India bat first and slot Ishan Kishan, Virat Kohli at No. 3 and 4

Despite overcast skies and the specter of rain, India received the toss and determined to bat towards arch rivals Pakistan. Babar Azam mentioned Pakistan would even have batted first had they received the toss.

India went for the choice of a seam bowler who can bat at No. 8, which meant Shardul Thakur pipped Prasidh Krishna and Mohammed Shami to a spot within the XI. Ishan Kishan, getting a few extra alternatives as KL Rahul recovers from a niggle, was slated to bat at No. 3 within the workforce checklist shared by the BCCI with Virat Kohli transferring right down to No. 4. Jasprit Bumrah and Shreyas Iyer made their much-awaited ODI comebacks after recovering from again surgical procedures.

After an enormous win towards Nepal within the event opener, Pakistan had introduced an unchanged XI a day earlier than the match.

This was the primary ODI between the 2 conventional rivals since their conflict within the 2019 World Cup. This contest might not have big significance within the context of the Asia Cup as two out of three groups from every group make it into the Super Fours. The third workforce in India and Pakistan’s group is Nepal.

Even although Pakistan are the official hosts of the event, the Indian authorities did not enable the workforce to journey to Pakistan, which meant the competition needed to happen at a impartial venue: Pallekele in Sri Lanka.

India 1 Rohit Sharma (capt), 2 Shubman Gill, 3 Ishan Kishan (wk), 4 Virat Kohli, 5 Shreyas Iyer, 6 Hardik Pandya, 7 Ravindra Jadeja, 8 Shardul Thakur, 9 Kuldeep Yadav, 10 Mohammed Siraj, 11 Jasprit Bumrah

Pakistan 1 Fakhar Zaman, 2 Imam-ul-Haq, 3 Babar Azam (capt), 4 Mohammad Rizwan (wk), 5 Agha Salman, 6 Iftikhar Ahmed, 7 Shadab Khan, 8 Mohammad Nawaz, 9 Shaheen Shah Afridi, 10 Naseem Shah, 11 Haris Rauf