history of World Cup, thanks to gutsy centuries from Abdullah Shafique and Mohammad Rizwan, on Tuesday. Babar Azam’s side kicked off their World Cup campaign with a comfortable 81-run win over the Netherlands.
Though Pakistan enjoy a positive win/loss ratio over India, they are yet to defeat them in a 50-over World Cup match.