India vs Pakistan T20 World Cup 2026 Toss Update and Playing XI

Pakistan win toss and choose to bowl

India vs Pakistan : Pakistan have won the toss and opted to field in Match 27 of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026 at R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo.

Captains’ comments at toss

Suryakumar Yadav | India captain:
Not at all, we were looking to bat first. We won last two games defending so we don’t want to change it. It is an occasion, it’s a high-stake game. This sport teaches you a lot of things. Two changes. Abhishek Sharma comes in and Kuldeep Yadav is in for Arshdeep Singh.

Salman Agha | Pakistan captain:
We want to bowl first. It looks a bit tacky, so we feel it will assist the bowlers for the first few overs so we want to use that. We are relaxed in our group and excited for this challenge. Bigger ground than SSC and the pitch is slower than SSC. Same team for us.

Match Information

• Match: IND vs PAK • 27th Match, Group A • ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026
• Date: Today
• Time: 7:00 PM LOCAL, 1:30 PM GMT
• Venue: R.Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
• Toss: Pakistan won the toss and opt to Bowl

India Playing XI

Abhishek Sharma
Ishan Kishan (w)
Tilak Varma
Suryakumar Yadav (c)
Hardik Pandya
Shivam Dube
Rinku Singh
Axar Patel
Kuldeep Yadav
Varun Chakaravarthy
Jasprit Bumrah

Pakistan Playing XI

Saim Ayub
Sahibzada Farhan
Salman Agha (c)
Babar Azam
Mohammad Nawaz
Shadab Khan
Faheem Ashraf
Usman Khan (w)
Shaheen Afridi
Abrar Ahmed
Usman Tariq

Match Officials

• Umpires: Kumar Dharmasena, Richard Illingworth
• Third Umpire: Chris Gaffaney
• Match Referee: Richie Richardson

Group A Points Table

Team	P	W	L	NR	Pts	NRR
IND	2	2	0	0	4	+3.050
PAK	2	2	0	0	4	+0.932
USA	4	2	2	0	4	+0.787
NED	3	1	2	0	2	-1.352
NAM (E)	3	0	3	0	0	-2.443

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